In response to the bad press from the fictional account of a Belgian TV Show Matrioshki Matroesjka’s 2, Thai authorities have clamped down on Pattaya’s Soi 6. The popular TV program portrays sexual trafficking around the world, as girls from the Ukraine, Lithuania, and Thailand are used by Belgian gangsters to transport drugs and sex. One sequence featured evil mama-sans chaining innocent country girls to beds for sex with middle-aged sex tourists. The location was Soi 6.
In order to protect the good image of Thailand, City Hall has decreed that Soi 6 bars can only operate from 6pm-1am and none of the girls can accost men on the street. Fines for violations can be up to 50,000 baht.
www.pattayaghost.com covers the story in sad detail.
Where is the wickedness?
Watch this trailer from Matrioshki Matroesjka’s 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqhm17unOY
The story should sound familiar to ST visitors.