Police Orders Total Eradication Of Lewd Materials

[britmaveric]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

Pol Col Somnuk Changate, superintendent of Pattaya Municipal Police, has ordered the total eradication of pornographic materials from the area by the government’s approaching D-Day this coming December.

Pol Col Somnuk Changate, superintendent of Pattaya Municipal Police, has ordered the total eradication of pornographic materials from the area.

Speaking at a ceremony where he was officially elevating 27 police corporals to the rank of sergeant, Pol Col Somnuk said that the government has targeted the elimination of lewd materials along with materials breaching intellectual property laws. Officers will be sent to all known areas where the materials are sold, and the help of private sector organizations and shop owners is being requested.

The officers promoted were all graduates of Class 34 (Khao Noi 34) Chonburi.

-Pattaya Mail

Narisa Nitikarn

25 Nov 2005

[johnh101]

They will raid a couple of vendors, parade them before the cameras, fine them 500 baht and it will all be back to normal next week.

Am I getting too cynical ?

[icecubes]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

along with materials breaching intellectual property laws.

Sorry im, a bit thick, what does that bit mean????

Anyone??

[buadhai]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

along with materials breaching intellectual property laws.

Sorry im, a bit thick, what does that bit mean????

Anyone??

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Pirated CD's, DVD's, etc.

[h90]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

along with materials breaching intellectual property laws.

Sorry im, a bit thick, what does that bit mean????

Anyone??

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means that the police wants more bride on pirated movies/software.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

more bride ???

[peter991]

If all the pirated CDs and DVDs, copy watches and the like is removed, Beach Road will be a ghost town.

Peter

[Axel]

An explanation wold be helpful what they understand by

lewd materials.

Perhaps some pictures would help.

[Khutan]

If all the pirated CDs and DVDs, copy watches and the like is removed, Beach Road will be a ghost town.

Peter

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Just more T-Shirts

[MisterFingers]

more bride ??? 

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Yes. I too noticed that they don't pirate the romantic comedies.

"Father of the Bride" and "The Princess Bride" are two noticeable absentees among the pirated VCDs and DVDs.

The police simply want more bride.

[kurgen]

On a serious note ,

To anyone in authority who checks this site, my avatar is art. So sod off

[kurgen]

Also my blue thong speedos are originals

[h90]

more bride ??? 

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Doc sorry I mean more bribe, they may have already enough bride, now they are looking for bribe

[Dragonman]

All pornography, Von Dutch clothes and England football shirts must be in police hands by the end of December, as they make good New Year presents

[chuchok]

They will raid a couple of vendors, parade them before the cameras, fine them 500 baht and it will all be back to normal next week.

Am I getting too cynical ?

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Not allowed to "parade" people befor the cameras anymore.What on earth will the media do now?

[cdnvic]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

Man.... that's half the farang population of Pattaya.

cv

[Mighty Mouse]

What about the little wooden guy who lives in a barrel and has his arms and dick controlled by springs?

How many wandering bar sellers will now need to change merchandise?

If they can't sell watches, I guess that means we will now have hundreds more selling lottery tickets.

[OlRedEyes]

The fun never stops...

'Lewd' materials?

[icecubes]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

along with materials breaching intellectual property laws.

Sorry im, a bit thick, what does that bit mean????

Anyone??

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Pirated CD's, DVD's, etc.

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Thanks

[sbk]

Lewd: : sexually unchaste or licentious b : OBSCENE, VULGAR

Whats that got to do with pirated movies and cds?

[britmaveric]

...along with materials breaching intellectual property laws....

Any of the fake goodies or copies are up for grabs too!

[peter991]

SBK: Pol Col Somnuk said that the government has targeted the elimination of lewd materials along with materials breaching intellectual property laws. This is another way of saying pirated / illegal copies.

That means no more copy watches, t-shirts, CDs, DVDs etc.

IMO this could go 2 ways:

1. A permanent cleanup of pirated stuff (similar to Singapore) which would take a lot of fun out of Thailand, but perhaps create some jobs building cheap non-copy watches, T-shirts etc.

2. A media PR exercise to show that the Police are actually stopping people breaking the law by selling pirated stock causing the owners of the copyright to lose royalties.

I am opting for number 2. As a side note, this reminds me of my first trip to Phuket 3 years ago. On the first night I visited Patong and expected t find another Pattaya ... but the girls were wearing long dresses and the boys were in jeans and t-shirts.

Seeing I was a newbie with a disappointed look on my face, a friendly Thai came up to me and introduced himself as a bar owner and said: 'No sexy show tonight, police come.'

Sure enough, within 5 minutes a parade of uniformed police, men in suits (pointed out to me as local politicians) and media people arrived and were shown a very respectable Patong.

My new Thai friend said to me when the parade had passed us by ... 'come back tomorrow night Sir, all back to normal.' Sure enough, the following night all the bar staff were wearing (heck ... you know the rest).

Peter

[tuky]

Police chief orders total eradication of lewd materials

Man.... that's half the farang population of Pattaya.

cv

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I hope they do not come to my house

[dr_Pat_Pong]

An explanation wold be helpful what they understand by

lewd materials.

Perhaps some pictures would help.

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[COBBER]

If all the pirated CDs and DVDs, copy watches and the like is removed, Beach Road will be a ghost town.

Peter

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No still plenty of Nazi helmets, Nun chuckas,flick knives,Samuri swords and stun guns to sell.

Edited November 30, 2005 by COBBER

[COBBER]

They will raid a couple of vendors, parade them before the cameras, fine them 500 baht and it will all be back to normal next week.

Am I getting too cynical ?

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Not allowed to "parade" people befor the cameras anymore.What on earth will the media do now?

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Chuchok, Whats the take on this? Ive also notice that they are not naming the crooks in written reports. Is this a new law ?

[astral]

They will raid a couple of vendors, parade them before the cameras, fine them 500 baht and it will all be back to normal next week.

Am I getting too cynical ?

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Not at all.

Par for the course.

[astral]

Nun chuckas

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What is that??

[mrbojangles]

Nun chuckas

What is that??

Nunchucks

Edited November 30, 2005 by mrbojangles

[h90]

If all the pirated CDs and DVDs, copy watches and the like is removed, Beach Road will be a ghost town.

Peter

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No still plenty of Nazi helmets, Nun chuckas,flick knives,Samuri swords and stun guns to sell.

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Nazi helmets: intellectual property on Nazi helmets? Who is owner of this intellectual property, the Fuehrer is dead. Is it Angela the new germans premier or does it belong to Austria as Dolferl (the local Austrian Nickname for him) was Austrian??

I think no problem with intellectual property at all and most of the Thais don't know much about it....