Rungnapha "Lisa" Kanbut, 57, has pleaded not guilty in the NSW District Court to two counts of intentionally possessing a slave, two of exercising powers of ownership over a slave, and two of dealing with the proceeds of crime. Judge Nanette Williams has told the jury the law defined slavery as "the condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised, including where such a condition results from a debt or a contract made by the person". Factors jurors could take into account included the exercise of powers of control over movement of the person which extend clearly beyond exploitative employment.

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Learning the Thai sex trade
By Michael Kaplan. Grimy, neon-splashed Walking Street, populated largely by young hookers and pie-eyed Western men, is the main attraction of a Thai beach town called Pattaya. Some people may have been surprised by the outrageousness of it all. Ten years ago I visited Thailand to do a story on the commercial sex trade there. By all accounts, nothing has changed. Small stages inside teem with nude or bikini-clad women who are there for the taking — so much so that they have numbers pinned to their skimpy tops or G-string bottoms. These numerical designations make it easy for customers to call them and take them out for cheap sex. I remember my Pattaya hotel selling condoms at the front desk and having signs warning that the age of consent is In a Marriott there, a clutch of men loudly strategized about visiting a brothel where you must have two women at a time. Nobody seems to care.
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Hi there, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website. You can update your settings by clicking the Privacy policy link at the bottom of the page. Thai sex worker's story on BBC Discuss! Very sad. Although she did say that she did it because she was poor and needed to send money home and that men didnt realise that.
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