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Men arrested for trafficking Thais into prostitution in Brunei

Police arrest human trafficking suspect Somchai Sukson, 55, second left, in tambon Klang Wiang of Wiang Sa district in Nan on Wednesday. (Photo supplied)

Police of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division on Wednesday arrested two men from the North for allegedly luring Thai women into forced prostitution in Brunei.

ATPD commander Pol Maj Gen Siam Boonsom said Rachen Sooksorn 49, was arrested in tambon Wiang Nuea of Wiang Chai district in Chiang Rai and Somchai Sukson, 55, was apprehended in tambon Klang Wiang of Wiang Sa district in Nan province. 

Police charged them with trafficking women into forced prostitution. Their arrest followed complaints from two Thai women who fled to the Thai embassy in Brunei on March 31, 2019.

The women told police that Mr Rachen’s group had offered them work as masseuses…

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