The Hornsby Council had reportedly paid a private investigator to collect undercover evidence of prostitution to close the Hornsby Massage Centre.

In addition to being a full-service law firm, Chaninat and Leeds has a team of private investigators in Thailand with decades of detective experience for Thai and international clients.

After a year in court, the judge dismissed the case earlier this month (March 2015), ruling that the council’s evidence of sex being sold at the parlor “fell short” of the legal definition of “brothel,” which is more than one prostitute providing services, reports SMH.

The premier from the court’s jurisdiction, Mike Baird, reportedly said he would request a “full parliamentary inquiry” into the regulation of brothels across the state, because “he wanted to get it right,” according to SMH.

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Burma is in the news for its increasing openness with regard to politics and business issues. But what about human rights for the masses? Burma, along with Thailand and Southeast Asia as a whole, have a very restrictive policies with regard to abortion rights. These anti-abortion laws in the country of Burmese workers have had a devastating effect.

Since 2002 a large increase in Burmese immigrants has entered Thailand to escape many human rights violations by the military regime. However, Burmese families working in Thailand cannot obtain Thai citizenship, even for their children who are born in Thailand.

In 2002, the Thai Labor Ministry issued a regulation stating that female foreign workers would be given a medical checkup and those found to be pregnant would not have their licenses to work in Thailand renewed. While this regulation was later reversed following protests from human rights groups, many women report that they continue to be dismissed by their employers if they become pregnant. The practical result of these policies has led, some argue, to an increase in abortions.

Abortion is actually illegal in both Thailand and Burma according to Thailand Lawyers. Nevertheless, many women, in the absence of qualified medical assistance resort to traditional methods to induce abortions which can seriously damage their health.  In Thailand, abortion is only legal if the pregnancy threatens the life of the woman and pregnancies that resulted from rape, according to Thailand Criminal Attorneys.

If anything, unwanted pregnancies and abortions have significant impacts to families as it can lead to divorce in Thailand and many personal problems.