2 Polish women apologise for sunbathing in Chiang Mai temple

[webfact]

Chiang Mai Provincial Tourist Police tracked down two Polish women caught sunbathing on Sunday, January 14 at Chiang Man Temple in Chiang Mai province. The two foreigners apologised to locals for their inappropriate act.

 

The Thais who saw the two foreign women sunning themselves on the grass at Chiang Man Temple on Sunday raised concerns via Channel 3, causing the issue to go viral on Thai social media. Following the concerns of locals, Tourist Police officers searched for the two foreigners to issue a warning for their inappropriate act.

 

Officers found the foreign women at a hostel in the city centre of Chiang Mai province on Tuesday, January 16. They were identified as Polish nationals aged 19 and 20. Officers explained to them that what they were doing was against Thai culture and traditions.

 

According to Tourist Police officers, the two Polish women expressed regret for the incident and wanted to apologise to Thai residents. They said they loved Chiang Mai province and did not intend to hurt the feelings of the Thai people.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo via TigerNews TV

 

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[BritManToo]

The police can't enforce real laws, but have time to chase foreigners infringing cultural laws.

[Nick Carter icp]

If the first thing that you did when opening this thread was to look at their breasts in the photo , then you are a degenerate 

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If the first thing that you did when opening this thread was to look at their breasts in the photo , then you are a degenerate 

And if you didn't, you're either gay or nearly dead!

[RandolphGB]

The monks were probably enjoying the view. 

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

The police can't enforce real laws, but have time to chase foreigners infringing cultural laws.

 

   You should be thankful of that , imagine if the Thai Police arrested all the foreigners who broke the law , quiet a few of them would have long term jail sentences 

[Chris Daley]

Nice red skin.  Sexy.

[champers]

7 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If the first thing that you did when opening this thread was to look at their breasts in the photo , then you are a degenerate 

The eyes were blurred out, your honour.

[Upnotover]

9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If the first thing that you did when opening this thread was to look at their breasts in the photo , then you are a degenerate 

2nd.  Belly buttons are my thing.

[Nick Carter icp]

3 minutes ago, champers said:

The eyes were blurred out, your honour.

 

   Thats you daily dose of titillation for the day 

[sungod]

I'm a degenerate 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, Ben Zioner said:

Tourists, please don't come to this uptight, backward place, it doesn't deserve you. 

 

They should have put up signs, "Please don't sit or lie on the grass while the monks surrender to their perversions".

 

   They were sat/laying in an area which is semi out of bounds , it was mostly fenced off and wasn't really public access .

   The area was fenced off to stop demonstrations and it was never unfenced off , so it was a restricted area

[richard_smith237]

The efforts spent in Thailand to 'single out' the low hanging fruit meanwhile corruption and genuine moral destitution run rife is wholly telling of the underlying juvenile nature of Thai society. 

 

I don't want to Thai bash, but I can't see news such as this as anything other than pathetic, almost virtue signalling from a country in which lawbreaking and corruption is endemic and considered normal. 

 

I do of course object to anyone offending cultural sensitivities, but this really is the very thinnest end of the wedge of behavior that could be considered inappropriate here (from Thai's or foreigners)... I guess the more offending issues are such a norm they're not newsworthy... 

 

...But, stand-back and look at the picture...  Its ok to blast through red lights, not stop for pedestrians, have no consideration for disabled people etc, but watch the (apparent) outrage at the mistake made by two girls in shorts and a tank top laying in the sun in an area they shouldn't. 

 

 

Edited January 18 by richard_smith237

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The efforts spent in Thailand to 'single out' the low hanging fruit meanwhile corruption and genuine moral destitution run rife is wholly telling of the underlying juvenile nature of Thai society. 

 

I don't want to Thai bash, but I can't see news such as this as anything other than pathetic, almost virtue signalling from a country in which lawbreaking and corruption is endemic and considered normal. 

 

I do of course object to anyone offending cultural sensitivities, but this really is the very thinnest end of the wedge of behavior that could be considered inappropriate here (from Thai's or foreigners)... I guess the more offending issues are such a norm they're not newsworthy... 

 

...But, stand-back and look at the picture...  Its ok to blast through red lights, not stop for pedestrians, have no consideration for disabled people etc, but watch the (apparent) outrage at the mistake made by two girls in shorts and a tank top laying in the sun in an area they shouldn't. 

 

 

 

   The issue is with the media , they should focus on other stories and not report on any and every story (non story) that involves foreigners .

  Although I suppose that the media focus on foreigners because of the interest the stories receives from other foreigners 

[couchpotato]

57 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If the first thing that you did when opening this thread was to look at their breasts in the photo , then you are a degenerate 

I'm sure many of us resemble that remark.  You seem a bit of a prude Mr icp

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

I'm sure many of us resemble that remark.  You seem a bit of a prude Mr icp

 

  How would you describe people who habitually stare at Womans covered  breasts when they are in public ? , 

[mokwit]

Thailand never used to be this prudish (although it has always been conservative). Perhaps 'outrage farming' on social media is making it more of a thing.

