Police bust Bangkok karaoke bar for running prostitution ring

[snoop1130]

 

Police raided a well-known karaoke and traditional massage parlour in Bangkok today, uncovering an illicit prostitution ring involving Thai and Laotian women. The establishment had over ten rooms converted for illegal activities, and the owner confessed to the charges.

 

Officers from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD), today, July 1, led by Saruti Kwangsopa, instructed officers from the Nong Chok Police Station to mobilise a team of officers to conduct a raid on a karaoke bar in the Nong Chok district of Bangkok.

 

The raid followed intelligence that the establishment, purportedly a traditional massage parlour, was secretly operating a prostitution ring.

 

Inside the premises, police found six women, three Thai and three Laotian, who were drinking with customers. The second and third floors had been modified into over ten small rooms, each furnished with mattresses on the floor, ostensibly for massage services but used for prostitution.

 

 

Additionally, officers discovered condoms and lubricants, further evidencing the illegal activities. Before the raid, undercover agents had already arranged to purchase services, leading to the immediate arrest of the owner of the establishment, 52 year old Rasamee, who confessed to running the illegal prostitution business.

 

Rasamee was charged with operating a business that facilitated prostitution, managing or overseeing such an establishment, and employing foreign nationals without proper work permits.

 

The six women involved were not coerced into prostitution, so they were charged with congregating in a place of prostitution and were handed over to the ATPD for further legal action, reported KhaoSod.

 

Rasamee now faces severe legal consequences for her actions as police are committed to cracking down on such illegal establishments that exploit women and violate the law.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Image courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-01

 

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[thesetat2013]

someone forgot to send the brown envelope. hmm... am certain this place as well as many many others in Bangkok and Thailand offer the same services. But never get arrested. 

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The raid followed intelligence that the establishment, purportedly a traditional massage parlour, was secretly operating a prostitution ring.

 

Inside the premises, police found six women, three Thai and three Laotian, who were drinking with customers. The second and third floors had been modified into over ten small rooms, each furnished with mattresses on the floor, ostensibly for massage services but used for prostitution

Thailand doing what it does best.

[soalbundy]

What's the difference between that and a bar beer except for the mattresses.

[ChrisY1]

500 baht fines all around and a few freebies...crime solved!

Edited July 2 by ChrisY1

[Tarteso]

Everybody knows the meaning of traditional massage parlour.. Nothing new.

[nobodysfriend]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The establishment had over ten rooms converted for illegal activities, and the owner confessed to the charges.

 

Once upon a time in India ... sex was free ... women stayed at temples to serve if they wanted it .

 

[itsari]

The men found in the premises having drinks with the ladies were not arrested .

In many countries in Europe the men would be prosecuted and the women receive no charges .

 

[RichardColeman]

I bet undercover cop in some divisions is a real sought after job

[Bangkok Barry]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The six women involved were not coerced into prostitution

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

police are committed to cracking down on such illegal establishments that exploit women

 

If the women were there voluntarily, how were they being exploited?

[brewsterbudgen]

1 hour ago, itsari said:

The men found in the premises having drinks with the ladies were not arrested .

In many countries in Europe the men would be prosecuted and the women receive no charges .

 

In Thailand it's not a crime to have drinks with prostitutes!

[Gottfrid]

44 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

 

If the women were there voluntarily, how were they being exploited?

That´s the best question so far.
 

22 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

In Thailand it's not a crime to have drinks with prostitutes!

Right! I can actually not think of any country that applies such a law. 😉 

[itsari]

34 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

That´s the best question so far.
 

Right! I can actually not think of any country that applies such a law. 😉 

You could try Norway .

Drinking with prostitutes in the setting we were discribed the law would say the men were soliciting for sexual services 

[itsari]

41 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

That´s the best question so far.
 

Right! I can actually not think of any country that applies such a law. 😉 

That is because you dont know much.

