20 foreign sex worker suspects arrested in Pattaya

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PUBLISHED: 27 Dec 2024 at 11: 31

Twenty suspects, seated, are detained by immigration police in Chon Buri province on Friday. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
Twenty suspects, seated, are detained by immigration authorities in Chon Buri state on Friday. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )

Twenty people from various nations were detained in Pattaya Beach Town on Friday for supposedly providing gender services.

According to Pol Lt Col Piyapong Ensan, commander of Pattaya holiday officers, problems made by locals and tourists about a group of unusual women scurrying for money at various locations along the shore, which disturbed the public’s order.

Police tracked the children’s behavior until they established that they were offering sexual for money. The soldiers arrested 20 defendants — nine Ugandans, eight Uyghurs, two Madagascans&nbsp, and one French — aged between 26 and 51.

The suspects pleaded guilty to the cost and claimed to have been in Thailand for sex. They were fined, and their visa were revoked to promote imprisonment. &nbsp,

In order to welcome visitors during the New Year, the procedure was said to increase the visitor city’s reputation.