"Rubber Tree Road" sex couple arrested in Phayao - press conference today

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

A couple who filmed themselves having sex under a "Yang Khao" rubber tree have been arrested in Phayao in northern Thailand.

 

The case caused much comment in Thailand as the trees on the old Chiang Mai to Lamphun Road - known as Rubber Tree Road - are sacred.

 

Lanna locals said the public sex was disrespectful to the spirits and a bad omen that caused ten of the large trees to topple over in storms as well as other damage, as reported yesterday on ASEAN NOW.

 

Region 5 chief of police Pol Lt-Gen Piya Tawichai ordered their arrest after a video was posted on OnlyFans sparking outrage.

 

Sanook reported that yesterday a team led by Maj-Gen Worapong Khamleu went to a house in Phayao and arrested the couple who admitted the crime of outraging public morals.

 

Their house was searched for evidence before they were taken to another property in Chiang Mai for a further search.

 

A press conference is scheduled for today to give further details.

 

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[George Bowman]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Lanna locals said the public sex was disrespectful to the spirits and a bad omen...

This takes me back to my childhood and the memories of the Tarzan movies when the natives got restless. Bad juju Bwana!

 

[VocalNeal]

May we see a reenactment of the crime?

[Kinnock]

There was a guy on Ch 32 news pointing at the tree.  I want my Re-enactment money back!

[richard_smith237]

99% of people would not have heard of this heinous crime.... but now that the faux-outrage is in full flow everyone and their pet hia is aware..... 

 

.... should the reporters be charged under the computer crimes act with bringing Thailand into disrepute ??

[smedly]

I wonder how many dogs have lifted their leg on that tree this week

[petermik]

6 hours ago, smedly said:

I wonder how many dogs have lifted their leg on that tree this week

Or sniffed it...

[Chris.B]

These villagers are paid up members of OnlyFans?

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

A couple who filmed themselves having sex under a "Yang Khao" rubber tree have been arrested in Phayao in northern Thailand.

Pathetic.....again, have they nothing better to do   

[Rampant Rabbit]

40 minutes ago, webfact said:

a team

Yeash well its  not  like theyre  understaffed is it, surprised they didnt said a  squad or a  platoon, bunch of cretins

[Rampant Rabbit]

20 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

There was a guy on Ch 32 news pointing at the tree.  I want my Re-enactment money back!

waddya  mean its "wood" aint it

[ikke1959]

Although it is not normal to have sex on the streetside, it is a bit over the top to arrest them. But once again 19th century laws and believes... When will THailand get into the 21st century?? It is the only land that is build on spirits it seems..

[ezzra]

Are to going to re-enact the crime? if yes, i'd like to witness it for my personal study of law degree...

[rumak]

photo of arresting officer......... for you guys asking

 

[tracker1]

A search for evidence at two residences for intercourse against a tree ! seems like splintered evidence I think the police are barking up the wrong tree !

[Kinnock]

17 minutes ago, tracker1 said:

A search for evidence at two residences for intercourse against a tree ! seems like splintered evidence I think the police are barking up the wrong tree !

And they are investigatung if he uses a rubber when he rubbed her against the rubber tree.

[RafPinto]

And a specimen of "semen"  was recovered from a plant, close to the rubber tree.

Those plants are used for fine dining in some HI-SO restaurants in BKK.

 

Thanks for saving our dinner.

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The case caused much comment in Thailand as the trees on the old Chiang Mai to Lamphun Road - known as Rubber Tree Road - are sacred.

so is sex

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Lanna locals said the public sex was disrespectful to the spirits and a bad omen that caused ten of the large trees to topple over in storms as well as other damage,

BS

[Aussiepeter]

Those rubber trees on the Old Lamphun Road have indirectly contributed to dozens of road-deaths. Many locals want them gone and I know for a fact that several trees have been poisoned, resulting in their removal. My wife opened a locksmith shop on that road and her niece still runs it. I can remember at least half a dozen Thais smashing their motorbikes into those trees in the thirteen years my wife ran that business. She says the trees are "sacred" because of all the lives that have ended on them, usually when inebriated young Thais rode motorcycles into them after a night in one of the many karaokes that used to be along that road. The lighting on the Old Lamphun Road used to be very poor when I lived there & I doubt it has improved much. Just before I left LOS, a friend who had previously been married to a really nasty old B/G came over for a visit. Apparently the Thai son of his now ex-wife had been killed in a collision with one of those rubber trees and she had asked him to buy her an air ticket urgently, so that she could attend the funeral. Living on the dole in Oz with no funds, she had offered to 'take care of his needs' for a couple of weeks, if he paid for her air ticket. To me it seemed like 'taking coal to Newcastle' but he agreed. He can't speak Thai, so I went to the "Ngaan Sop" (funeral) with him & his ex. Almost as soon as we got there, staff from a local motorcycle dealer presented my farang friend with a bill (in Thai) & demanded that he pay for the brand new motorcycle the deceased had wrapped around a rubber tree. They explained nicely that he had to pay, as 'he was in some way responsible as the step-father and the boy was drunk, so insurance would not pay'. They were less than amused when I explained that my friend was no longer married to the boys' mother, did not live in Thailand and that she too lived in Australia and both had no idea who it was 'went guarantor' for the boy to buy a motorcycle. The air ticket deal proved costly too, as the 'lady' ditched my friend straight after the funeral and reneged on the 'arrangement.' 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A press conference is scheduled for today to give further details.

