The primary court had sentenced her to three years in prison and ordered her to pay Bt590,000 in compensation. Complaints filed by two other former maids – Dalin Lakham, then 19, and Kwanjira Jirasakulchokchai, then 17 – had already been dismissed by the primary court due to insufficient evidence. The primary court ruled that Monta had seized Kanchana’s ID card in order to treat her as forced labour, in violation of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2008. The Court of Appeals, however, didn’t think that Monta’s treatment of the teenager fell within the bounds of human trafficking. These all showed that she had some freedom, was not detained and was not subjected to harm, the Court of Appeals said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 12, 2019 12:56 UTC