BANGKOK — Individuals whose nicknames and phone numbers were found in an alleged bribery ledger during a raid on a large brothel where underage girls were rescued from said they had nothing to do with the illicit business.

Some of them said they weren’t even aware that their names were in the booklet kept by the manager of Nataree Entertainment, where at least nine minors were found among more than 120 sex workers. The ledger purported to keep track of bribes the brothel pays to law enforcement officers each month.
Calls to eight numbers seen in the book were picked up by three men Thursday afternoon. None included figures of bribes with their names, and all disavowed any knowledge of the alleged bribes.

I don’t know. I don’t know anything at all. I didn’t even know my name is in it,” said a policeman listed as “Uan,” who declined to provide his full name. He said the only connection he had with Nataree was that he raided the place “five or six years ago.”
“But I never received any bribe,” Uan said.

The other two, listed as “Pae” and “Corporal Chai,” said they are not police officers.
“I absolutely never took bribes from them. No bribe at all. You can check my background. I’m not even a cop,” Pae said. “How did my number get in there? I’m confused.”
Chai also expressed bemusement.
“I don’t know anything about this. I don’t know. I’m not a cop, too. I don’t know anything. That’s all,” he said.

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