Re-enactments?

Just asking.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, rumak said:

photo of arresting officer......... for you guys asking

 

It took me 5 minutes to realise the arresting officer has no legs.

[kingstonkid]

Here is the funny part.  

 

If the girl gets pregnant everyone in the village will laud over her because the baby will be infused with the spirit of the trees. LOL

 

The only thing that this couple should get charged with is stupidity for sharing the photos

[Srikcir]

The Defense calls the spirits to the court trial for testimony of alleged witness account. ????

 

[Dont confuse me]

3 hours ago, Aussiepeter said:

Those rubber trees on the Old Lamphun Road have indirectly contributed to dozens of road-deaths. Many locals want them gone and I know for a fact that several trees have been poisoned, resulting in their removal. My wife opened a locksmith shop on that road and her niece still runs it. I can remember at least half a dozen Thais smashing their motorbikes into those trees in the thirteen years my wife ran that business. She says the trees are "sacred" because of all the lives that have ended on them, usually when inebriated young Thais rode motorcycles into them after a night in one of the many karaokes that used to be along that road. The lighting on the Old Lamphun Road used to be very poor when I lived there & I doubt it has improved much. Just before I left LOS, a friend who had previously been married to a really nasty old B/G came over for a visit. Apparently the Thai son of his now ex-wife had been killed in a collision with one of those rubber trees and she had asked him to buy her an air ticket urgently, so that she could attend the funeral. Living on the dole in Oz with no funds, she had offered to 'take care of his needs' for a couple of weeks, if he paid for her air ticket. To me it seemed like 'taking coal to Newcastle' but he agreed. He can't speak Thai, so I went to the "Ngaan Sop" (funeral) with him & his ex. Almost as soon as we got there, staff from a local motorcycle dealer presented my farang friend with a bill (in Thai) & demanded that he pay for the brand new motorcycle the deceased had wrapped around a rubber tree. They explained nicely that he had to pay, as 'he was in some way responsible as the step-father and the boy was drunk, so insurance would not pay'. They were less than amused when I explained that my friend was no longer married to the boys' mother, did not live in Thailand and that she too lived in Australia and both had no idea who it was 'went guarantor' for the boy to buy a motorcycle. The air ticket deal proved costly too, as the 'lady' ditched my friend straight after the funeral and reneged on the 'arrangement.' 

Unbelievable Thailand, your friend got away lightly.

Regardless of situation or circumstances it's money number one!

[transam]

Aaaaaah, those knee trembler memories from my very distant past.....????

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, kingstonkid said:

The only thing that this couple should get charged with is stupidity for sharing the photos

Onlyfans is a pay per view porn site.

No sharing was involved.

[RobU]

5 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Pathetic.....again, have they nothing better to do   

It's called community policing looking after the interests of the local community who were outraged by it. What do you want? Public sex to be made legal?

[richard_smith237]

4 minutes ago, RobU said:

It's called community policing looking after the interests of the local community who were outraged by it. What do you want? Public sex to be made legal?

How many of the local community even knew about it until they were outraged by the reports (news articles) highlighting how local residents were outraged ??????

 

And... were they really outraged ??? or did they think... ‘bloomin ek, those kids banging against a tree’....  that wouldn’t make great news would it?... no... we have to have ‘outrage’.... I’m surprised there wasn’t also ‘outraged netizens’ which seems to be a favourite.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RobU]

11 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

How many of the local community even knew about it until they were outraged by the reports (news articles) highlighting how local residents were outraged ??????

 

And... were they really outraged ??? or did they think... ‘bloomin ek, those kids banging against a tree’....  that wouldn’t make great news would it?... no... we have to have ‘outrage’.... I’m surprised there wasn’t also ‘outraged netizens’ which seems to be a favourite.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Their sex act was posted on line showing time and place which locals consider to be insulting. The couple are a pair of fools who deserve a slap on the wrist which is probably all they will get. Police are doing their job