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Adelaide Lang

'Evil' woman jailed for forcing women into sex slavery

Rungnapha Kanbut kept two Thai women as slaves for about six months after they came to Australia. (Steve Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Two young Thai women were left isolated and afraid when they were robbed of their passports, threatened with deportation and forced into sex work to repay a $45,000 debt. 

They finally received justice on Monday when their enslaver Rungnapha Kanbut was jailed for six years and six months after being found guilty of six offences, including intentionally possessing a slave and exercising powers of ownership over a slave.

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