Thai police launch crackdown on prostitution

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

The spokesman of the Royal Thai Police has clearly accepted that there is indeed prostitution in Thailand. 

 

Pol Maj-Gen Yingyot Themjamnong didn't use that name - he used the euphemism of "sathan borikan".

 

But this means massage shops and places where "pay for play" goes on in the kingdom.

 

He said that his chief Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk had ordered a New Year crackdown by crime suppression to stop the spread of Covid-19 at such places. 

 

Famously a couple of years ago a police chief in central Thailand said there was no prostitution. 

 

In reality hundreds of thousands of women and men are involved in the trade.

 

Yingyot said that action in "sathan borikan" was an ongoing thing but would be stepped up as many people moved about and went out at New Year amid the lessening of regulations, reported INN.

 

Establishments breaking the law would face prosecution, closure and the removal of licences.

 

He urged the public to call 1599 to report infractions. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, webfact said:

The spokesman of the Royal Thai Police has clearly accepted that there is indeed prostitution in Thailand. 

 

Pol Maj-Gen Yingyot Themjamnong didn't use that name - he used the euphemism of "sathan borikan".

 

But this means massage shops and places where "pay for play" goes on in the kingdom.

 

He said that his chief Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk had ordered a New Year crackdown by crime suppression to stop the spread of Covid-19 at such places. 

 

Famously a couple of years ago a police chief in central Thailand said there was no prostitution. 

And there you have it folks......There is no prostitution....lol, then why is Thailand synonymous with Sex Tourism in places like Pattaya, Phuket and the seedy side of Bangkok nestled right in between multi million baht high rise condominiums.  Alas, prostitution is the worlds oldest profession and as my GF recently pointed out by pointing towards 2 ladies standing just across the street from the Lumpini Police Station as we jogged outside of Lumpini Park, "Look they selling pussy again"

[petermik]

Well I don,t know what to say....prositution here....first I have heard....shocked absolutely flabbergasted.

[Pattaya Spotter]

Oh dear...

[richard_smith237]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

The spokesman of the Royal Thai Police has clearly accepted that there is indeed prostitution in Thailand. 

Nooooo….

 

Surely this announcement brings the image of Thailand into disrepute !!!!

 

TAT need this as their new tourism slogan !!! 
 

 

And…,  here we have it folks..  yet another ‘crack-down’ !!! 

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

Nooooo….

 

Surely this announcement brings the image of Thailand into disrepute !!!!

 

TAT need this as their new tourism slogan !!! 
 

 

And…,  here we have it folks..  yet another ‘crack-down’ !!! 

You don't mean it, their clamping down on the crack down below...well I'll be.  Shock and awe.

[Cabradelmar]

How, where and to what end? Closing down a few massage parlors and arresting some street walkers? Authorities the world over has tried to stop prostitute, without real results. Now if they close nana or cowboy then you know it's serious and not just a sound bite 

[KannikaP]

The headline just cracks me up!   LOL

[The Hammer2021]

The brown shirts picking on the weakest, poorest and most defenseless members of society meanwhile millionaire  corruptionists and killers go free.

[sniggie]

This will last until the police department for eradicating prostitution meets the police department for maximising revenue from bars and gogos.

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, sniggie said:

This will last until the police department for eradicating prostitution meets the police department for maximising revenue from bars and gogos.

The Brown envelope war will be starting soon....just waiting to be spread open.

[jvs]

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

.just waiting to be spread open.

Envelopes right?

[NONG CHOK]

Will any ladies arrested for such a darstadly crime decide to try an out of court settlement.

[ezzra]

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

The spokesman of the Royal Thai Police has clearly accepted that there is indeed prostitution in Thailand

The statement of the decade if not the century...

On a more serious note, here goes my hobby... now what? take up knitting?...

[Paulaew]

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

He urged the public to call 1599 to report infractions. 

Some additional guidance would be helpful. Are we supposed to call before or after?

 

Paul Laew

[SAFETY FIRST]

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai police launch crackdown on prostitution

Oh dear, we need the tourists to return. 

