Spying On Your Partner !

[Buff-horns]

Thailand's No 1 Ladies Detective Agency

By Peter Janssen,

Bangkok Post 18th

Amnoyporn Maneewan's reputation as Thailand's foremost female private

eye sometimes blows her cover nowadays.

"I was recently tailing a woman and she turned and recognized me and

said, 'Oh, I like what you do so much,'" recalled Amnoyporn. "I told

her I was just out shopping and we started chatting away until finally

she said, 'Hey, you aren't spying on me are you?', but by that time I

had it all on tape."

Amnoyporn, 38, who earlier this year published a book titled "They Had

Me to Spy on Cheating Husbands" about her ten-year career as a private

eye for Decha & IBS Ltd, is bringing the usually secretive world of

spying out into the open in Thailand, where the vast majority of cases

involve infidelity.

The book launch has brought Amnoyporn, and her company Decha & IBS, a

good deal of publicity in the Thai media.

Private investigators don't receive licenses in Thailand and therefore

are in a bit of a legal limbo and usually low-profile.

Many of Thailand-based private investigators advertise their services

via the Internet, usually targetting foreign men who are feeling

cheated by their Thai girlfriend or wife.

"Is your Thai husband or wife cheating on you? Find out the truth and

then use the indisputable evidence we give you to get out of your

disastrous marriage," boasts SiamSpy.com, with a logo featuring

Humphrey Bogart in hat and trenchcoat, of course.

In the real world of spying in tropical Thailand, the hat and

trenchcoat might be a bit out of place, but there is certainly plenty

of romance, mostly of the failed variety.

"Most of my cases have to do with adultery," said Amnoyporn. "When I

started out in this field about ten years ago most of the cases

involved wives who suspected their husbands of having a minor wife, but

after the Asian crisis in 1997 many women had to get out of the house

to find work to make extra money, so now both men and women have a more

equal opportunity to be unfaithful. Now my clients are 50/50 husbands

and wives."

Usually Amnoyporn collects evidence to help in divorce proceedings.

Under Thai law, there are only three acceptable reasons for a woman to

divorce her husband, including abandonment for a minimum of three

years, failure to provide financial support and adultery on the

condition that the husband flaunts his extramarital affair in public.

"In Thailand a man can have many hidden mistresses, and this is not

grounds for divorce, but if he openly flaunts one mistress as his 'mia

noi,' (minor wife) that is grounds for divorce," said Amnoyporn.

"But for a woman, if she's married and sleeps one time with another

man, that's defined as adultery," she said. "The law is not fair."

Many of her cases do not involve married couples but only jealous

lovers.

"For example, one customer was an 80-year-old man who had a 14 year-old

girlfriend and he was worried that she was fooling around on him," said

Amnoyporn.

While refusing to divulge the results of her investigation into this

particular case, Amnoyporn said that nearly 100 per cent of her

investigations end up proving that adultery has taken place.

This may be a good thing, since her rates aren't cheap by Thai

standards. Decha & IBS charges 6,000 baht (150 dollars) a day for a

private investigation, at a minimum of seven days per case.

The company now has more than 20 private eyes, under Amnoyporn's

management. Initially Decha & IBS specialized in debt collection,

pursuing arrest warrants and investigating debtors' assets, activities

that Amnoyporn found tedious.

Ten years ago the company put up its "private eye" sign after Amnoyporn

started taking in more and more infidelity cases.

In her recently published book, Amnoyporn gives hints on whether your

partner is having an affair, for instance, "Has he or she started to

dine out alone more often, stopping you from coming along for no good

reason? Be aware of 'too good to be true' behaviour. Some telephone

manners can be telling such as an unusual rush to the phone as if

afraid you might pick it up first."

For Amnoyporn, the most satisfying thing about being a private eye is

giving clients a sense of certainty about their relationships, which

can occassionally lead to a reconciliation of the marriage.

"Usually a man will not admit to having an affair but if the woman

presents him with evidence then he has to break off with his lover. I

like those cases best," she said.

Has the work affected her own private life?

"I'm still single," laughed Amnoyporn. "I think I've seen too much."

bkkpost.com

[kayo]

:private: "I'm a... Private Dancer...>"

[Buff-horns]

disturbing results of 100% all suspects Guilty ! oh dear ..

[Glauka]

If i knew that my partner was spying on me...well, I will certaily be unfaithful to prove him right...

[zzap]

disturbing results of 100% all suspects Guilty ! oh dear ..

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I guess one already has a very strong suspicion before engaging a PI.

[TizMe]

so if you are even thinking about hiring a PI, then you are better off just saving your money and just end the relashionship. (where there's smoke, there's fire)

[Mighty Mouse]

How many of you Aussies remember good old Tim Bristow?

In his earlier years he had a private dick agency specialising in adultery. Tim would go out into the night with his trusty camera in search of the 'evidence.'

His method was to follow the target to the premises where the deed was likely to take place. Wait until the lights went out and then sneak up to the house. If he couldn't find an open window or unlocked door, he would pick the lock and enter the premises.

Next, he would creep down the hallway, find the bedroom, push open the door and with his trusty flashing camera, photograph them in tangled sexual positions.

On those occasions when the subjects were fast asleep as he entered the bedroom, he would bash the guy, rip off his PJ's (if he was wearing any) and throw him on top of the girl. Flash with the camera and he had his evidence.

R.I.P Tim, you lovable rogue.

[DJ Pat]

so if you are even thinking about hiring a PI, then you are better off just saving your money and just end the relashionship. (where there's smoke, there's fire)

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That sounds about right!!!

[OlRedEyes]

Amnoyporn said that nearly 100 per cent of her

investigations end up proving that adultery has taken place.

OK. Great stuff. So you can save money here. Should you feel the urge to engage this agency, you can be pretty sure what the result will be, so there you have it. Why engage them. Your suspicions are proven true by the mere fact that you approach the agency. Cool.

[FunFearlessFemale]

I wanna a temp. investigator----but the problem is...who will hire me??