Two arrested for human trafficking
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Police arrested a karaoke bar owner and a Laotian woman in Sakhon Nakhon's Akat Amnuay district for human trafficking and also rescued 12 Laotian female workers, of whom eight were under the age of 18.
Anti-Human Trafficking Division chief Pol Maj-General Chawalit Sawaengpeuch announced Thursday that Boonsa Srisamai, 37, and Khamphan Sisamai, 33, were also charged with operating a bar without a licence, procuring prostitutes, illegally hiring immigrants, recruiting minors to work in a bar and exploiting them.
The rescued teenagers have been sent to a home for juveniles, while the other four women, aged between 19 and 25, have been charged with illegal entry to Thailand.
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