Prostitutes are now called DRINKING COMPANIONS in Thailand

Police round up 24 women drinking companions in Bangkok clubs

The Nation reported that police rounded up 24 women from #Laos and #Vietnam who worked as ‘drinking companions’ at clubs in #Bangkok’s Khlong Ton, Ratchadapisek and Huai Kwang areas for inspection over a suspicion that they might be involved in prostitution, a senior officer said on Tuesday.

Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang told a press conference that the 21 Laotian and one Vietnamese women might be at risk of being victims of prostitution and human trafficking crimes and thus pro-actively checked on them.

Officers found that the women carried passports and most had a 30-day tourist visa, while others had a work visa related to another profession, but none had a work permit for club jobs.

The women had frequently returned to their home countries when their visa expired and re-entered Thailand in order to maintain their legal stay, he said.

The women were later passed on to case investigators to proceed with legal actions. – The Nation

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