Phuket Police arrest illegal masseurs

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Phuket Police arrest illegal masseurs
Nattapat Tuarob


The five women were working as massage therapists at a hotel in Phuket Town.

Phuket: -- Four Burmese and one Cambodian women were arrested for working illegally as masseurs on Wednesday afternoon (March 11) after failing to produce their work permits.

Police, led by Pol Lt Col Somsak Thongkliag, Inspector of Phuket City Police arrested the five while they were working as massage therapists in the Sinthavee Hotel in Phuket town.

The five were named as Ma, 19, Nan Mee Mee, 21, Nan Mein Mu, 26, and Nan Tip, 22, from Burma and Van Nak Suk, 31, from Cambodian.

The five have all been charged with working illegally without a work permit and are being held at Phuket Police Station.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-police-arrest-illegal-masseurs-51380.php


-- Phuket News 2015-03-13

[Anthony5]

No happy ending for those in the picture.

[uel1968]

Look at the girl in the green coloured t,shirt,so innocent looking,hahaha!!!!

[siampolee]

Must have ''rubbed'' someone up the wrong way, hence the action after a tip off.

Edited March 13, 2015 by siampolee

[sawati]

No can do...you only work bricklaying.

[FredNL]

Thai rip off sluts from Phuket don't like competition..

[Guest]

Dear Accounts Payable - Sinthavee Hotel

Did we miss a payment to someone special?

[billbellamy]

Why is not their boss arrested as well? I would imagine the girls did not turn down a work permit but rather never given one.

[EnglishJohn]

Surely the responsibility should lie with the employer to check the staff have the relevant work permits in order have the information to pay tax to the government ?.

This seems all wrong. Those girls look pretty young and clueless and will do anything to earn money. It's ridiculous that it's not the employer who has been arrested.

As usual in Thailand, it seems the law is written by those in power to protect themselves and their 'supporters'.

[Lupatria]

Handiworks “ᴙ” us!

[chingmai331]

The cops always get those on the bottom of the ladder. The guys above are out of reach.

[Docno]

Surely the responsibility should lie with the employer to check the staff have the relevant work permits in order have the information to pay tax to the government ?.

This seems all wrong. Those girls look pretty young and clueless and will do anything to earn money. It's ridiculous that it's not the employer who has been arrested.

As usual in Thailand, it seems the law is written by those in power to protect themselves and their 'supporters'.

The game was played the same way in Singapore, that land of law abidingness. A shop would be raided, the maseusses (usually Thai or Chinese) would be arrested, and they would kept in an immigration cell for a couple of days before being sent home with the appropriate stamp on their passport. The shop would be open just a few days later with a whole new batch of girls. I think the owners would be fined some amount equivalent to less than a couple day's income. It went on like this for a good 10 years. It was only two years ago that the police got serious about the whole thing and actually shut the shops down.

[Andre0720]

Look much more like masseuses to me....

[maidee]

underpaid maids position only, only jobs that thais think they are too good to do themselves please

[LivinginKata]

Off topic posts removed.

[jacko45k]

Surely the responsibility should lie with the employer to check the staff have the relevant work permits in order have the information to pay tax to the government ?.

This seems all wrong. Those girls look pretty young and clueless and will do anything to earn money. It's ridiculous that it's not the employer who has been arrested.

As usual in Thailand, it seems the law is written by those in power to protect themselves and their 'supporters'.

Yes the employer should be punished too for employing illegal staff.

But policing is not regarded as the responsibility of the seller...... many examples of that.

[BestBitterPhuket]

Where is the real criminal, the employer. What a total joke that police force is. This is why Thailand should remain in the bottom tier when it comes to human trafficking. The victims of trafficking are arrested, while the slave traders and slave owners walk free so that they can do it again and again. Disgusting!

Edited March 14, 2015 by BestBitterPhuket

[Bogan Koori]

I feel so cheated. I got a massage off the one in the green shirt 3 weeks ago. I was told it was a 100% Thai oil massage.