Thai police call sexual harassment claim a "nonsense case"
By Coconuts Bangkok

THAILAND: -- An allegation of police insensitivity to a sexual harassment victim is drawing criticism on the internet today after a story recounting the incident was posted on Pantip Thailand’s largest online forum.

The post, from the harassment victim’s friend, claims that a homeless man touched her friend’s breast, but that when the woman reported the case to the local police they shrugged it off.

From Pantip:

“My friend took a van to university, and a man in the back seat reached out and grabbed her breast, so she told the driver to take her to the police station. People in the van complained and said she didn’t have to make a big deal out of it, so instead the driver called the police for her.

The van stopped and waited for the police’s arrival. The entire time people in the van were frustrated and complaining to her. The police took all of us to the station for questioning, but all we got was ‘people wouldn’t come to the police with a nonsense case like this’. [read more...]

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/09/06/thai-police-call-sexual-harassment-claim-nonsense-case


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-09-06

Not often I agree with the Thai police, but seriously ??? Stupid and of course it should not happen, but hardly a case for Thailands finest ?

Offender looking forward to the reinactment !!

The post, from the harassment victim’s friend, claims that a homeless man touched her friend’s breast, but that when the woman reported the case to the local police they shrugged it off.

If a homeless person with potentially some kind of underdeveloped brain briefly touches a woman's breast maybe it is better not to make a big case out of it.

Ok, I go into hiding now, ciao!

Edited September 6, 201312 yr by Nickymaster

Disappointing photo on the link.

I expected more than a fisting depicted on a cake from Coconuts.

Edited September 6, 201312 yr by johnnie20110

What a fuss over nothing.

The girl should have just slapped him.

It's quite usual for a Thai lady to report groping to the police.

What a fuss over nothing.

The girl should have just slapped him.

Homeless... on a van .....

Am I missing something?

Not often I agree with the Thai police, but seriously ??? Stupid and of course it should not happen, but hardly a case for Thailands finest ?

Offender looking forward to the reinactment !!

So who should he report the harrassement ?

If not the police who?

Or you think she should just forget about it?

just curious

Depending on the situation and conversations in the van at the time, is what would clear things up, it couldn't have been serious otherwise,all the other passengers wouldn't be saying waste of time, of course no one has the right to touch anybody anywhere, secondly if he is homeless,what should we do,hang him? was he drunk? is he mentally unstable? a slap in the face would have worked and amused the spectators..IMHO...

I have worked with Thai companies for over 20 years, and I have seen many people fired for sexual harassment. When the person went to the local labor court and complained about unjust firing, The company was found to have taken the correct action. All cases were documented and records kept.

Edited September 6, 201312 yr by tomross46

Considering thai girls breast size I would say the man touched nothing so I understand why the cops said its nonsense.

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Considering thai girls breast size I would say the man touched nothing so I understand why the cops said its nonsense.

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Size does differ. Also in los my friend.

she could be an attention seeker, did anyone witness the groping? if not just her word against his

I can understand the people that they were a bit frustrated, but on the other hand I understand the girl too.

Well, if it was my daughter I would be less than thrilled. On the other hand it could of been worse, he could have exposed himself and the bus to the smell on tramp cheese!

Thats it! next time a bloke in womens clothes makes a grab for my tackle i,m calling the police

In another post I was told that a good reporter should establish when, where, how and by who all these facts are missing leading me to believe maybe it only happened in the reporters mind as there is a big issue with sexual harassment on public transport at the moment.

BREAKING NEWS...TV members call it a nonsense thread…...

Considering thai girls breast size I would say the man touched nothing so I understand why the cops said its nonsense.

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Size probably a bigger number than your IQ!!

So...other people were frustrated, so she should not feel harassed?

When is the harassment report- worthy?

When he gropes her under her skirt?

When less people are made inconvenient by the woman who has been harassed?

When it is YOUR daughter, who was touched and groped by a stranger on a bus?

Not often I agree with the Thai police, but seriously ??? Stupid and of course it should not happen, but hardly a case for Thailands finest ?

Offender looking forward to the reinactment !!

Who do you believe should investigate claims of sexual assault?

Try grabbing a lady's breast in the US or Europe and see what happens - "just a bit of harmless fun officer" - yeah right.

What would you do if your wife and/or daughter came home and complained - shrug it of has something that shouldn't happen but not really serious.

she could be an attention seeker, did anyone witness the groping? if not just her word against his

Of course the police should be interested in checking that out.

The Indian police have a similar piss pore attitude to any kind of sexual harassment or assault charges. They wouldn't do anything even if they saw it. Hope the RTP can be a little bit more like a real police force one day, and actually uphold the law.

That is precisely why so many Thai Women are abused, beaten, and raped, because nothing gets done. If a man can get away with touching a women's breast, he can get away with abusing women, if he can get away with abusing women, he can get away with rape.

who cares anyway, in Asia a women are just a second class citizens. with hardly any rights. she is just on earth for the pleasure of man and for reproduction purposes nothing more, nothing less.

Not often I agree with the Thai police, but seriously ??? Stupid and of course it should not happen, but hardly a case for Thailands finest ?

Offender looking forward to the reinactment !!

Probably did it to see how pissed off she could get strangers to be at her.

Sexual harassment is a real thing and should be punished. But their is a limit to what is sexual harassment and what is not. It also will vary from person to person. I have known women that would yell sexual harassment if you touched them lightly on the shoulder.

So...other people were frustrated, so she should not feel harassed?

When is the harassment report- worthy?

When he gropes her under her skirt?

When less people are made inconvenient by the woman who has been harassed?

When it is YOUR daughter, who was touched and groped by a stranger on a bus?

When is a harrassment report worthy? When it is serious and when it can't be dealt with by the people on the spot. In this case, a clever woman would have just shamed the man verbally in the eyes of all the other passengers. That would have been enough to punish most Thai men and make them pretty reluctant to do it again. Those are the two things the woman should want. A clever woman wouldn't have to go to the police over it. I guess this was not a clever woman.

So...other people were frustrated, so she should not feel harassed?

When is the harassment report- worthy?

When he gropes her under her skirt?

When less people are made inconvenient by the woman who has been harassed?

When it is YOUR daughter, who was touched and groped by a stranger on a bus?

Bravo, I was finding it hard to believe that the vast majority of posters here had no sympathy whatsoever for the girl and found it perfectly acceptable behaviour for a total stranger to fondle someone on public transport.

As you so rightly say, would their response be different if it happened to be their daughter? I think the answer is a resounding YES!

Poor guy, I bet he felt a right tit....!..

Considering thai girls breast size I would say the man touched nothing so I understand why the cops said its nonsense.

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You sir, made my day. rofl

Considering thai girls breast size I would say the man touched nothing so I understand why the cops said its nonsense.

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You sir, made my day. rofl

Small minds think alike..

Ok, the man should have not done it.

But this is ridiculous. I agree with the police.