 

I can see the cancelations 

 

 

[spidermike007]

The franchisees who represent a morally bankrupt administration, posing as puritans, are cracking down on a financial pillar of contemporary Thai society. How does a reasonable person even respond to this? Best to not respond at all. Fake purity in the worst possible form. Not convincing on any level. 

 

This is merely about false

Quakers attempting to deceive the masses. 

[GeorgeCross]

starting with the hi-so soapies first i assume?

 

no?

 

thought not ????

[LoeiI]

37 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And there you have it folks......There is no prostitution....lol, then why is Thailand synonymous with Sex Tourism in places like Pattaya, Phuket and the seedy side of Bangkok nestled right in between multi million baht high rise condominiums.  Alas, prostitution is the worlds oldest profession and as my GF recently pointed out by pointing towards 2 ladies standing just across the street from the Lumpini Police Station as we jogged outside of Lumpini Park, "Look they selling pussy again"

An old fella once told me prostitution was the second oldest profession, I said whats the first he said Begging I said hows that ? he said well somebody had to beg for it 

[ROGER DUNN]

Wow, Now that’s what you call 

Slow Learners !!????????????

[wasabi]

They truly want to kill off everything that brings in tourists and replace it with a fantasy Thailand where high rollers forgo Monaco, Dubai and Miami instead rerouting their private jets straight to old Siam where they can breathe the sooted air and catch listeria from Som Tam vendors far and wide.

[Danderman123]

This probably means some well publicized bust of a massage shop is coming soon.

 

i vaguely recall earlier random police raids in hotels and massage shops. To what end, I don’t remember.

[tukadadoll]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

And there you have it folks......There is no prostitution....lol, then why is Thailand synonymous with Sex Tourism in places like Pattaya, Phuket and the seedy side of Bangkok nestled right in between multi million baht high rise condominiums.  Alas, prostitution is the worlds oldest profession and as my GF recently pointed out by pointing towards 2 ladies standing just across the street from the Lumpini Police Station as we jogged outside of Lumpini Park, "Look they selling pussy again"

Shameful, disgusting, thats it I am taking my 70 year young self, out of this cesspit along with my 19yo wife.

[codemonkey]

https://thethaiger.com/news/pattaya/phew-no-prostitutes-in-pattayas-walking-street-police

 

[Walker88]

Does this mean I'm not really 'han sum'? When I walk passed massage shops the folks always tell me I am. They even say they want to have my baby. And some who call that out to me are ladyboys, so my appeal would seem to be not limited by gender nor biological possibility. It's primal, or so I thought.

 

I so wanted to believe there was no prostitution in Thailand, because my ego needs to believe I'm han sum and baby-daddy material.

 

I hate to think I've been fooled. Where's a mirror? I AM han sum! Please nobody call 1599, I cannot bear to face a world without true love!

[Kevinphall]

Dread the day I’m having a nice relaxing massage and some beige uniformed man comes and checks under my towel to see if I’ve got a boner or signs of excitement.  
 

 

[rupert the bear]

the definition of prostitution.interesting.it can be held that its the act of selling oneself.so there s a lot of people doing that here,many in govt and also .......yep you got it!!!!

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

And there you have it folks......There is no prostitution....lol, then why is Thailand synonymous with Sex Tourism in places like Pattaya, Phuket and the seedy side of Bangkok nestled right in between multi million baht high rise condominiums.  Alas, prostitution is the worlds oldest profession and as my GF recently pointed out by pointing towards 2 ladies standing just across the street from the Lumpini Police Station as we jogged outside of Lumpini Park, "Look they selling pussy again"

They must have ran out of things to do?

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, Kevinphall said:

Dread the day I’m having a nice relaxing massage and some beige uniformed man comes and checks under my towel to see if I’ve got a boner or signs of excitement.  
 

 

I am sure if that happened it would be signs of excrement......my pet rock told me.

[daveAustin]

Fix the roads and REAL crime (among your ranks) you morons.