American man accused of producing child porn arrested in Bangkok

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American man accused of producing and owning child porn arrested on Sukhumvit
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- A 62-year-old American man was arrested at an apartment on Soi Sukhumvit 67 for his alleged involvement in child pornography.

Immigration Police announced the arrest yesterday, saying that they raided the residence of the former flight attendant, Ronnie Lee, on August 7 and found many child porn CDs in his possession.

Authorities also revealed two other arrests of American citizens in Thailand. Anthony Michael Maki and Julie Ann Maki were arrested at Surat Thani’s Koh Samui on August 1 on money laundering charges.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/08/09/american-man-accused-producing-and-owning-child-porn-arrested-sukhumvit


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-08-09

[laurentbkk]

Thats the kind of arrest I love to see .. wish I could see more as still too many pedophile think Thailand is Paradise.

[hgma]

Disgusting.....but the reality is that the cd's are sold on public roads.

Disgusting too

[FarangTalk]

Disgusting.....but the reality is that the cd's are sold on public roads.

Disgusting too

Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut.

They could start with some of the vendors in Panthip as they sell it.

[monkey4u]

People who deal in this stuff are very sick indeed.

Those who buy these cd's are mentaly deranged.

Prison is not good enough for any who have a hand in this filth

[Thai at Heart]

No pictures, no parade, no pointing?

Something wrong here.

[kennedy]

No pictures, no parade, no pointing?

Something wrong here.

I'm waiting for the BIG BROTHER bashing parade. MIA

[Suradit69]

Disgusting.....but the reality is that the cd's are sold on public roads.

Disgusting too

Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut.

They could start with some of the vendors in Panthip as they sell it.

"Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut."

And posters on Thai Visa would have one less baseless fantasy to post about.

[oxo1947]

Its not so funny how the other 3 people arrested for completely unrelated crimes in different parts of the country, (2 of them not even in the same week) get put under the Child porn headline.

Anthony MRichard Matthew White, 52, was busted on the same day for his alleged distribution of cannabis.

Michael Maki and Julie Ann Maki were arrested at Surat Thani’s Koh Samui on August 1 on money laundering charges.

[zydeco]

Sooner or later, every perv in the world makes his pilgrimage to Bangkok.

[WhingeingMoaners]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

[Wavefloater]

No pictures, no parade, no pointing?

Something wrong here.

No, perhaps something is finally right here.

Please don't get me wrong and assume that I would ever defend someone who has been convicted of a child porn crime (or any true pedo crime). But can we keep in mind that this person has only been accused -- not yet found guilty? Why should his image and name be plastered over the papers when he hasn't been proven guilty? The media does that all the time -- convict the accused to be guilty in the press before he has entered into the legal process. The truth is that once your name and image appear in the papers associated with these types of charges, terrible damage has been done even if it's proven you were not guilty.

Personally, if the guy is found guilty in an honest court of law, then I have no problem with making the public aware of who he is, where is lives, and any other private detail -- he's lost all rights to privacy. As a matter of fact, I don't care if they decide to have a public stoning, just like back in the days of JC.

[Wavefloater]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

Are you seriously saying that you automatically think of ALL farang males as sexually depraved potential pedophiles? Does that really seem rational to you, or are you just sort of trolling -- pulling our (collective) leg?

It's not a matter of liking it or not. It's a matter of being shocked by your statement,

BTW, who is "we"? What group do you represent?

Edited August 9, 2013 by Wavefloater

[thailandist]

Its not so funny how the other 3 people arrested for completely unrelated crimes in different parts of the country, (2 of them not even in the same week) get put under the Child porn headline.

Anthony MRichard Matthew White, 52, was busted on the same day for his alleged distribution of cannabis.

Michael Maki and Julie Ann Maki were arrested at Surat Thani’s Koh Samui on August 1 on money laundering charges.

That's what happens when people are not real journalists but are propped up by a popular message board to give the impression they are.

[andrewrooney]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

Are you seriously saying that you automatically think of ALL farang males as sexually depraved potential pedophiles? Does that really seem rational to you, or are you just sort of trolling -- pulling our (collective) leg?

It's not a matter of liking it or not. It's a matter of being shocked by your statement,

BTW, who is "we"? What group do you represent?

I was thinking the same question, but then I looked at the avatar.

Nazi cats. Nazi cats think of male Farangs as depraved paedophiles.

[tonneke breda]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

So you are a non-farang potential pedophile???

[Johnnie99]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

And who, might one ask, is 'we'? I can virtually guarantee that you are not a Thai person.

[ginjag]

Sooner or later, every perv in the world makes his pilgrimage to Bangkok.

Maybe most are pervs after being here. food for thought, either way stupid. sick to others but not sick to them. They have to be nailed at the end of the day for the safety of the kids or young adults in some cases.

[Dumu Ali]

Looks like Thai people - many Thai people believe that farang are insecure and childish and this is clearly displayed in their closet yearnings for young stuffs. Aussies are most famous by number of arrests Germany is second and the United Kingdom still pips the US for third place, if they get a few more Americans then America can reclaim 3rd position relegating the UK back to 4th - other top 10 contenders include Belgium and Canada - stereotypes are created for reasons and anthropological research shows that farang are highly twisted and unethical when it comes to sexual release.

