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Myanmar casino ‘sex hostages’ swim to salvation

Ekapop Lueangprasert, left, and his team are seen with a Thai national who said she was a sex trafficking victim in Myanmar at the Royal Thai Police. Police photo

About 300 Thai women have been forced into prostitution at a casino near the Thai-Myanmar border adjacent to Tak province, according to a 25-year-old woman who managed to escape.

She is one of two Thai women who said they were allegedly duped into performing paid sex services in Myanmar’s Myawaddy. They swam the Moei River to return to Thailand on the Mae Sot side in Tak.

The woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, arrived at the Royal Thai Police Office yesterday to file her complaint. She said early this year a net idol held a live broadcast online and invited…

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