(L to R) Cashier Sukanya
Chanhom and bar owner Pincha Mukda have been arrested for allegedly
trafficking an underage girl in prostitution.
Boonlua Chatree
Children and Women’s Protection police arrested a Pattaya beer bar owner
for allegedly trafficking an underage girl in prostitution.
Pincha Mukda, 38, owner of South Pattaya’s Friendly Bar, and cashier Sukanya
Chanhom, 40, were arrested Dec. 4 after a foreign informant alerted police
to underage girls being sold for sexual services there. Police said the
foreigner pretended to be partying there before purchasing one of the girl’s
services for 2,000 baht, which he turned over as evidence to officers.
The girl in question, age 15, was taken into custody and sent to a shelter.
The two women were charged with conspiracy and human trafficking.
