PUBLISHED: 17 September 2023 at 7:25
According to police, four individuals who allegedly provided sexual providers with minors were detained in Bangkok and Samut Prakan on Saturday.
Two of the suspects, Noppadol Chanthong, 40, and Khachaporn Khlainakpheuk, 51, were detained by officers from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division( ATPD ) on September 6 in accordance with warrants issued by the Criminal Court.
They are accused of encouraging human smuggling by making money off of adultery and luring or persuading children under the age of 15 to engage in sexual abuse.
Warit Wattanawongchai, a 41-year-old website administrator, and Pheeraphon Jaensapsin, an owner, were afterwards detained by the police. Both were sought after on Thursday by subpoenas issued by the Criminal Court.
Two 15-year-old girls who had been drawn into the sex industry were saved by the authorities. A trader named just as Ms. Thanyaporn was therefore detained by police at a Rama II Road condo. Ms. Thanyaporn allegedly tricked the girls into selling sexual at the apartments, according to ATPD chief Pol Maj Gen Sarut Kwaengsopha.
The seller allegedly posted images of kids on a website that offered sex services, according to the analysis.
According to Pol Maj Gen Sarut, Ms. Thanyaporn sent money to an accounts run by M. Khachaporn, which was set up as a horse account to receive payments from customers looking for the sexual services listed on the website.
Each month, 200, 000 – 300,000 baht were allegedly transferred to the account, and Mr. Noppadol was in charge of taking out the funds. According to the ATPD chief, Mr. Noppadol was detained at his house in Bang Khen region while Ms. Khachaporn was taken into custody at her home in the Dusit district.
Ms. Khachaporn admitted to receiving 2, 000 baht to open the mule account during questioning, while Mr. Noppadol acknowledged being hired to take 1, 000 – 2, 000 Baht from Mr Warit each time.
Mr. Warit was detained at a residence in Bangkok’s Hua Mak neighborhood. Therefore, Mr. Pheeraphon was taken into custody at a posh housing development in Samut Prakan, where authorities discovered several images of girls and young women on his computers.