Chachoengsao Governor Reungsak Mahawinitchaimontri said the province β which shares borders with Sa Kaew, Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Chanthaburi, Bangkok, Chonburi and Samut Prakan β had a large number of immigrants working in the agriculture, fisheries and industrial sectors, and some employers had grabbed the opportunity to take advantage of immigrant workers. This year, similar complaints were filed against karaoke bars in Ban Pho, Plaeng Yao and Panom Sarakham districts, although fewer instances of forced prostitution had been discovered, as a result of stricter law enforcement, said Reungsak.
He said most immigrant workers at the bars were Laotian women attracted by the relatively high wages. He said authorities were on the look out for victims of human trafficking β usually Laotian women and girls who had worked as waitresses before being forced into the sex trade and illegally detained. The number of people applying to open karaoke bars in Chachoengsao rose to 25 last year.
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