Raid on Illegal Bar on Bangla Road in Patong Leads to Rescue of Six Underage Sex Workers

[webfact]

PHOTO: MGR online

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Patong – An illegal bar on Bangla Road in Patong was raided uncovering underage prostitutes with six victims rescued. Two suspects were arrested who claim the real bar owner is a foreigner.

 

Last night (March 15th) a team from the Department of Provincial Administration raided a bar in Soi Sea Dragon on the Bangla Road.

 

The Department of Provincial Administration official told the Phuket Express the raid came after officials received complaints from the Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R) that the bar was allegedly operating a prostitution service with underage sex workers for foreign customers.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/03/16/raid-on-illegal-bar-on-bangla-road-in-patong-leads-to-rescue-of-six-underage-sex-workers/

 

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[kcpattaya]

The "Rescue" of Six Underage Sex Workers... 
If they were kept there without their consent and locked up without possibility to escape - that would be very very bad.
95% "sure" however, that was not the case. 
Just saying.

[n00dle]

7 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

The "Rescue" of Six Underage Sex Workers... 
If they were kept there without their consent and locked up without possibility to escape - that would be very very bad.
95% "sure" however, that was not the case. 
Just saying.

so you have absolutely no issues with businesses "employing" 15-year-old sex workers if they "consent".

Thanks for that window into your character. 

 

Just sayin'

[taninthai]

4 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

95% "sure" however, that was not the case

This is the problem it’s all a laugh and joke for the people that use there services ………off coarse this happens girls forced into it under pressure and fear happens world wide not just thailand

[sammieuk1]

Taking business away from police controlled sex bars is a very serious offence ????

[Tarteso]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

the real bar owner is a foreigner.

Another one Bad Guy way to Bangkok Hilton.????

[Bvor]

51 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Taking business away from police controlled sex bars is a very serious offence ????

TIT where money and corruption is no 1 and law and order is swept under the carpet. Parents turn a blind eye because they benefit financially/the weight of police "law enforcement" depends on the weight of their brown envelopes. No prostitution but wall to wall bargirls. 

[Lemsta69]

5 minutes ago, Bvor said:

TIT where money and corruption is no 1 and law and order is swept under the carpet. Parents turn a blind eye because they benefit financially/the weight of police "law enforcement" depends on the weight of their brown envelopes. No prostitution but wall to wall bargirls. 

you make it sound like it's a bad thing.

[rabiedabruce]

1 hour ago, taninthai said:

This is the problem it’s all a laugh and joke for the people that use there services ………off coarse this happens girls forced into it under pressure and fear happens world wide not just thailand

Here we go with the 'not just Thailands', yes but Thailand is universally notorious for it since decades.

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

The "Rescue" of Six Underage Sex Workers... 
If they were kept there without their consent and locked up without possibility to escape - that would be very very bad.
95% "sure" however, that was not the case. 
Just saying.

You can't give consent for prostitution when you are 15, so it IS very bad. that you think it is ok, is sick.

[sadmoneysnow]

It's possible that the foreigner owner had no idea this was going on. The pimping of these girls could have just been a side business. Why did they include 3k baht in the picture? I'm guessing that is the ST fee

[Mickeymaus]

"The bar was also being operated without permission. They were taken to the Patong Police Station to face charges of operating an entertainment venue without a permit or license and human trafficking." 

 

It is almost impossible to find out if a bar has no licence especially in Soi Bangla... And then prostitution... And then minors... What a bad world there ????????????. Good that I live in the lovely family resort Pattaya that is officially free of prostitution ♥️????????????. 

[steven100]

3 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

The "Rescue" of Six Underage Sex Workers... 
If they were kept there without their consent and locked up without possibility to escape - that would be very very bad.
95% "sure" however, that was not the case. 
Just saying.

i would agree ..... they work there and send the money back to mama upcountry.  They aren't chained to the post or anything like that.

[BritScot]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

You can't give consent for prostitution when you are 15, so it IS very bad. that you think it is ok, is sick.

Where did it say they were 15 in the post? Under 19 is classed as underage in prostitution Thailand. The term "to young to concent" used yet in villages up and down Thailand girls 15 or younger marry all the time and sometimes to much older men. Young girls of the very poor are often sold into basic bondage to karaoke/bar etc. This has been thai cultural for hundreds of years. Right or wrong people should never judge through western culture eyes.

[Rhacsyn]

22 minutes ago, BritScot said:

Where did it say they were 15 in the post? Under 19 is classed as underage in prostitution Thailand. The term "to young to concent" used yet in villages up and down Thailand girls 15 or younger marry all the time and sometimes to much older men. Young girls of the very poor are often sold into basic bondage to karaoke/bar etc. This has been thai cultural for hundreds of years. Right or wrong people should never judge through western culture eyes.

The full article, if read, clearly states that the youngest girl was 15 years old

[LivinLOS]

48 minutes ago, BritScot said:

Where did it say they were 15 in the post? 

LOL.. Read the story before speaking huh ??

[billd766]

3 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Another one Bad Guy way to Bangkok Hilton.????

Proof? 

