Seventy-seven migrant workers who were rounded up at a massage parlour in Huay Khwang area by a special unit of the Interior Ministry on Wednesday night have been detained at the Criminal Court’s detention cells.
Of the 77, 57 of them were found to be without work permits while the rest were found to have taken up jobs different from those stated in their work permits.
Officials said that all the migrant workers were denied bail because they didn’t have permanent residences and they might escape if they were freed on bail.
Altogether 121 female workers were found in the Nataree massage parlour. Nine of them were found to have been lured into prostitution by their procurers. 12 others are being checked whether they are minor or not because they have no ID cards.
23 workers who are over 18 were fined on charges of loitering and illegal assembly and later released.
As for the manager of the massage parlour and his four employees, officials said they faced charges of human trafficking and providing shelter to illegal migrant workers.
The officials are still looking for the owner of the parlour.
