Govt official among 9 arrested after underage sex probe

By KORNKAMOL AKSORNDEJ 
THE NATION

 

 

EIGHT MEN, including a government official and a nearly-retired married lecturer at a prominent public university, have been arrested on charges of allegedly paying boys under 18 for sex.

 

Their 27-year-old procurer has also been charged with human trafficking and producing and distributing child pornography on a computer system, Deputy Tourist Police chief Maj-General Surachate Hakpan said on Tuesday. 

 

The nine men, who have given only partial confessions, were released on Bt300,000 bail each by the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court in Bangkok, said the police’s Anti-Human Traffic Division (AHTD) chief Pol Maj-General Kornchai Klayklueng. 

 

Kornchai said the names of the eight sex-buying suspects, all aged in their 30s to 50s, wouldn’t be released yet as the police investigation and legal action were ongoing. He also revealed that some influential people had asked the police not to release the eight suspects’ names, something he said they could not do anyway, because their identities were still protected by law.

 

Seven boys aged 12-16 have been rescued and have provided information that helped police learn the identities of 10 customers, including the arrested eight men. 

 

Kornchai said the rescued boys were mostly from poor families, in which both parents were working and so they didn’t have time to oversee the kids.

 

The police investigation found that a former convenience store employee, Nampol Som-ngam, 27, ran a Facebook page that allegedly offered to sell sex video clips featuring boys and sex services with underage boys. 

 

If customers expressed an interest in purchasing the sex clips or sex services, Nampol required them to pay a Bt300 membership fee each in order to be added to his Line chat group called Rak Dek (“love children”), police said. 

 

Nampol allegedly charged Bt1,500 – of which Bt500 was his commission fee – to arrange and send a boy to perform sex services for a customer.

 

Kornchai said another 100 members of the Line chat group in question had not yet committed any crime as they had not been caught buying sex from the boys. 

 

According to a police source, Nampol arranged the sex services for customers at hotels in the Charansanitwong and Bang Khae areas of Bangkok between March and July. 

 

Meanwhile, Justice Ministry’s Probation Department chief Prasan Mahaleetrakul confirmed that one sex-buying suspect used to work as a state employee at his agency but had resigned on July 31 to conduct his own business. 

 

He said the department would soon launch its own investigation against the unnamed ex-employee.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30351680

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-8-7

Basically the boys and officials will be paid off and everyone will be happy. Making those who conduct the investigation as guilty as those who have had sex with the boys. Thailand has some real scum living in it and most of it was born here. 

 

18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Kornchai said the names of the eight sex-buying suspects, all aged in their 30s to 50s, wouldn’t be released yet as the police investigation and legal action were ongoing. He also revealed that some influential people had asked the police not to release the eight suspects’ names, something he said they could not do anyway, because their identities were still protected by law.

That never stopped them revealing the names and publishing photos of hundreds of foreigners though, did it? A large chunk of whom were subsequently found not guilty, but their reputations left in tatters. If it's good for the goose, its good for the gander. One suspects the names aren't being released because a pay off deal has already been organised and no one will ever be punished. Amazing Thailand.

9 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

One suspects the names aren't being released because a pay off deal has already been organised and no one will ever be punished. Amazing Thailand.

Oh dear, another contender for the PMs Daily Punch In The Face Award.

How could you suggest such a thing?

 

Quick get the carpet ready another nameless load of Thais to be swept under it ?

3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That never stopped them revealing the names and publishing photos of hundreds of foreigners though, did it? A large chunk of whom were subsequently found not guilty, but their reputations left in tatters. If it's good for the goose, its good for the gander. One suspects the names aren't being released because a pay off deal has already been organised and no one will ever be punished. Amazing Thailand.

That's right, the foreigners are named with a front page picture before they even get to the court to apply for bail. 

However, this is still a big step for thai to finally start addressing the child sex abuse by their own people and not just blame the foreigners. 

Hopefully, many more children will be saved and many more adults arrested. This is just the tip of the iceburg. 

1 way ticket Off to the UK meet up with shinawatra clan ++++ 

13 hours ago, darksidedog said:

He also revealed that some influential people had asked the police not to release the eight suspects’ names

Well that says it All ,,,,,, This is WHY This Countries Law stinks to high heaven,,,,,,, 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He also revealed that some influential people had asked the police not to release the eight suspects’ names

How about you release the names of those "influential people" instead? 

43 minutes ago, Mad mick said:

1 way ticket Off to the UK meet up with shinawatra clan ++++ 

Given that this topic is about the sexual abuse of young teenage boys by older men, I am at a loss to understand why you feel it necessary to bring the Shinawatra siblings into the discussion. 

Certain members of the British establishment are more interested in young boys I should think.

Luv reading some of the comments here..No need for me to add???

Will go back to my Roquefort and croissants ?

Going to get rather crowded in UK with more Thais jumping bail at home.

2 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

Given that this topic is about the sexual abuse of young teenage boys by older men, I am at a loss to understand why you feel it necessary to bring the Shinawatra siblings into the discussion. 

