Cambodian woman convicted of human trafficking
A Cambodian woman was convicted of begging by the Criminal Court yesterday and for forcing young children in Bangkok to beg on the streets.
The court convicted Piab, 33, of human trafficking, illegal entry and residing illegally in the country.
The court handed down an eight-year human-trafficking conviction and added another eight months for the two other offences. However, because of her confession, the jail term was commuted to four years and four months.
Piab was arrested on February 27 in front of the Sports Authority of Thailand’s headquarters while holding a six-month-old baby in her arms. There were a few Cambodian children sitting nearby. All of them were begging for money from passers-by. In the four bowls used by the children to beg, police found change amounting to Bt808.
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