American Arrested in Wichit for Allegedly Taking Away Minor from Parental Guardian

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Wichit – An American man was arrested in Wichit, Phuket City after he allegedly took away a minor under 18 years of age from their parents.

The Wichit Police told the Phuket Express that earlier this week they arrested the wanted suspect, identified only as Mr. Mark, 28, American national.

 

He is being accused of taking away a minor aged more than 15-years-old but not more than 18-years-old from their parents or guardian for obscenity even if consent was given.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-03-22

 

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[flyingtlger]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

for obscenity even if consent was given.

Huh? Does that mean that consent was given???

[Nick Carter icp]

16 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

Huh? Does that mean that consent was given???

 

   It doesn't mean that , it means that it doesn't matter whether the parents gave consent or not 

[Skipalongcassidy]

Waiting for the "she knew what she was doing crowd" to chime in here... 

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   It doesn't mean that , it means that it doesn't matter whether the parents gave consent or not 

Normally they do not write it like this is consent was not given. Even if it sounds very bad, some parents actually give their consent just because the need of money.

 

However, the American is a sick individual that should be locked up and thrown out of Thailand never to return.

 

Far too many crazy foreigners in Thailand at the moment.

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Normally they do not write it like this is consent was not given. Even if it sounds very bad, some parents actually give their consent just because the need of money.

 

However, the American is a sick individual that should be locked up and thrown out of Thailand never to return.

 

Far too many crazy foreigners in Thailand at the moment.

 

   Then that would come under Child prostitution laws and the Parents would face charges as well  and would be also be considered as Child rape

[Gottfrid]

15 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Then that would come under Child prostitution laws and the Parents would face charges as well  and would be also be considered as Child rape

Sure Dude! How long have you stayed in Thailand, as all seems to be so clear cut for you? 

You would be surprised to know how many parents there are who married away their 12-15 year old daughter without any person accusing them or any law enforcement involved as well as the temple monks have smiles all around and condone the ritual marriage.

[reefsurfah]

Lock this mofo up 🖕

[Nick Carter icp]

12 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Sure Dude! How long have you stayed in Thailand, as all seems to be so clear cut for you? 

You would be surprised to know how many parents there are who married away their 12-15 year old daughter without any person accusing them or any law enforcement involved as well as the temple monks have smiles all around and condone the ritual marriage.

 

   I don't seem to move in the same circles as you and I don't know any 12-15 year old girls married off or sold into prostitution .

   18 years old is the age when Thais can get married .

Paying Children/the Parents  for  sex is illegal and just because you haven't been caught, that doesn't make it legal 

[2long]

This isn't about 12-15 girls.

Maybe, just maybe, the girl was a week or a month before her 18th birthday, and the guy is stated as 28. Is that really so bad? In most western countries it's absolutely fine.

If compared to a guy in his 70s with a young man of 19, I know which one most societies would see as worse.

 

Waiting for the haters..... 🙄

[steven100]

oh dear '   that's way too young to go with a farang,  she has to be 18 years old at minimum.

[OneMoreFarang]

Can we please see a statistic how often Thais do the same and how often they are arrested.

 

And did the American take away the teenager from the house of the parents? Or did the parents send their child to work as a prostitute and then they discovered that they can make even more money when they accuse those bad farangs? 

[Enoon]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Normally they do not write it like this is consent was not given. Even if it sounds very bad, some parents actually give their consent just because the need of money.

 

However, the American is a sick individual that should be locked up and thrown out of Thailand never to return.

 

Far too many crazy foreigners in Thailand at the moment.

 

It's nothing to do with parental consent.

 

Age of consent in Thailand (the age of the person engaging in the sexual activity) is 15.  They are the person who gives the consent.

 

However the law provides for the individual to withdraw their consent after the activity, parents often pressuring them to do so.

 

That is what gets people in trouble.

 

This is advice for teenagers who may think that because they are over 15 they are not liable to prosecution even though both consenting partners are over 15:

 

"In Thailand sexual encounters with a minor under the age of 18 may be classed as a compoundable offence, even if this was with a person over 15 and with their explicit consent.

To clarify (I hope!), what this means is that a young person having sex with another person aged 15, 16, or 17 may be prosecuted for this “compoundable offence” if one participant (normally the girl), or their parent, were to file charges against the other side when they later decided they regretted what they had done. In effect, this makes the unfettered Thai age of consent to sex to be 18 years of age."

https://www.lannaist.ac.th/keeping-our-teenage-children-safe/

 

 

 

 

[ChaiyaTH]

That's just weird, in Europe any girl from 16/17/18 would be dating and doing whatever she wants, with guys who are in their twenties, up to 28-29. Isn't this guy double F'ed too, I heard that an American is also accountable back home if doing this abroad.