[jts-khorat]

This bar, which so surprisingly has been found to be illegal and unlicensed, is prominently featured in a really well-known Youtube-Channel during his rounds through Soi Bangla, at least for the last six months (Nine Media Thailand). I am sure it can be found in lots of other Youtube-Channels.

 

It would be really, really difficult to overlook it by just casually strolling up Soi Seadragon: it is on the ground floor, advertised by neon lighting, a gigantic sign already visible from the main road, and girls trying to usher you in quite aggressively.

 

The girls all sit outside or dance inside on the stage, clearly visible at all times from the road. There is absolutely nothing hidden going on here at all.

 

Yuki, named in the article, was not shy to be mentioned by name in those videos and quite proudly presented the other employees openly there.

 

Soi Bangla and Soi Seadragon has a visible, daily police presence, with regular patrols happening. I am sure all officers are schooled in identifying illegal prostitution and especially underage girls and would not hesitate a second to stop such illegal acticity, whenever and wherever they would have possibly encountered it during all those previous months.

 

Putting all this info together, I invite everybody to come to their own conclusions what really is happening here.

[Thingamabob]

5 hours ago, n00dle said:

so you have absolutely no issues with businesses "employing" 15-year-old sex workers if they "consent".

Thanks for that window into your character. 

 

Just sayin'

He's right though. Highly unlikely they worked there against their will. 

[Tarteso]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Proof? 

 

Coming?

 

Twosuspects were arrested who claimthe real bar owner is a foreigner.

[billd766]

29 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

 

Coming?

 

Two suspects were arrested who claim the real bar owner is a foreigner.

So is my wedding anniversary and my birthday and I have proof of them.

[Tarteso]

26 minutes ago, billd766 said:

So is my wedding anniversary and my birthday and I have proof of them.

No ????
 

Birthday05/23/1944

[stoner]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

i would agree ..... they work there and send the money back to mama upcountry.  They aren't chained to the post or anything like that.

this comment is filth. 

[stoner]

4 hours ago, BritScot said:

sold into basic bondage

 

4 hours ago, BritScot said:

This has been thai cultural for hundreds of years. Right or wrong people should never judge through western culture eyes.

remember when black people were sold into slavery. so its cool because you know ....culture

 

right or wrong people should never judge through eastern culture eyes.......right ???

[still kicking]

13 minutes ago, stoner said:

this comment is filth. 

Why?

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Why?

because for the most part the vast majority of 15 year old girls are not developed enough to understand the consequences of their actions. 

 

i would of thought that was pretty straight forward.

 

we have advanced enough as a society to understand more about the brains development. i would think that working as a bar girl might factor into ones psychology and or mental state going forward into the future. 

 

just a guess though. 

 

may i ask do you yourself have a daughter. if so is she 15. and then if so......you fill in the rest. or anyone else here that wants to moan about my comment. please let me know your thoughts on this subject if it was your daughter.

 

 

[billd766]

48 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

No ????
 

Birthday05/23/1944

Absolutely correct and that agrees with my birth certificate.

[still kicking]

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Absolutely correct and that agrees with my birth certificate.

Wow you beat me 

[jts-khorat]

57 minutes ago, stoner said:

because for the most part the vast majority of 15 year old girls are not developed enough to understand the consequences of their actions. 

i would of thought that was pretty straight forward.

If indeed there was a 15 year old girl working there, that would be reprehensible. There are laws against it, which should be followed.

 

The main emphasis of the article, that this bar was operating "unlicensed" for several months even though it is one of the most visible in Soi Seadragon, and the supposition that the secret shareholder is a foreigner (which still would mean that he must have majority Thai shareholders, unmentioned), all this directly under the nose of the police and that it was a different agency which had to do the raid...

 

I would not want to say that there were no underage girls there, but the whole circumstances leave me in some doubt. At a minimum, I am very sure that the information in this article contains some serious holes. Holes, that to my opinion are much worse than underage girls, bad as that is by itself, because they create the exact circumstances that make this possible without the need to have a care about the law.

 

I would be very surprised to see if this same place is not open within the next few days, with pretty much the same employees as before (minus the underage girl and maybe with a different sign outside).

[stoner]

18 hours ago, jts-khorat said:

If indeed there was a 15 year old girl working there, that would be reprehensible. There are laws against it, which should be followed.

 

The main emphasis of the article, that this bar was operating "unlicensed" for several months even though it is one of the most visible in Soi Seadragon, and the supposition that the secret shareholder is a foreigner (which still would mean that he must have majority Thai shareholders, unmentioned), all this directly under the nose of the police and that it was a different agency which had to do the raid...

 

I would not want to say that there were no underage girls there, but the whole circumstances leave me in some doubt. At a minimum, I am very sure that the information in this article contains some serious holes. Holes, that to my opinion are much worse than underage girls, bad as that is by itself, because they create the exact circumstances that make this possible without the need to have a care about the law.

 

I would be very surprised to see if this same place is not open within the next few days, with pretty much the same employees as before (minus the underage girl and maybe with a different sign outside).

from the sounds of it you didn't even read the attached link that details what happened. 

 

and i quote....

 

Officials told the Phuket Express that they have rescued six underage female victims in a nearby hotel. The youngest victim is only 15 years old. They were taken into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).