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[QUOTE=ShinShin;1890778]Got news from my Nataree super VIP friend, allegedly UK NGO group led authority raided the parlour this afternoon. Many foreign workers and many minors were caught.
I guess the best and favorite parlour for many of us in BKK will be gone for a while, until things have calm down and more dividends have been paid out. I guess I will miss it to some extend.[/QUOTE]I doubt very much any foreign NGO would be allowed to lead a raid in junta-controlled Thailand.
[QUOTE=ShinShin;1890778]Got news from my Nataree super VIP friend, allegedly UK NGO group led authority raided the parlour this afternoon. Many foreign workers and many minors were caught.[/QUOTE]Yup; was reported in the Bangkok Post this morning. No article just a picture showing some of the ladies with the caption / text:
[B]Massage parlour cover-up[/B]
A total of 115 Thai and foreign women working at Nataree Massage, a massage parlour on Ratchadaphisek Road are detained during a raid by Interior Ministry officials. Some were under 18 years old.
SL.
Stickboy twitter had photos of the books. Some serious baht moving through there.
[QUOTE=Sunlover2;1890879]Yup; was reported in the Bangkok Post this morning. No article just a picture showing some of the ladies with the caption / text:
[B]Massage parlour cover-up[/B]
A total of 115 Thai and foreign women working at Nataree Massage, a massage parlour on Ratchadaphisek Road are detained during a raid by Interior Ministry officials. Some were under 18 years old.
SL.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sunlover2;1890879]Yup; was reported in the Bangkok Post this morning. No article just a picture showing some of the ladies with the caption / text:
[B]Massage parlour cover-up[/B]
A total of 115 Thai and foreign women working at Nataree Massage, a massage parlour on Ratchadaphisek Road ...SL.[/QUOTE]The best bit is the observation than " . The raid apparently followed three months of preparations and evidence gathering with officers posing as customers. " The officers were almost certainly arguing for more time, to gather more evidence. Three MONTHS?
The story is the the raid followed complaints by NVADER, a New Zealand NGO. It's likely 'loose talk' from posters on this and other forums led to the complaint. There have been a few comments about 'indentured' and [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord902][CodeWord902][/url] girls on this forum, but only 3 out 115 turned out to be [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord902][CodeWord902][/url] and they were probably nearly 18. Any time you talk about these things on this forum is just going to give these NGOs ammunition. I fear this is the beginning of the end of the soapie scene in Bangkok.
Well, that sucks that Nataree is closed. So what happened to the customers that were there during the raid? Anyone know? Did they get in trouble as well? And what happens to the girls? Will they get jail time or just a fine?
The NGO thing now sounds like an open excuse to raid this place, at least it looks good on the press. According to some papasans from other parlors, the Nataree business mode has been too flamboyant, and they pissed off lots of big bosses in the same field, and lots big shots along that food chain. A lot of jealousy from competitors as well. Also another point worth mentioned is that the shareholder of Nataree may not belong to the same camp as the establishment. All this sound too familiar again, probably another internal conflict.
[QUOTE=Optional;1890982]Well, that sucks that Nataree is closed. So what happened to the customers that were there during the raid? Anyone know? Did they get in trouble as well? And what happens to the girls? Will they get jail time or just a fine?[/QUOTE]According to a papasan there, there were lots of customers upstairs in the rooms at that time, they were told to dress up and leave by shouting each floor"police, customer go home" and ladies were taken downstairs.
[QUOTE=ShinShin;1890983]The NGO thing now sounds like an open excuse to raid this place, at least it looks good on the press. According to some papasans from other parlors, the Nataree business mode has been too flamboyant, and they pissed off lots of big bosses in the same field, and lots big shots along that food chain. A lot of jealousy from competitors as well. Also another point worth mentioned is that the shareholder of Nataree may not belong to the same camp as the establishment. All this sound too familiar again, probably another internal conflict.[/QUOTE]That's all probably true. New Zealand Christian NGOs have absolutely no influence on the Thai government, but it helps the government gain 'brownie points' in the annual US 'human trade' report. Meanwhile secret hotels full of 'too young' girls and tiger meat will remain open for the Chinese package tourists.
According to reports Nataree had over 400 girls on its books and 90% of them are Thai nationals over the age of 18, so that's a lot of girls who will be looking for work. Where will they go? Isn't Alaina owned by the same people?
[QUOTE=*****man;1890996]That's all probably true. New Zealand Christian NGOs have absolutely no influence on the Thai government, but it helps the government gain 'brownie points' in the annual US 'human trade' report. Meanwhile secret hotels full of 'too young' girls and tiger meat will remain open for the Chinese package tourists.[/QUOTE]They probably just used some NGO as a scape goat for the raids. We all know that the raids were done because some local leaders in that area are feuding. So they just blamed the raid on an NGO to hide the fact that it was purely done for local-political purposes regarding business development.
[QUOTE=ShinShin;1890987]According to a papasan there, there were lots of customers upstairs in the rooms at that time, they were told to dress up and leave by shouting each floor"police, customer go home" and ladies were taken downstairs.[/QUOTE]Ah, it's good that the customers didn't get in trouble. And I assume the papasans and the girls will get off free as well? I actually became "friends" with some of the girls and papasans there. Hoping they are ok. Am wondering if I should contact them and see how they are doing, but don't want to get into trouble myself for contacting them!
[URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3630826/Bangkok-brothel-raid-reveals-[url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord902][CodeWord902][/url]-sex-workers-cop-racket.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=MichaelSamuel;1890907]Stickboy twitter had photos of the books. Some serious baht moving through there.[/QUOTE]Yes; rather lengthly reports on TV showing the authorities combing though books of records. Plus the prerequisite leg shots of the ladies sitting around and hiding their faces. Lots of press on this one.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB4Fxnyd2TE[/URL]
SL.
[QUOTE=ParkVille;1891009]They probably just used some NGO as a scape goat for the raids. We all know that the raids were done because some local leaders in that area are feuding. So they just blamed the raid on an NGO to hide the fact that it was purely done for local-political purposes regarding business development.[/QUOTE]I have an alternate theory: some of the police who "investigated" the parlor got pissed off at the place because the girls there insisted on giving them CBJs. I hope the other soapies in the area get the message!