This week, ABC’s Foreign Correspondent travels to Pattaya, where the alleged murder of a teenage girl has exposed a darker side to the city’s sex industry.
Reporter Karishma Vyas examines life in Thailand’s tourist destination, speaking with sex workers, police and tourists, and meeting an Australian man held in custody and charged with murdering a teenage girl, who claims he acted in self-defence.
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Sex and death in Thailand’s tourist paradise.
It’s the holiday hotspot that draws in billions of dollars with the promise of sun, sand and sex. Police promise Pattaya is one of the safest cities in Thailand.
But the shocking killing of a teenage girl earlier this year exposed the dark underbelly of city’s sex industry.
On Foreign Correspondent Karishma Vyas travels to Pattaya to hear directly from sex workers, police and tourists about life on the streets of the party city.
In an exclusive interview, the Australian man charged with the gruesome murder claims he is innocent and acted in self-defence.
