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7 hours ago, reader said:

He was, of course, shocked...shocked. It was apparently  well concealed secret.

From The Thaiger

The Minister of Public Health (MOPH) plans to clean up traditional Thai massage shops after 75% were found to secretly offer sex services.

 

 

I am shocked too. Shocked that 75% offer such services only secretly....... Presumably on this calculation the other 25% are offering sex services publicly.

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12 hours ago, reader said:

clean up traditional Thai massage shops after 75% were found to secretly offer sex services

Thankfully I don't go to traditional Thai massage shops for sex (they are for proper and good quality massages) but I do go to the other 25% non traditional Thai massage shops that do offer sex (yeah a basic rub down and then some raunchy sex:p). I'm also shocked that he found out what happens in the 75% of traditional massage shops, somebody must have "leaked" it to him :D

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Given the countless thousands of massage shops across Thailand, with Thai as well as farang customers, this smacks of unrealistic public posturing by politicians rather than any credible attempt to change ingrained popular culture. 

Aside from the more 'obvious' extras massage shops, I have found that even the middle aged ladies working in the more 'respectable' massage shops will often offer to 'take care' of any visible 'problems' that 'pop-up' during the course a regular oil massage 🤣.

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1 hour ago, Vessey said:

Given the countless thousands of massage shops across Thailand, with Thai as well as farang customers, this smacks of unrealistic public posturing by politicians rather than any credible attempt to change ingrained popular culture. 

It might be posturing, it can also be a genuine wish to restore credibility to nuad Thai, different ministers have different interests. The tourism minister would not be happy about a too efficient crackdown and would likely oppose any measures. Local police are not too interested either as it makes them a lot of money. All in all too many people make too much money on illicit workers in this and other industries for an MOH to really be able to push this.

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4 hours ago, spoon said:

The data gathering can be as quick as visiting 4 random "legal" massage place and being offered sex services in 3 of them. Thats 75% lol.

only 75% because one of them did not have room / masseur available at the moment

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On 8/3/2024 at 9:58 AM, Raposa said:

It might be posturing, it can also be a genuine wish to restore credibility to nuad Thai, different ministers have different interests. The tourism minister would not be happy about a too efficient crackdown and would likely oppose any measures. Local police are not too interested either as it makes them a lot of money. All in all too many people make too much money on illicit workers in this and other industries for an MOH to really be able to push this.

'Stone in the water' announcement?

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Have received a second-hand report that police (which branch uncertain) took two Lao guys away from a shop o Surawong a few days ago. No other details and may be simply a coincidence.

 

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Happens often here in Pattaya.  The immigration police come through the Jomtien Complex and do some controls on the different guys.  If they know they are coming (someone leaked it) then they scatter away.  Sometimes they take a few of them away and either one of 2 things happen:

  • they return after a little while but with their wallets now lighter,
  • they are deported.

It is so sad for these situations because both of the above scenarios are expensive to the guys and it being low season - it is even harder to survive.

But at least the police are happy and smiling.....😡

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