Suspect arrested for serial sexual assaults on Bangkok buses

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

A 36-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly groping 20 to 30 women on Bangkok buses from August to November has confessed and claimed he could not keep his hands to himself after spotting the victims, a senior police officer said on Thursday.

Peerapol Yodcharoen, who works as a tourism greeter at Bangkok airports, was caught inappropriately touching a woman in a video clip taken in the late morning of November 26 and published by the woman on Facebook, said city police deputy chief Pol Maj-General Sompong Chingdoung during a press conference at the Bang Sue precinct.

 

After the clip then went viral on social media, a previous victim identified by the alias “Por” reported that the same man had groped her breasts on the afternoon of August 18.

 

Por said she recognised the man who had groped her and then fled, so she filed a police complaint on Sunday, resulting in a police investigation and the issuance of an arrest warrant. Peerapol was arrested at his home in Tambon Bang Poon of Pathum Thani’s Muang district, Sompong said.

 

He was charged with committing an indecent act against a person over 15 years of age who was unable to resist, which is punishable by up to 10 years in jail term, a Bt20,000 in fine or both.

 

Police also found that Peerapol had been arrested on April 4 for a similar indecent action committed at a bus stop in Don Muang, he added.

 

Bangkok buses, which are often crowded by commuters, are reported as scenes of sexual harassment more frequently than motorcycle taxis and car taxis, according to a survey announced on November 21 as part of the “Theung Wela Pheuk”, or “Time to Intervene”, campaign.

 

The campaign was aimed to encourage members of the public to intervene to when witnessing offensive behaviour and make Bangkok public transport safe for women to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30332886

 

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Probably wasn't breastfed as a baby...

Just some sad pervert with no respect for women and a mental problem. Just the type of Thai person who should be greeting tourists at airports...haha. 

3 hours ago, trogers said:

Probably wasn't breastfed as a baby...

Probably was breast fed to many times right up to his 36th birthday

13 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

Just the type of Thai person who should be greeting tourists at airports

Wonder if he'll be allowed to keep his job

8 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Wonder if he'll be allowed to keep his job

This will be rugged under the carpet soon...

This social media virus is proving useful, I guess that's why most of the RTP spend all day on their phones, looking out for the beacons of justice to call.

and this guy was a greeter for tourists.. wow!this should boom tourism confidence greatly

I know a bus driver(not Thai national) who told me during his day off he would take the morning rush hour bus. He said he wasn't wearing underwear so he got a better feel. He would let the movement of the bus made him rub behind a lady during the bus ride. Not a lot the lady could do the bus was so packed she could not even see who was behind. She could easily mistake an innocent guy as the culprit.

This perverted guy relate the story with relish.

I remembered those blue buses really bad at peak hours and if raining.

 

Sometimes you must hold the rail above to  pull and squeeze yourself through the crowd because there is just so many bodies packed in the aisle.

 

The females will face towards the windows with backs to the aisle for the obvious reason, but something will still get brushed against the other because there is just no other space to go

 

Only be time before some guy (probably farang) gets banged up for some "illegal touching" that couldnt be helped.

 

I stop going on them since 10 years for this reason, lucky these days to have driver on call.

 

Not same issue as this guy but could be a problem some day.

 

Easy to fix

just to make a seperate area for women or simple to just not let so many on the bus that make the aisle so sardine packed you cannot move.