webfact Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Burmese pair arrested for illegal abortions in PhuketSuthicha SiriratTien Tien, left, and Sein Maung, after their arrestPHUKET: Two Burmese nationals carrying out illegal abortions in Phuket Town were arrested at midday June 5 by Phuket Immigration, after they were busted at a hotel with a range of medical devices and equipment and confessed to carrying out abortions.Immigration police arrested Sein Maung, 54, at the 999 Phuket hotel, Kra Road in Phuket Town, today after a decoy was set up to catch him. Also arrested was Tien Tien, a 36-year-old woman, also a Burmese national.Sein told Immigration he was a doctor in Myanmar, but confessed he often visited Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to carry out abortions on Burmese women.Sein admitted that his agent found about 13 pregnant woman a day for him who wanted abortions. He charged at least B12,000 for woman who were less than five months pregnant. For those at a later stage of pregnancy, he would charge more.Both were charged with working as unlicenced doctors in Thailand and working with no work permit. They were also charged with carrying out illegal abortions.Article 305 of Thailand's penal code states that abortion is illegal except in cases when it is carried out by a medical practitioner in instances when it is considered that the birth will endanger the health of the mother, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. However, many doctors in Thailand refuse to carry out abortions, because of their own personal convictions.Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/burmese-man-woman-arrested-for-illegal-abortions-in-phuket-46686.php-- Phuket News 2014-06-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Isnt abortion still illegal here, period ? ( no pun intended ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRascal Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Isnt abortion still illegal here, period ? ( no pun intended ) No. There are circumstances it's acceptable as quoted at the end of the document. Buddhist beliefs may stop a girl doing it however. I knew a girl who was raped and got pregnant - she wouldn't have an abortion as she said that "for Buddhists killing a baby is the worst thing you could do, the ghost of the baby would follow me forever and my next life would be very bad". Perhaps mercifully she had a miscarriage. Article 305 of Thailand's penal code states that abortion is illegal except in cases when it is carried out by a medical practitioner in instances when it is considered that the birth will endanger the health of the mother, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. However, many doctors in Thailand refuse to carry out abortions, because of their own personal convictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Isnt abortion still illegal here, period ? ( no pun intended ) No. There are circumstances it's acceptable as quoted at the end of the document. Buddhist beliefs may stop a girl doing it however. I knew a girl who was raped and got pregnant - she wouldn't have an abortion as she said that "for Buddhists killing a baby is the worst thing you could do, the ghost of the baby would follow me forever and my next life would be very bad". Perhaps mercifully she had a miscarriage. Article 305 of Thailand's penal code states that abortion is illegal except in cases when it is carried out by a medical practitioner in instances when it is considered that the birth will endanger the health of the mother, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. However, many doctors in Thailand refuse to carry out abortions, because of their own personal convictions. K thanks, in other words its still not a choice in normal pregnancies. Thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 2014, grow up thailand or you want to be a hub for teenage pregnancies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Just curious, is abortion illegal in Myanmar? or accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Isnt abortion still illegal here, period ? ( no pun intended ) Read the article. It spells it out very clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronco10250 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 2014, grow up thailand or you want to be a hub for teenage pregnancies Thailand is already leading in regional comparisons, as also reported here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waoscar Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Just one of the things I find puzzling here is this the protect life at all cost when unborn, but don't care about their kids once they are born and grow up to be teenagers riding motorcycles without helmets, licences etc. It is hard to understand how cheap life is respected once born but unborn must be protected at all cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I wonder how many of the "patients" went on to have other medical complications, some possibly serious, due to the procedure these two were performing. Maybe some of these women will never be able to give birth again. Average 13 women a day - tragic story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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