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Masks and bikinis as red-light districts reopen
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/07/2020
» With performers wearing facemasks as well as bikinis, Bangkok's red-light districts reopened on Wednesday after more than three months of shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.
'Gorgeous' cheerleader billboards spark war of words
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/09/2018
» Billboards with "gorgeous" head and shoulder shots of 15 former Thammasat University cheerleaders that allegedly aim to inspire students to apply to be cheerleaders this year are drawing mixed reactions from the public.
BMA cracks down on tattoo shops
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/09/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is launching a crackdown on hundreds of unlicensed tattoo parlours across the capital after finding that only 50 were properly registered.
US retiree accused of running 'sex tours' on Thai-Myanmar border
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/05/2018
» An American man has been arrested in a sting operation for allegedly running an online brothel service matching men in northern Thailand with Myanmar sex workers across the border, police said on Tuesday.
Calls to track 'brothel king' cash
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/02/2018
» Police reform advocates have urged the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) to trace the money trail of a fugitive massage parlour tycoon accused of human trafficking.
A friend in need
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/02/2018
» Former national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang admitted on Monday that he had borrowed a huge sum of money from the fugitive owner of the Victoria's Secret Massage brothel, Kampol Wirathepsuporn.
Land of soap and water
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/01/2018
» A massage parlour in Bangkok welcomed a team of inspectors on Wednesday amid suspicions it has been illegally consuming groundwater.
Parlour tricks
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into freebies given to police by a local massage parlour.