[BuddyPish]

No way is the nonce in that picture 28.

More like 68.

[Rimmer]

A troll post has been removed

[cdnvic]

A veiled personal attack contravening our community standards was removed.

[BritScot]

4 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   I don't seem to move in the same circles as you and I don't know any 12-15 year old girls married off or sold into prostitution .

   18 years old is the age when Thais can get married .

Paying Children/the Parents  for  sex is illegal and just because you haven't been caught, that doesn't make it legal 

You must live in a rose coloured bowl. Open your eyes and if you live in a village take an interest.  Yes it happens a lot. Quite common for a Thai family to let the Boyfriend stay to prevent daughter running away but normally reslts in a pregnant daughter. I remember a 16 year old ran away so not to marry her 50 year old fiancee who had paid the dowry and helped her family out. He got the police involved.  His demand was money back or to marry her younger sister. Yes he was Thai and yes she came back and married him.

[freeworld]

In the Phuket news article they write about an American man aged 68 years old has been arrested.

[Berkshire]

4 hours ago, 2long said:

This isn't about 12-15 girls.

Maybe, just maybe, the girl was a week or a month before her 18th birthday, and the guy is stated as 28. Is that really so bad? In most western countries it's absolutely fine.

If compared to a guy in his 70s with a young man of 19, I know which one most societies would see as worse.

 

Waiting for the haters..... 🙄

In western countries, we'd call this statutory rape.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Normally they do not write it like this

That is how the law is worded, that is what matters.

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Huh? Does that mean that consent was given???

Consent may have been given, but that doesn't change the law.

[Gottfrid]

45 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That is how the law is worded, that is what matters.

Since when is the law an instrument for justice in Thailand? Are you new here? 😉 

[Gottfrid]

6 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I don't seem to move in the same circles as you and I don't know any 12-15 year old girls married off or sold into prostitution .

   18 years old is the age when Thais can get married .

Paying Children/the Parents  for  sex is illegal and just because you haven't been caught, that doesn't make it legal 

What are you on about. I am not moving in any circles. Just knows out of hearing from my wife´s village and surrounding villages as well as villages in provinces spread over Thailand where relatives are living.

In almost everyone of those villages there is a girl that has married the Thai traditional way at an age between 12-14 years.

Together with your comment you also wrote "because you haven´t been caught". I sincerely hope you are meaning in general and not pointing that on me. I am not such a guy.

 

As a last note: What legal things are you talking about? This is Thailand, and the law does not work as it does in your home country. Just get used to it.

[transam]

11 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

What are you on about. I am not moving in any circles. Just knows out of hearing from my wife´s village and surrounding villages as well as villages in provinces spread over Thailand where relatives are living.

In almost everyone of those villages there is a girl that has married the Thai traditional way at an age between 12-14 years.

Together with your comment you also wrote "because you haven´t been caught". I sincerely hope you are meaning in general and not pointing that on me. I am not such a guy.

 

As a last note: What legal things are you talking about? This is Thailand, and the law does not work as it does in your home country. Just get used to it.

12/14 years..................😂

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, transam said:

12/14 years..................😂

No, I did not post 0,857 years. What I posted was between 12 to 14 years old girls that are married away with the parents consent by marriage the Thai traditional way, which is something they see as far stronger than a piece of paper. After that the girl usually have their first child when she is 13-15 years old and her future is ruined.

[transam]

1 minute ago, Gottfrid said:

No, I did not post 0,857 years. What I posted was between 12 to 14 years old girls that are married away with the parents consent by marriage the Thai traditional way, which is something they see as far stronger than a piece of paper. After that the girl usually have their first child when she is 13-15 years old and her future is ruined.

Are you thinking of the Amazon tribal areas.......?........🤭

[Gottfrid]

12 minutes ago, transam said:

Are you thinking of the Amazon tribal areas.......?........🤭

I think I have been writing what I think of in my posts. Can you read?

[transam]

1 minute ago, Gottfrid said:

I think I have been writing what I think of in my posts. Can you read?

Yes I can read, you wrote 12 to 14 year olds getting married in Thailand, never heard of it.......

[chickenslegs]

3 hours ago, freeworld said:

In the Phuket news article they write about an American man aged 68 years old has been arrested.

And the Phuket News article has the same photo as the OP.

 

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