Happy End to Pattaya Massage Parlour Raids.

[Anchor Moy]

At 10pm on the evening of June 8 a team made up of Pattaya police officers, the Tourist Police, soldiers and over one-hundred volunteers raided five massage parlours in Pattaya City.

The Honey Massage Parlors 1 & 2, the Sabai Rooms, Rasputin and PP Massage venues were all vigorously searched with the owner’s full co-operation. Each was found to have the proper licenses and there was no sign of underage workers in any of them. And there were no illegal substances discovered.

Police Colonel Apichai happily announced that all premises were operating within the law and was pleased to see there is no human trafficking in Pattaya.

http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/2250 ... -parlours/

Ok, I have some questions for Thai expats or massage parlour experts: Is it usual to invite over 100 volunteers to join in a raid on massage parlours in Thailand ? Why ?

This doesn't look like a put-up PR job to make Pattaya smell of roses, does it ?

[ExPenhMan]

Police use a lot of volunteers, mostly foreigners, for big operations, such as alcohol checks on the highways and in Pattaya town, and raids.

No underaged workers were found because no one's under 40 in the bars and shops. LOL. That's just from looking from the street, since I don't do go-gos, beer bars and massage shops anymore. However, I have heard this for the past 3-4 years from participants.

Otherwise, there is a distinct smell of buffalo droppings here.

[frank lee bent]

news from Thailand is never mundane