PHUKET, Oct 25 (TNA) – A Cambodian woman has been caught
for trafficking children and forcing them to sell flowers and sunglasses to
tourists on the beaches of Thailand’s island province of Phuket.
Immigration Police said Kimhang, 24, was conspiring with
others in her gang to buy a number of Cambodian children under the age of 16
years from their parents for THB25,000 each.
The gang smuggled the girls to Phuket and forced them to
sell goods to tourists at Patong Beach from 8 am to 9 pm every day, according
to police.
Mothers of two children realized the fate of the girls and
reported to Phuket police January.
After investigation, Kimhang who was responsible for taking
the children from a rental house to the beach, was napped on October 20. Other three members of the gang are still at
large.
The children were reportedly beaten with cloth hanger when
they made lower than THB2,000 in one day.(TNA)
