Two arrested in Thailand for sex trafficking

A man and a woman have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking in separate cases in Kanchanaburi and Sisaket, police told a press conference yesterday.

Boonlert Timthong, 36, the owner of a restaurant in Kanchanaburi’s Muang district, was arrested in a sting operation for allegedly forcing six women from Myanmar to work as prostitutes. Anti-Human Trafficking Division police said they found four of the women, including a 17-year-old, at a karaoke bar run by the man.

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