Phuket bar raided for alleged underage prostitution
published : 16 Mar 2023 at 15:12
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
Officials raided a bar on Bangla Walking Street in Phuket on Wednesday night, arresting two women for allegedly providing girls for visitors and rescuing six girls from the business.
The raid was in response to a tip from Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-human trafficking organisation from the United States.
Officials went to Velvet bar on Wednesday night to check the complaint. They arrested two women and charged them with procurement of girls and unlicensed bar operation, officials said.
Officials also found six young women aged under 18 at a nearby hotel. The girls were treated as human trafficking victims and rescued from prostitution.
Vocabulary
- alleged: claimed to be true although not yet proven; claimed to have done something wrong but not yet proven - ที่ถูกกล่าวหา
- charge: to accuse someone officially of committing a crime - ตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
- complaint: when someone says that something is wrong or not satisfactory - การร้องเรียน
- human trafficking: the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others (Source: Wikipedia) - การค้ามนุษย์
- in response to: in reaction to something that has happened or been said - ตาม
- officials: people who have the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
- procurement: the process of buying supplies or equipment for a government department or company - การจัดซื้อวัสดุ เครื่องมือสำหรับบริษัท หรือหน่วยงานของรัฐ
- prostitution: the business of selling sex - การค้าประเวณี
- rescue: to save a person or animal from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ช่วยชีวิต
- tip: secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to tell them about an illegal activity that has happened or is going to happen - ข้อมูล
- treat: to behave in a particular way towards somebody/something - ปฏิบัติ(ต่อ)
- unlicensed: not having a license or the correct papers to do something - ไม่ได้ตีทะเบียน, นอกกฎหมาย
