THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Two women rescued from HK brothel

Two women rescued from HK brothel

Two Thai women rescued from a Hong Kong brothel have recalled to investigators how they were forced into prostitution after being lured to the Special Administrative Region with the promise of Bt90,000-month jobs working as masseuses.

The women said the brothel owner told them they wouldn’t be released until they had serviced 200 customers to repay travel expenses. Women from China and Russia were also being held captive at the brothel, the two said.
Social Development and Human Security Minister Pavena Hongsakul, whose Pavena Foundation for Children and Women received the victims’ call for help, told a press conference yesterday that the women were lured to Hong Kong with the promise of the jobs by another Thai woman aged 38 – who also provided them with plane tickets for the trip on July 4.
The duo were forced to have sex with men from 7am to 2am without pay, until they escaped on July 6 and hid at the Hong Kong airport.
Having no money to buy tickets home, they called the Pavena Foundation via the Internet, prompting the foundation to alert related agencies for help.
Pavena said police were hunting for the Thai woman and those involved in the sex-trade ring. The two victims have also been put under police protection after receiving threats against their families. Pavena said the ministry would also provide counselling and financial assistance to the women following their terrible ordeal.
Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD) chief Pol Maj-General Chawalit Sawaengphuet said police were gathering evidence against members of the sex trade network and expected to make arrests soon. He said the AHTD was also looking into the possibility of extraditing accomplices from Hong Kong.
 

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