Certain members of the British establishment are more interested in young boys I should think.

Public Schools culture?

3 minutes ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Public Schools culture?

Would seem so.....

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/oct/12/publicschools.schools

55 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Well that says it All ,,,,,, This is WHY This Countries Law stinks to high heaven,,,,,,, 

"Asked?"

14 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That never stopped them revealing the names and publishing photos of hundreds of foreigners though, did it? A large chunk of whom were subsequently found not guilty, but their reputations left in tatters. If it's good for the goose, its good for the gander. One suspects the names aren't being released because a pay off deal has already been organised and no one will ever be punished. Amazing Thailand.

 

52 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

How about you release the names of those "influential people" instead? 

As it turned out that gov. official and "influential people" have an interest in this case, the naughty boys may end up in a hermetically sealed home for "inactive sex workers" to avoid involvement by the media, or hollywood producers, who lost in the previous competition to claim rights on a heart-touching "boy story".

Edited August 8, 20187 yr by Lupatria

Did u see recent actor Isaac Kappy viral saying Spielberg Seth Green etc. are pedos? Google it.

20 hours ago, greenchair said:

That's right, the foreigners are named with a front page picture before they even get to the court to apply for bail. 

However, this is still a big step for thai to finally start addressing the child sex abuse by their own people and not just blame the foreigners. 

Hopefully, many more children will be saved and many more adults arrested. This is just the tip of the iceburg. 

Much the same as the catholic church moving the molesting priests to other parishes to continue their activities with new children and the Jews 20 and 30 year old men marrying girls as young as 8 years old. This is not only in Thailand but many western countries like Australia as well where the bastards are not named.

On 8/7/2018 at 8:34 PM, berybert said:

Basically the boys and officials will be paid off and everyone will be happy. Making those who conduct the investigation as guilty as those who have had sex with the boys. Thailand has some real scum living in it and most of it was born here. 

 

Instead of just pointing the finger at Thailand open your eyes and have a good look around the world at how many pedos there are in the catholic church that continually get moved around so that their actions are covered up by the hierarchy of the church and the sanctity of the confessional box.

On ‎8‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 11:53 PM, darksidedog said:

That never stopped them revealing the names and publishing photos of hundreds of foreigners though, did it? A large chunk of whom were subsequently found not guilty, but their reputations left in tatters. If it's good for the goose, its good for the gander. One suspects the names aren't being released because a pay off deal has already been organised and no one will ever be punished. Amazing Thailand.

Donald Home called it 'The Lucky Country'; he did mean OZ, but the satire could be used here.

On 8/7/2018 at 8:31 PM, snoop1130 said:

He also revealed that some influential people had asked the police not to release the eight suspects’ names,

Ooh, there's a surprise. Obviously there are some 'influential' people involved. Not the kind of influence Thais need. 

1 hour ago, Russell17au said:

Instead of just pointing the finger at Thailand open your eyes and have a good look around the world at how many pedos there are in the catholic church that continually get moved around so that their actions are covered up by the hierarchy of the church and the sanctity of the confessional box.

This is a Thailand forum. If I want to complain about peados in other countries I will go to forums about those countries. The clue is in the title. Hard for some to understand I know.

12 minutes ago, berybert said:

This is a Thailand forum. If I want to complain about peados in other countries I will go to forums about those countries. The clue is in the title. Hard for some to understand I know.

Don't you like it when it is pointed out that Thailand is not the only country that does not release the names of accused peadophiles. Which is what I have done. So don't just point the finger at Thailand. Yes this is a Thailand forum and the subject is about the withholding of the names of the accused peadophiles which is not only a Thai thing.

11 hours ago, The Deerhunter said:

"Asked?"

Funny sometimes how a one word question can mean so much.

42 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

Don't you like it when it is pointed out that Thailand is not the only country that does not release the names of accused peadophiles. Which is what I have done. So don't just point the finger at Thailand. Yes this is a Thailand forum and the subject is about the withholding of the names of the accused peadophiles which is not only a Thai thing.

I don't need it pointed out that Thailand isn't the only country that doesn't give out the names of peado's I'm from England loads have gotten away with it there that have never been mentioned. 

I am commenting on a Thailand forum, you really are having trouble understanding that. Go have a rusk.

 

How do they make those blue charts? They seem to be getting bigger with every new article.

On a serious note, chemical castration and a Working With Children ID card is needed here.

Me thinks this is just the tiniest tip of a very deep iceberg. Land of Smiles it is not for the victims.

13 hours ago, Mad mick said:

1 way ticket Off to the UK meet up with shinawatra clan ++++ 

Stick to the Bangkok Post and their comments section. It doesn't work here.

How many times have we read articles like this?? - when a Foreigner was involved, they always provided the name...........just saying.

6 hours ago, overherebc said:

Funny sometimes how a one word question can mean so much.

Yes.  They were "asked" to not release the names of the influential  Thai involved.  But as others have noted, Farangs are named at arrest.

6 hours ago, baboon said:

Stick to the Bangkok Post and their comments section. It doesn't work here.

stick to ur self no need be nasty