The horrific murder of a 17-year-old Thai girl in Pattaya, whose body was found inside a suitcase near a local railway line, has ignited a fierce national debate over the institutional safety of the country's hospitality workforce.

Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital yesterday revealed bone mass test results indicate six more sex workers - rounded up from the Nataree Entertainment massage parlour raid on Tuesday - were under 18.