Pattaya Tourist Police Inspect Beach to Prevent Prostitution

[webfact]

 

Pattaya — Pattaya Tourist Police headed to the beachfront of Pattaya yesterday, May 27th, to warn individuals idling at the area not to sell sexual services to tourists.

The inspection was also to ensure that these people at the beach would not create any issues that could impact the tourism industry and good image of Pattaya, said Pol. Lt. Col. Pichaya Kheawpluang from the Tourist Police Department.

 

Nobody was arrested or fined last night, according to Pol. Lt. Col. Pichaya. However, he emphasized that law enforcement officers would launch this impromptu inspection regularly to prevent crimes including the selling of sexual services.

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

TOP PHOTO: Daily News

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/05/28/pattaya-tourist-police-inspect-beach-to-prevent-prostitution/

 

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[redwood1]

 warn individuals idling at the area not to sell sexual services to tourists.

 

Maybe they could walk across the street and also warn the bars there to not sell sexual services in a family resort...

[redwood1]

This did not work last week or last year or the year before that or the decade before that......So lets do it again.......lol

[brucegoniners]

Oh my god. Let me get off the floor from laughing so hard, lol

 

Yes, those hard working, dedicated men are at it again, protecting us from those horrible ladies of the evening.

 

Thank you sirs!

[Kenchamp]

They should just clear the pimps and ladyboys. Leave the girls alone. They are part of the Pattaya experience

[jacko45k]

Just now, Kenchamp said:

They should just clear the pimps and ladyboys. Leave the girls alone. They are part of the Pattaya experience

There aren't many pimps on The Beach Rd, they are somewhat superfluous in Pattaya. 

[ChipButty]

If there was none then there would be no tourism

[steven100]

no sex on the beach  ....  

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Pattaya Tourist Police headed to the beachfront of Pattaya yesterday, May 27th, to warn individuals idling at the area not to sell sexual services to tourists.

That's twice this month, must be getting serious.

[RichardColeman]

We need some more Coca Cola.

 

OK, I'll walk along the beach road to the 711 and call it a prostitution purge

[2baht]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

good image of Pattaya

Oh please!!!!! ????Just who are you trying to fool???

[Sandboxer]

Lolz @ the flashlight. Must be specifically looking for those pesky mini micro hookers...

 

[Gsxrnz]

Everything in Thailand makes sense if you accept that all Thai bureaucrats and officials are delusional, and firmly believe that denial is a large Egyptian river.

[bkk6060]

Big Joke ordered it, so it appears continued monitoring/enforcement will continue.

Several years ago I counted around 400 on Beach Road.  More recently, less then 200.  Maybe online or Treetown LK/ Buakhao area is now their best option.

 

[sammieuk1]

What about give it away for free ????

[mikebell]

2 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

protecting us from those horrible ladies of the evening.

protecting their own establishments, more like.

[kingstonkid]

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

What about give it away for free ????

I wonder if there is a law against being a friend for the night.  Just talking LOL

 

I have a friend that would like to know????

 

It is like a lot of places the girls just say ok here they come it is 10 o'clock we will go for a drink and come back at 11.

[stoner]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

could impact the tourism industry and good image of Pattaya

what a fufhing joke. these people are crazy scary at the level of delusion they live by. 

 

now go to the temple and make merit. 

[actonion]

Do not sell sexual services to Tourists...

 

Selling to Thai's  is ok  i guess...

 

Pattaya can  now expect  a huge drop  in Tourist numbers  by enforcing this ..what else is Pattaya beach good for

[foreverlomsak]

4 minutes ago, actonion said:

what else is Pattaya beach good for

making money for officialdom who have to replace it every time it rains.

[2baht]

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

What about give it away for free ????

What planet are you from???????

[sammieuk1]

Just now, 2baht said:

What planet are you from???????

Planet hopeful nr Swindon how about you???????? 

[quake]

Pattaya pantomime in full swing.

It's behind you,  to the left on the beach.

Oh no it's not.

Oh yes they are. 

[2baht]

8 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Planet hopeful nr Swindon how about you???????? 

The twilight zone!

[brewsterbudgen]

6 hours ago, redwood1 said:

 warn individuals idling at the area not to sell sexual services to tourists.

 

Maybe they could walk across the street and also warn the bars there to not sell sexual services in a family resort...

Why would they do that?  They're trying to stop soliciting on the street.  Most bars and gogos operate legally under the Entertainment Places Act.

 

Here's some reading for you:

 

The Entertainment Places Act of 1966

It was not until 1966 that the act of Service Establishments was passed which made it possible for Thai women to render "special services." This is done, for example, by establishing such places as massage parlors where men come and look at women, who are sitting separated by a glass wall, and can pick and choose who they want. The women come to the men's hotel room and 'massage' them, but, in reality do more than that. It is usually left for the customer to decide what kind of "special service" he really wants, and because of that, they are able to participate in this industry without any legal action being taken against them. 

While the existence of prostitution is legally suppressed and deformalized, entertainment places (pimping) became formalized to protect owners and customers. This shift of emphasis made it impossible to enact anti-prostitution legislation, except in the case of street soliciting. It also drove women into entertainment places. Since having these two acts passed as legislation, it has become much more feasible for both women and entertainment establishments to render sexual services, under the guise that only "special services" will be performed. It has become a lot easier for business owners to operate their companies because the owners can employ prostitutes as special services girls' under the conditions of the labor code governing service establishments

And ultimately, the female employees end up turning their 'services' into prostitution, rather than only "massaging" a customer. Raids on brothels and other lucrative sex businesses are highly publicized when successful, but are very random and irregular. Even in those few cases, the owners are likely to pay off the police and other government officials to avoid being prosecuted. 

