A 34-year-old Thai woman arrested for human trafficking was denied bail in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court.

Giang Brooderyk was denied bail as the court said she was a flight risk and would evade trial once she was out on bail, notes a report on the IoL site. She was arrested for allegedly assisting girls from Bangkok, Thailand, to enter the country illegally. She allegedly promised them work at her Thai massage parlour. Once they were in the country they were forced to work as prostitutes at her brothel in town. The court said she entered the country with a fraudulent visitor's permit in 2000, and ever since she had been able to travel between Thailand and SA with fraudulent papers, due to connections she had in the department of home affairs, the police and the aviation industry.

Full report on the IoL site