I don't think that is true.
[QUOTE=Rocko20;2889500]What hotel was this? What bar are the girls from? Based on my mongering in thailand and other places, this story doesn't make much sense.
1. Security at any hotel has all of their IDs, or a copy of it, at reception. Any woman stealing, breaking things, etc. could get banned from the hotel. Causing damage is grounds for a ban. An Airbnb is different, but youre saying its a 5 star hotel.
2. Unless these are random freelancers, no WGs who works at a bar is going to risk stealing and breaking things, as there would be a long line of angry customers complaining to the bar and mamasan the very next day. Even if they were freelancers, everyone knows freelancers go to their same favorite spots, so if they were known thieves, they would be confronted with angry clients they just stole from.
3. Most WGs do not get drunk, there is barely any alcohol in lady drinks.
[B]4. Prostitution is technically illegal in Thailand.[/b] Theres nothing the cops could do from the WGs claiming they didnt get paid standpoint. Thats a personal dispute.
I've heard plenty of stories of Dominicans and Columbians stealing. But I have never heard of Thai bar girls stealing and damaging property at a 5 star hotel to where the police are called. Ive stayed at plenty of 5 star suites, nothing is worth stealing.[/QUOTE]4. Do you have a link to the Thai Penal or Criminal Code stating that prostitution is technically illegal in Thailand?
I can't speak for what might have changed recently. But the assertion that prostitution is illegal in Thailand comes up every now and then, I question it and provide the links to the above that to my reading never say a word about a consensual act of prostitution between adults age 18 or above being illegal in Thailand and so far I have not seen a citation stating otherwise.
However, as I allowed, I could certainly be wrong about that if some new spin on the law has been added recently.
The Code does state forcing someone to engage in prostitution is illegal. As is someone other than the prostitute raking off money for it, such as a pimp, a boss, parent, boyfriend, husband or other authority figure who might have applied undue coercion to engage in prostitution. And, of course, engaging in it with someone under age 18. Also, creating a public nuisance out of pitching a P4 P exchange, like when the sidewalks get so full of street girls that happily married couples and church ladies can't wade through them comfortably to get to their hotels and drinking bars.
But the mere act of consenting adults paying and accepting money for sex? I have not yet seen that in a Thai Penal / Criminal Code nor have I read or seen any report of anyone getting arrested and charged with a crime for doing it in Thailand.