[itsari]

4 minutes ago, itsari said:

You could try Norway .

Drinking with prostitutes in the setting we were discribed the law would say the men were soliciting for sexual services 

You could also try Sweden , Iceland , Ireland , France and also Israel even though it is not Europe.

[Gottfrid]

13 minutes ago, itsari said:

That is because you dont know much.

9 minutes ago, itsari said:

You could also try Sweden , Iceland , Ireland , France and also Israel even though it is not Europe.

 

The reply I quoted was that it was not illegal to drink with a prostitute. Never said in what place. Visiting certain places for certain services might be illegal. Drinking with a prostitute is not.

[Gottfrid]

17 minutes ago, itsari said:

You could try Norway .

Drinking with prostitutes in the setting we were discribed the law would say the men were soliciting for sexual services 

Yes, and then you show that you have no record of such activities as well as you deny the accusation that is built without any proof. After that you are free to go. In other words, not illegal to drink with prostitutes as long as nothing else can be proven.

[itsari]

35 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Yes, and then you show that you have no record of such activities as well as you deny the accusation that is built without any proof. After that you are free to go. In other words, not illegal to drink with prostitutes as long as nothing else can be proven.

As I said before , in many european countries that tale you gave would not leave you without being prosecuted for soliciting sexual services in the situation the men were found in a suspected brothel as described in the Bangkok bar .

 

[Gottfrid]

26 minutes ago, itsari said:

As I said before , in many european countries that tale you gave would not leave you without being prosecuted for soliciting sexual services in the situation the men were found in a suspected brothel as described in the Bangkok bar .

 

No, it would not go to prosecution, as it would be archived for lack of evidence.

[itsari]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

No, it would not go to prosecution, as it would be archived for lack of evidence.

That is not correct I am afraid, be careful when in Europe if you have that idea .

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, thesetat2013 said:

someone forgot to send the brown envelope.

Gawd...

[Liverpool Lou]

6 hours ago, soalbundy said:

What's the difference between that and a bar beer except for the mattresses.

It's the mattresses, rubbers, lube and admitted in-house sexual activity that is the difference.  Drinking at a bar is legal.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

Once upon a time in India ... sex was free ... women stayed at temples to serve if they wanted it .

 

That was then and it was India...this is now, in Thailand.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, itsari said:

The men found in the premises having drinks with the ladies were not arrested .

Drinking in a karaoke bar is not illegal, what would the men be arrested for?

[Gottfrid]

15 minutes ago, itsari said:

That is not correct I am afraid, be careful when in Europe if you have that idea .

Darn man. Stop it! I am from Sweden, and I have person experience of police raiding establishments in Stockholm.

[soalbundy]

Just now, Liverpool Lou said:

It's the mattresses, rubbers, lube and admitted in-house sexual activity that is the difference.  Drinking at a bar is legal.

It's not the drinking that's illegal, it's the bar girl prostitutes and bar fines that makes them a 'take away brothel', the food is consumed elsewhere, that's the small difference. Whatever, I see no harm in either 'institution' as long as it's a case of legal age consensual pussy prying.

[itsari]

12 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Drinking in a karaoke bar is not illegal, what would the men be arrested for?

From the way I read the report is that the men were drinking with the prostitutes in the floor above  the bar. 

I was saying if that is the case in many European countries the men would be prosecuted for soliciting to buy sex but not here in Thailand it seems 

[itsari]

14 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Darn man. Stop it! I am from Sweden, and I have person experience of police raiding establishments in Stockholm.

I am sure of that Svenska

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, itsari said:

You could try Norway .

Drinking with prostitutes in the setting we were discribed the law would say the men were soliciting for sexual services 

Which section of the Norwegian General Civil Penal Code states that to be illegal if the customer is not buying sexual services?  

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, itsari said:

4 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Right! I can actually not think of any country that applies such a law. 😉 

That is because you dont know much.

Seems that neither do you, itsari, regarding soliciting.