Pregnant Thai Woman Blackmailed with Secret Footage

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A pregnant woman in Khon Kaen, Thailand, is living in fear after a perverted voyeur secretly filmed her in a public bathroom and used the footage to blackmail her for sex and money. Despite her repeated pleas to local police over the past six months, no progress has been made in helping her.

 

The victim, 26-year-old Somprattana, turned to Thai news agencies out of desperation. She initially reported the blackmail to Ban Ped Police Station in January after a man contacted her via Facebook, pretending to be a customer interested in buying durian from her stall. He then convinced her to switch the conversation to the LINE app, where he began sending her explicit photos and videos of herself using a toilet at a nearby petrol station.

 

Somprattana immediately reported these threats to the police and provided them with all the evidence, including the suspect's bank account details after he demanded 1,000 baht to delete the footage. She even transferred him 200 baht to get more personal details. However, despite her cooperation, the police have failed to act.

 

The blackmailer continued to harass and torment her, sending her naked pictures of himself and demanding sexual favours. Somprattana's own investigation revealed small holes in the public bathroom doors—confirming how the man had managed to record her.

 

The police response has been frustratingly inadequate. Officers asked her to gather more evidence, and, bizarrely, suggested dropping the case, arguing the suspect would reoffend after any potential imprisonment.

 

Somprattana's story has now captured the attention of Thai news agencies, who are amplifying her call for justice.

 

She fears for her safety daily, as the blackmailer appears to know her whereabouts and routine. By highlighting her ordeal, Somprattana hopes the authorities will finally take stringent action against the blackmailer and put an end to her nightmare.

 

Picture courtesy: CH 7

 

-- 2024-06-05

 

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[2008bangkok]

Exactly what are the police here for, surely they meant to protect the public, that's the job they signed up for

[JoePai]

11 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

Exactly what are the police here for, surely they meant to protect the public, that's the job they signed up for

You must be new to Thailand   

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Despite her repeated pleas to local police over the past six months, no progress has been made in helping her.

Meh it's just a woman, being harassed and tormented, just let him keep doing it, nothing in it for us..........The Thai cops are the most perthitic in SEA. Useless bunch. 

[2008bangkok]

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

You must be new to Thailand   

20 years but still get surprised when I read articles for not wanting to help 

[CanadaSam]

The woman has hit upon the right method to get action out of the BIB, make it public!

 

I'm pretty sure she will get justice now, and (hopefully) the inactive authorities will be disciplined (somewhat).

[john donson]

ah the police