Sex show owner arrested after Rihanna tweeted what she saw during her visit

Thai authorities said Monday they had arrested the owner of a sex show visited by pop icon Rihanna - the latest crackdown inadvertently triggered by the singer's tweets.

The bar owner on the island of Phuket has been charged in connection with the lewd performance, local district chief Veera Kerdsirimongkol told AFP, following an operation involving undercover officials.

'It was the result of the visit by Rihanna. The authorities will be more strict towards inappropriate shows or wildlife attractions,' He said.

Thai tourist officials were left red-faced after Rihanna's tweets underscored the kingdom's seedier side of the sex entertainment industry.

Rihanna wrote in tweet in September to her more than 32 million followers on Twitter; "Either I was phuck waste lastnight, or I saw a Thai woman pull a live bird,2turtles,razors,shoot darts and ping pong, all out of her pu$$y,"

"The birds feathers were all damp! Lol. Only in #Thailand," she added.

"And THEN she tried to turn water into coke in her $!! Uhh yea, all I'm saying is water went in and soda came out! I'm traumatized!!!"

This is the second time the pop diva has unwittingly helped to clean up Phuket, one of Thailand's top tourist destinations.

Last month two men were arrested for possessing a protected slow loris after Rihanna posted a picture of herself with the primate on a night out during the same visit to the island. The image — captioned "Look who was talkin dirty to me!".

The slow loris, a squirrel-like animal with big eyes, is native to Southeast Asia and is listed as a protected species. Use of the slow loris and other protected species for tourist snaps - while common in Thai tourist resorts - is officially illegal.