Night entertainment operators in Patong Beach in Phuket say their businesses have lost about 100 million baht in the past week following a raid on a local bar operated by a foreigner who allegedly employed girls aged under 18 as sex workers.
Weerawit Kruesombat, chairman of Patong Entertainment Business Association, yesterday met nightspot operators to come up with measures to prevent venues from becoming involved in illegal activities including drugs and procuring minors to provide sex.
This was in response to a recent raid conducted by a special task force unit from the Department of Provincial Administration, on a bar in Soi Bangla in Kathu district last Wednesday in which two suspects were arrested.
Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said on Saturday the bar was operated by a foreigner, identified only as Ronny, who has reportedly fled to…
