PHOTOS: Scores of police and military descend on Pattaya Walking Street

 

 

Local police, military personnel and Banglamung district officials inspected bars in Pattaya’s notorious Walking Street on Wednesday night.

 

The purpose of the raids was to crackdown on human trafficking and help ensure public safety.

 

Bar owners and employees were informed that anyone involved in human trafficking now faces between 4-12 years in jail and/or a fine of between 400k and 1.2 million baht.

 

Photos of the large police and military presence were posted to the We Love Pattaya Facebook page.

 

There was no mention if anyone was actually charged in relation to human trafficking or committing any other offence following the raids.

 

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1 minute ago, webfact said:

 

Money exchange ? Very apt photo...

I'm sure there was a great deal of money exchanged last night, most from the bars that wanted to continue operating into the pockets of those "inspecting"

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The purpose of the raids was to crackdown on human trafficking and help ensure public safety.

I suspect that something was lost in translation as no mention of these officers coming away wealthier than they were when they started, which I am pretty sure is what actually happened in at least a few places.

Cant help but laugh at the first photo, with the two fellas at the front, mounted on their wheels, as if they are about to lead a charge into battle.

I can't see a lot of families in any of the pictures???

13 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

I can't see a lot of families in any of the pictures???

I can't see any dancers, door girls or the alleged hookers and their alleged punters either.

oh boy! lets go on vacation here!

Photo caption:

 

"Where is number 87? She is my favorite."

 

Welcome to holiday your jack boot and beret performance is free of charge but any donations are kindly accepted before or after the spectacle ?

2 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Photo caption:

 

"Where is number 87? She is my favorite."

 

A tourist couple bar fined her for their son...……...keeping it in the family.

There was no mention if anyone was actually charged in relation to human trafficking or committing any other offence following the raids. Bar owners and employees were informed that anyone involved in human trafficking now faces between 4-12 years in jail and/or a fine of between 400k and 1.2 million baht. Wonder if they were informed prior to the raid by any chance ?

Someone has a very strange idea about what re assures the public and tourists about public safety

"Where is number 87? She is my daughter."

 

50 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I suspect that something was lost in translation as no mention of these officers coming away wealthier than they were when they started, which I am pretty sure is what actually happened in at least a few places.

Cant help but laugh at the first photo, with the two fellas at the front, mounted on their wheels, as if they are about to lead a charge into battle.

Motorised zimmer frames are cool....?

9 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Someone has a very strange idea about what re assures the public and tourists about public safety

You got that right. I think any one who flys all the way to Thailand for a holiday wants to have  fun. Not worry about the military raiding the bar they are in. Or having to walk between soldiers to go out for the night.

Tourist numbers decreased so somebody has to make this place look like a crowded, safe, family destination. The TAT photoshop artists will take care of changing the visitors costumes.

Boys' night out?

Well looks like Pattaya is out for me now too many military there on the streets.

  Bangkok white ghetto on Sukhumvit between soi 1 and 21 is out to  scary now with all the black drug dealers and no street merchants. 

  What does that leave me to go the Pitsanulok night market by the river?

Does anyone really know what they are doing in LOS.......?

Army reminding the cops it's their money box now - coppers need to shake down more low life farangs on motorbikes without helmets or passports for chump change. 

I would imagine that it took some time to assemble all those cops, get them in line for photo op, etc. Plenty of time to "correct" any dicey behavior etc that may have been going on. Or were all those uniform types doing one of their undercover raids?

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

Photo caption:

 

"Where is number 87? She is my favorite."

 

How about a caption for the policeman standing on the stage next to the pole?

 

Ok, I'm ready, hit the music.

Human trafficking my @$$. Because some evangelist-backed NGO screamed about that some time ago?

1 hour ago, lovelomsak said:

Well looks like Pattaya is out for me now too many military there on the streets.

  Bangkok white ghetto on Sukhumvit between soi 1 and 21 is out to  scary now with all the black drug dealers and no street merchants. 

  What does that leave me to go the Pitsanulok night market by the river?

...it's a happening place in Kalasin now.  Global house, is where it's at, be there or be square

The WHEELS are to chase down RUNNERS, can't you understand that? I don't know if cabarets have back doors and if they do, to where do they lead. Never been that route, so don't know.

Just another photo opportunity , the whole police force seem to have showed up. 

 

LIfe in WS is probably back to normal today , little would I know, I avoid that part of town. 

The exercise was called off when Chinese tour groups were backed up past the pier.

Am I missing something here? "Human Trafficking"? Doesn't that mean coercing people against their will or under false pretences, or simply kidnapping them, and forcing them to work in the sex industry - usually of other nations??

 

It seems that the govt have used Google Translate and grabbed at the only word they could understand, "prostitution". 

 

Hence this charade and photo-call with national coverage, showing how they have "risen immediately to address and overcome the evil of human trafficking".

Another notch on the efficacy totem-pole of the T. gov - the formidableness of this particular cavalry gallop only matched by the fearsome prospect of a year in jail for stubbing out a cigarette in the sand.

3 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

oh boy! lets go on vacation here!

 

Ha! No kidding! People with little or no knowledge of Thailand and Thai police "shows of force" would have no idea of how meaningless these charades are. "Honey, how about Vietnam?" 

 

 

 

Seems the Junta under uncle tuu slowly and surely are strangling the life out of Thailand, as i think transam said does anybody really know what they are doing! these places in WS and elsewhere are the attractions that kept westerners coming to LOS, WS rightly or wrongly being one of the big lures, maybe they do really only want Chinese, then of course the "brown Envelope cycle" would dry up as more and more of these seemingly (in their eyes) dens of iniquity folded up through lack of customers, seems logical to me, but of course the junta don't seem to do logic, shame really! 

It is still a bad look for tourism. All show and window-dressing for domestic consumption.