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

And who, might one ask, is 'we'? I can virtually guarantee that you are not a Thai person.

[MILT]

Looks like Thai people - many Thai people believe that farang are insecure and childish and this is clearly displayed in their closet yearnings for young stuffs. Aussies are most famous by number of arrests Germany is second and the United Kingdom still pips the US for third place, if they get a few more Americans then America can reclaim 3rd position relegating the UK back to 4th - other top 10 contenders include Belgium and Canada - stereotypes are created for reasons and anthropological research shows that farang are highly twisted and unethical when it comes to sexual release.

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

And who, might one ask, is 'we'? I can virtually guarantee that you are not a Thai person.

<deleted>? This is complete nonsense! The sickos that end up in the media somehow make up 99.99% of white males living in Thailand?

Some people live in a small small world!

[PoodMaiDai]

Disgusting.....but the reality is that the cd's are sold on public roads.

Disgusting too

Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut.

They could start with some of the vendors in Panthip as they sell it.

"Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut."

And posters on Thai Visa would have one less baseless fantasy to post about.

You either haven't been here very long or don't yet understand how it all works. One or the other. The police are either directly involved in the sale of such material (and everything else), or they collect daily tea money from the vendors to permit it to be sold.

There is a video on youtube that shows a Thai policeman collecting tea money from a child porn vendor in Pattaya. The policeman actually pics up one of the CDs and looks at it. This is a daily event.

[PoodMaiDai]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

That is generally correct. Those of you who speak Thai and watch Thai news will know they are always talking about foreign pedophiles, and warning single moms that they are targets of these men, to have sex with their children.

Behind the happy smile face, many Thais do in fact think foreigners are sex crazed and often pedos. Of course, Thai men couldn't possibly be and they don't do such things, even though their bars are full of minors and they take 2nd wives. Strange view they have.

[Suetape]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

@WhingeingMoaners. I agree that child porn pedophiles are sick; however, so is your generalization that "we think of male Farangs as sexually deprived and potential pedophiles" The majority of us male Farangs are offended with your narrow minded conclusion.

[deecee10]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

So are you speaking on behalf of all cats, all nazis or just nazi cats?

[kuiburi]

Farrangs make great news when its about child abuse . There are many pedophiles amongst Thai men , they just don't get in the news , because that's not interesting to write about .. any person messing with my kids will loose a certain bodypart

[FarangTalk]

Disgusting.....but the reality is that the cd's are sold on public roads.

Disgusting too

Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut.

They could start with some of the vendors in Panthip as they sell it.

"Easy to arrest and prosecute the vendors but the Police would lose their cut."

And posters on Thai Visa would have one less baseless fantasy to post about.

What are you on about?

That the Thai police receive a cut from the vendors or that you can buy child porn in Panthip?

I have been offered it in Panthip before and I know for a fact that the DVD vendors there pay the Police as I used to know one or two of them.

[geriatrickid]

Looks like Thai people - many Thai people believe that farang are insecure and childish and this is clearly displayed in their closet yearnings for young stuffs. Aussies are most famous by number of arrests Germany is second and the United Kingdom still pips the US for third place, if they get a few more Americans then America can reclaim 3rd position relegating the UK back to 4th - other top 10 contenders include Belgium and Canada - stereotypes are created for reasons and anthropological research shows that farang are highly twisted and unethical when it comes to sexual release.

Did you invent this ranking whilst sitting on the potty voiding your bowels? You haven't the slightest clue as to he subject matter have you? What does one term a society that accepts the use of children in brothels or as abused child labour? Have you visited the Cambo-Thai-Burma border region at all? Have you ever been in Thailand?

Do you even understand the relationship between poverty, and exploitation? You refer to "anthropological research" and use it to codemn farang culture. And yet, the farangs you bash are not the ones that take little boys and turn them into dancing boys to be sodomized to the heart's delight as the Taliban have done, nor are young girls gang raped into submission as is the case in parts of SE Asia, nor are young boys inducted into rebel groups through sexual abuse as is the case in Africa, nor are young boys imported from Pakistan and Indonesia into farangland as they are into the Gulf states to work as camel jockeys and sex toys. And on and on it goes.

The difference is that the farangs you attack, do something concrete about the problem.

[slapout]

When I read the article about the young lady (child) who had been assulted by the extended male family, I certainly did not attribute this action as being Thai, but more toward animal behavior.

There are a lot of sicko's in the world, when their actions are brought to public attention I look at them as sick animals and nationality does not enter into it. I think the newspapers and many people should think in terms of family and all non family could be referred to as 'neighbors'. It would save newesprint, arguments, etc on public forums.

[MegaRanter]

In one episode of 'Lie to me', the fast talking short actor, showed picture of young girls to the college athlete to determine that he did not rape the high school girl.

I fink' that same method be introduced for visa interviews for these countries with high number of kiddie fiddlers. Put sensors on their forehead linked to a monitor while they watch a slide.

In Nigeria I have to get a clearance from the national DEA CHIEF before I can apply for Thai visa.

Just my two cents.

[Dap]

Whether you people like it or not, we think of male Farangs as sexually depraved and potential paedophiles. You will have to work hard to change this perception while such incidents continue to appear in the news.

Who is "we"? Still waiting for an answer.

Edited August 9, 2013 by Dap