Police rescue Myanmar women from Phuket brothel

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Police rescue Myanmar women from Phuket brothel
Piyanut Tumnukasetchai
The Nation



PHUKET: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) announced yesterday that it had rescued 12 Myanmar women aged between 16-29, forced into prostitution in Phang Nga and Phuket.

Officers arrested three suspects and issued arrest warrants for another two accomplices.

DSI chief Tarit Pengdit said he had assigned Pol Lt Col Komvit Pattanarat, director of DSI Human Anti-Trafficking Office, to investigate the report filed by the Myanmar Association In Thailand (MAT).

The association complained that Myanmar women, including several girls under 18, had been forced into the sex trade at a brothel in Phang Nga’s Kura Buri district.

The DSI joined forces with local police to rescue the eight Myanmar women, who told investigators they were forced to have sex with customers on a daily basis.

The victims, whose cell phones and passports were seized by the brothel owner, said they were beaten if they refused to work. They had also been told they would be paid Bt150 per customer, however, the brothel kept the money instead to pay for their travel expenses.

In a similar raid, the DSI also rescued another four Myanmar women brought by the same gang to work in a Phuket brothel. Two additional suspects were arrested in the raid.


-- The Nation 2013-07-18

[Baerboxer]

Good work. All those responsible should be found and punished to the full extent permitted by law. This is the sort of activity the police and DSI need to be doing. Let's hope the legal process also delivers, and no one is allowed to escape justice.

[stickylies]

well done, another 10.000 or so to go...

and then they can focuss on poor laos girls and yunnan girls.

Edited July 18, 2013 by stickylies

[mrfill]

No mention of either of the brothels being closed down. Odd that.

[johnlandy]

No mention of either of the brothels being closed down. Odd that.

Odd that. 'you really think so' Just service the scum a bit and it is business as usual.

[lee b]

Hope these girls are ok

[ableguy]

Hope these girls are ok

Myself am not even sure this is news, I could go out any night of the week and find the same thing in these brothel towns and we all know that means every town,