[retarius]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

The police can't enforce real laws, but have time to chase foreigners infringing cultural laws.

The impression from reading Thai media, is that the police do a great job of solving murders and intercepting drugs....barely a day goes by that we don't have police 'pointing' in the press. 

I suspect the real situation is very different. I suspect many people are tortured into confessing as the poor guy whose mad wife was killed by youths including a son of a policeman. I have several examples of people who were coerced into selling drugs including yaba by police: 'sell drugs for us or you are going to prison'. I would love to see the real numbers of crimes solved.

Like you I'm a bit appalled at police spending their time with petty stuff leaving serious criminal stuff unsolved and traffic law enforcement  at zero as thousands die on the road.

Having said that, police are a bit of a soft target. The rampant corruption, caused in part, by a totally inadequate wage structure that needs supplementation by donations from motorists. 

 

[richard_smith237]

51 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

55 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The efforts spent in Thailand to 'single out' the low hanging fruit meanwhile corruption and genuine moral destitution run rife is wholly telling of the underlying juvenile nature of Thai society. 

 

I don't want to Thai bash, but I can't see news such as this as anything other than pathetic, almost virtue signalling from a country in which lawbreaking and corruption is endemic and considered normal. 

 

I do of course object to anyone offending cultural sensitivities, but this really is the very thinnest end of the wedge of behavior that could be considered inappropriate here (from Thai's or foreigners)... I guess the more offending issues are such a norm they're not newsworthy... 

 

...But, stand-back and look at the picture...  Its ok to blast through red lights, not stop for pedestrians, have no consideration for disabled people etc, but watch the (apparent) outrage at the mistake made by two girls in shorts and a tank top laying in the sun in an area they shouldn't. 

 

 

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   The issue is with the media , they should focus on other stories and not report on any and every story (non story) that involves foreigners .

  Although I suppose that the media focus on foreigners because of the interest the stories receives from other foreigners 

 

Agreed...   though I suspect the media focuses on such stories (involving foreigners) because it triggers a nationalistic attitudes and garners further attention.

 

What seems a little concerning is this... [Officers have also encouraged Thai citizens to report any instances of inappropriate behaviour by foreigners by contacting them through the 1155 hotline]....

 

Surely the message should be 'report any instances of law breaking and antisocial behavior from anyone'...  the instruction to specifically 'look out for and report instances involving foreigners' is clumsy at best, but IMO indicates a dash of xenophobia which IMO is more distasteful than the initial faux-pas. 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

33 minutes ago, mokwit said:

Thailand never used to be this prudish (although it has always been conservative). Perhaps 'outrage farming' on social media is making it more of a thing.

 

I've never heard of the phrase 'outrage farming' before...  BUT, IMO this is exactly what it is... 

 

The more the media run with these 'non-stories' the more society responds and looks out for such stories thus feeding the medial troll.

 

 

I have to make further comment here as people always want to take comments out of perspective.

I firmly believe people (whether foreign or native) should behave in a manner respectful of their surroundings, those around them, their environment - I also believe the issues we've seen in the news recently are 'insignificant' and hardly warrant the national media attention placed... 

 

[Butts]

WWBD? (What would Buddha do?)

[PJ71]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If the first thing that you did when opening this thread was to look at their breasts in the photo , then you are a degenerate 

Im a degenerate.

[Icardi]

Do you want to respect the culture of another country or do you want to dictate the rules in other people's homes? A certain type of clothing has never been allowed in temples, both for Thais and tourists. No discrimination, just respect.

[PJ71]

48 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  How would you describe people who habitually stare at Womans covered  breasts when they are in public ? , 

Horny?

[catch104]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

The police can't enforce real laws, but have time to chase foreigners infringing cultural laws.

One does not excuse the other. 

[Pouatchee]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Officers explained to them that what they were doing was against Thai culture and traditions.

 

but not against the law!!!

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  How would you describe people who habitually stare at Womans covered  breasts when they are in public ? , 

If you are male then.................NORMAL

[Sydebolle]

Never read bigger manure. If the semi-divine Thais in their semi-divine country with the above-the-lord hovering monks are sooo touchy and get insulted over sun bathing on a loan around the temple, then - for heaven's sake - put up sign boards in Polish, Mongolian and Rwandan about their sensitivity. 

Do you, honestly, think anyone would care if the same incident would have taken place on a piece of grass near a Christian church?

All this under the assumption, that the dirty farang women were wearing some clothes as nude sun bathing would be exceeding a cultural borderline. 

[Toby1947]

This backwater becomes my pathetic by the day 

[dogfish180]

Any photos or videos of them sunbathing? Asking for a friend!