According to the Thailand Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997, which was released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "brothels operate with the protection of local government representatives and police." Even corrupt Thai police and other government officials participate in this lucrative industry and facilitate the opportunities for prostitution to continue, without enforcing the laws which they are representative of. 

ANOTHER REPORT ON  The Entertainment Places Act of 1966 says:
This Act was designed to pave the way for brothels to be legalized in the guise of massage parlours, bars, night-clubs, tea-houses etc. It was enacted at a time when the Government sought to increase state revenue from the "Rest and Recreation" activities of the US armed forces stationed in Vietnam. The Act defines the various kinds of "Entertainment Places" and allows such places to operate only under a license to be obtained from local police stations. The use of licensed establishments for prostitution is illegal. The Act sets 18 years as the minimum age for women to work in such establishments but the penalty for employing under-age women in only baht 2,000. [Caye, 1995: 2]

REFERENCE
Caye, Jasmine, 1995. Preliminary Survey on Regional Child Trafficking for Prostitution in Thailand. Commissioned by UNICEF-EAPRO August-November. 

[Ralf001]

Wasn't it only a few weeks ago some police chief/government official publicly declare there is no prostitution in Pattaya ?

[Mickeymaus]

5 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Why would they do that?  They're trying to stop soliciting on the street.  Most bars and gogos operate legally under the Entertainment Places Act.

 

Here's some reading for you:

 

The Entertainment Places Act of 1966

It was not until 1966 that the act of Service Establishments was passed which made it possible for Thai women to render "special services." This is done, for example, by establishing such places as massage parlors where men come and look at women, who are sitting separated by a glass wall, and can pick and choose who they want. The women come to the men's hotel room and 'massage' them, but, in reality do more than that. It is usually left for the customer to decide what kind of "special service" he really wants, and because of that, they are able to participate in this industry without any legal action being taken against them. 

While the existence of prostitution is legally suppressed and deformalized, entertainment places (pimping) became formalized to protect owners and customers. This shift of emphasis made it impossible to enact anti-prostitution legislation, except in the case of street soliciting. It also drove women into entertainment places. Since having these two acts passed as legislation, it has become much more feasible for both women and entertainment establishments to render sexual services, under the guise that only "special services" will be performed. It has become a lot easier for business owners to operate their companies because the owners can employ prostitutes as special services girls' under the conditions of the labor code governing service establishments

And ultimately, the female employees end up turning their 'services' into prostitution, rather than only "massaging" a customer. Raids on brothels and other lucrative sex businesses are highly publicized when successful, but are very random and irregular. Even in those few cases, the owners are likely to pay off the police and other government officials to avoid being prosecuted. 

According to the Thailand Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997, which was released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "brothels operate with the protection of local government representatives and police." Even corrupt Thai police and other government officials participate in this lucrative industry and facilitate the opportunities for prostitution to continue, without enforcing the laws which they are representative of. 

ANOTHER REPORT ON  The Entertainment Places Act of 1966 says:
This Act was designed to pave the way for brothels to be legalized in the guise of massage parlours, bars, night-clubs, tea-houses etc. It was enacted at a time when the Government sought to increase state revenue from the "Rest and Recreation" activities of the US armed forces stationed in Vietnam. The Act defines the various kinds of "Entertainment Places" and allows such places to operate only under a license to be obtained from local police stations. The use of licensed establishments for prostitution is illegal. The Act sets 18 years as the minimum age for women to work in such establishments but the penalty for employing under-age women in only baht 2,000. [Caye, 1995: 2]

REFERENCE
Caye, Jasmine, 1995. Preliminary Survey on Regional Child Trafficking for Prostitution in Thailand. Commissioned by UNICEF-EAPRO August-November. 

Unbelievable how much has changed since 1966. 

[brewsterbudgen]

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Wasn't it only a few weeks ago some police chief/government official publicly declare there is no prostitution in Pattaya ?

No. That misquote was in regard to there being no prostitution on Walking Street, which technically was correct (apart from the odd streetwalker) as the act of paying for sex doesn't (normally) happen in the Walking Street bars/clubs/gogos.

[brewsterbudgen]

3 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

Unbelievable how much has changed since 1966. 

Indeed. The most recent Act (as far as I know) was the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, B.E. 2539 (1996), but this didn't repeal the aforementioned Entertainment Places Act 1966.

[Ralf001]

9 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

No. That misquote was in regard to there being no prostitution on Walking Street, which technically was correct (apart from the odd streetwalker) as the act of paying for sex doesn't (normally) happen in the Walking Street bars/clubs/gogos.

Ahhh ok, thanks for the clarification.

 

I just googled "no prostition in pattaya".

And a local Pattaya news site (probably cannot name them or share link) posted an article in January of this year contains the following.

 

"There is no prostitution on Pattaya Beach, at least none tourist police and Chonburi social workers found.

Putting their credibility in doubt, local tourist police and officers from the Chonburi Social Development and Human Security Department said their after-dark Jan. 14 patrol found homeless people and street performers, but no hookers"

Edited May 29, 2023 by Ralf001