Pattaya sex tourism documentary “damages Thai reputation” : Tim Newton Today - Dec 5

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Thailand news - Plenty of follow up as police and Thai officials scramble to try and put out the Pattaya PR fire from the allegations presented in the Deutsche Welle documentary about Pattaya's sex tourism and underage prostitution.

 

A volcano has erupted in Indonesia killing 11 with many more missing at this time. HM The King's son revisits Thailand for Fathers Day, the first subsidy for sugarcane farmers is announced as the Thai government tackles the PM 2.5 problems in the north.

 

Tim Newton Today is a daily take on Thai and regional news and issues of interest to expats and foreign tourists.

 

 

[Ben Zioner]

Last night they have started arresting some of the guys filming on Sukhumvit between Nana and Cowboy..

[soi3eddie]

13 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Last night they have started arresting some of the guys filming on Sukhumvit between Nana and Cowboy..

What did you see happening? Circumstances? Arrested for what reason?

 

 

[bob smith]

...everything is about image here.

 

Thais don't care about anything else.

[spidermike007]

The police here are not law enforcement. They are franchisees. 

 

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 fake Quakers attempting to deceive the masses. 

 

[orchis]

 

 

[WHansen]

There is a lot more going on here that has damaged Thailands image more than prostitution

[StayinThailand2much]

Oh well, a foreign media release, again, that "damages Thai reputation", while Thailand has been doing its best over many years to damage its own reputation with decade-old scams, double-pricing and overcharging, not to mention strange alcohol, nightlife, and visa regulations...

Edited December 5, 2023 by StayinThailand2much

[Bassosa]

3 hours ago, WHansen said:

There is a lot more going on here that has damaged Thailands image more than prostitution

Stonecold whataboutism 

[quake]

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damages Thai reputation

 

Double Yawn. 

 

 

[Barnet1900]

About time they carry out an inspection of Pattaya...once again no prostitution here. You're all lying. 

 

They're pathetic really.

 

Maybe they should look at the reality of the situation. This video might increase German tourist numbers because...shock oh shock ...people from all over the globe come to Thailand specifically for this. They always have and always will. Add to that, this type of tourism ploughs far more into the local economy than the visa free Chinese. 

 

Like it or not natives, this age-old profession goes on everywhere. Just so happens that all the hubs you keep dreaming up are rubbish but you are in fact the hub of this type of thing.

[KanchanaburiGuy]

Criminal goes out and robs people, taking their money, wallets, and jewelry.

 

Cop bust the criminal and takes him to jail, pending a trial.

 

Criminal blames the cop for busting him, putting him there.

 

They have a trial and the criminal get convicted; gets sent to prison.

 

Criminal blames his attorney for not getting him off.

 

While in prison, the criminal gets robbed, beaten up, verbally abused, among other things. He's having a very rough time.

 

Criminal angrily and regularly blames both the cops and his lousy attorney for putting him there.

 

Y'see, it's just not the criminal mentality for a criminal to ever blame himself; to blame his own actions. It just isn't!

 

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Dear Thai officials..........

 

The problem here is NOT the documentary. The problem here is the filmmakers being able make a record of something that is actually happening; that is REAL.

 

Don't blame the whistle blower. When you. blame the whistle blower, your acting just like a typical criminal---Your problems are everyone else's fault but your own!

 

If you're embarrassed about people learning about this criminal behaviour......... find a way to put an end to the criminal behaviour!

 

It's not shutting up the whistle blower that solves your problems; it's shutting down these criminal enterprises!

 

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If you're going to be an effective problem-solver........ the first thing you've got to do........ is focus on the right problems!

 

[ABCDBKK]

English language version of the documentary posted on Twitter:

 

https://twitter.com/iteacha/status/1730873898718441853

 

Edited December 5, 2023 by ABCDBKK