webfact Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Police Hunt For Gibbon Selfie Hawker On Koh Samui By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter Photo: Arkadiy Kulev / Facebook KOH SAMUI — Island police are on the lookout for a repeat wildlife offender who farms tourists for money by charging them for photos with a gibbon. Koh Samui police were looking Wednesday for Ismail Thalang, 35, after someone posted a video clip of him approaching beach-goers with a small ape slung over his shoulder earlier in the week on Chaweng Beach. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2018/12/26/police-hunt-for-gibbon-selfie-hawker-on-koh-samui/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-12-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Briggsy Posted December 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2018 Yeah, yeah, I am sure the cops have absolutely noooooooooo idea who this guy is. (but somebody who looks like him carrying a weird looking thing he calls a 'big Pekingese' comes around every Thursday and spots the sergeant a few grand) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, webfact said: with a small ape slung over his shoulder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I think that I see the ape smoking on the shoulder of his handler, on the beach !!! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thongchana said he does not remember what Ismail was fined. Yeh, right...........just got mixed up with all the other "Fines" that day..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 17 hours ago, webfact said: Island police are on the lookout for a repeat wildlife offender They should apprehend the tourists who contribute to his 'services'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponlamai Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 This guy looks familiar. Seen him on Lamai too with Gibbon baby and when approached to complain about the illegality of this, one is met with not so thinly veiled threats. Seen the same activity in other tourist spots such as Ao Nang, and feel quite sad for the poor victims. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Ponlamai said: This guy looks familiar. Seen him on Lamai too with Gibbon baby and when approached to complain about the illegality of this, one is met with not so thinly veiled threats. Seen the same activity in other tourist spots such as Ao Nang, and feel quite sad for the poor victims. Did you approach him to complain about the illegality of this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethaniel Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 According to the little muslim beard that he has, it’s better to never confront them directly. Unless you want him to go gibbon jihad on your ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponlamai Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 5:14 PM, Tchooptip said: Did you approach him to complain about the illegality of this? Mainly to tell his 'customers' of the story behind Gibbon baby exploitation. He's been doing this for years I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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