 Soimee arrived in Japan in 2000 and was transported to Yokkaichi by a Thai woman named Dao and her husband, where she was told that she would have to work as a prostitute.When she protested, she was told that if she did not comply, she would be sold to a brothel on an island and thrown into the sea if she tried to escape.Soimee was told that she could leave after paying off her debt within five months.