Six of the seven Ugandan women police accused of
working as prostitutes in Pattaya.
Boonlua Chatree
Chonburi provincial police arrested seven Ugandan
women accused of working as prostitutes in Pattaya.
The seven suspects in their 20s were taken into
custody on Beach Road near Soi Pattayaland 2 Feb. 7 after complaints
about the Africans propositioning passersby in the evening and early
morning hours.
Police said the women confessed to working as
prostitutes for 20-year-old Sifas Nanono, also of Uganda. However,
officers said, all the suspects denied they were victims of human
trafficking and had come to Thailand voluntarily on tourist visas.
Each were fined 1,000 baht before being turned over
to immigration officials for deportation.
