Chiang Mai cops hunting for man behind naked road sign photos

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Chiang Mai Cops Hunting for Man Behind Naked Road Sign Photos
By Khaosod English


Pol.Maj.Gen. Pacha Rattapan holding up an image of the naked man on his cell phone, 3 June 2015.

CHIANG MAI — Police are looking for a man who has posted a series of nude photos of himself standing next to road signs in the northern province of Chiang Mai on Facebook.

Pol.Maj.Gen. Pacha Rattapan, deputy commander of Fifth Region Police, said the Thai man, whose identity is still unknown, has greatly damaged the reputation of Chiang Mai city with his widely-shared photos.

He said police are studying CCTV footage to identify the suspect, and officers have been dispatched to the locations seen in the photos to look for any evidence that could lead to the man. Pol.Maj.Gen.

Pacha said he will be charged with the Computer Crime Act, a draconian law that bans dissemination of inappropriate or obscene material online.

The officer described the suspect as a "teenager," though in Thailand the term is also loosely used to describe individuals up to age 25.

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-- Khaosod English 2015-06-04

[daoyai]

Yes !! CM reputation is damaged, possibly beyond repair.... forever to be known as the province where a guy took selfies next to signs NEKID !!! how will they recover?

[sanuk711]

I do hope the full force of the law is used to hunt this man down------- The punishment, well I am quite happy to leave it to the "Hang them High" Thai Visa group to decide on that.........................

[falangjim]

I heard the posts were...small.

[rijit]

truly shocking it was always rumored that thais had small dicks

but his,, truly shocking this guy should locked up for exposing embarrasing and confirming the rumored national inadequacy

[pinkpanther99]

I think really a slap on the wrists is that is needed here.

Being charged under the computer crimes act sound harsh imo.

This guy is just a prankster with nothing better to do by the sounds of it.

[worgeordie]

So the police are" hunting" for this guy, while real criminals,

are told can you please report to the police station next week.

regards worgeordie

[raphoedon]

As we would say in Scotland, the bobbies are lookin fur the bobby flashin bloke.

[rawhod]

What a total waste of time and effort..

[klauskunkel]

the Thai man, whose identity is still unknown, has greatly damaged the reputation of Chiang Mai city with his widely-shared photos.

Yes, yes, the reputation damage...

Arsonists in the province damage the health of the people, the wildlife and hurt business for months every year. But damage to the 'reputation' is much more serious.

[Braddockrd]

Typical Thai incompetence to waste time and money

[dopenhagen]

I'm continuouly entertained by the Thai reputation scale...

"he greatly damaged the reputation of Chiang Mai city"

I wonder if he had gotten away with just "damaging" if he had left his hat on !

[rakchaingmai]

So this guy is definitely not from Hang Dong area pun intended .

[swifty5x5]

Police work at it's finist. What a bunch of knobs.

[robertthebruce]

What's the big deal, just some Guy having some innocent fun with his mates....

[namatjira]

He is not the only wan..r in chiang Mai,

Think he is trying to tell us something

[rebelplatoon]

I agree. Forget about corruption, forget about noise pollution with loudspeakers, forget about drunk driving. Let's catch this criminal who dared to pose in his birth costume.

[FredNL]

Is it :

- a naked road sign

or

- a naked man

???

If they don't know the difference, how do Thai women get babies ???

[TerrylSky]

Are the Thai police proud of this investigation? Indeed, this makes headlines while slave child prostitution flourishes. What a joke - really! It cracks me up!

[AlQaholic]

"The officer described the suspect as a "teenager," though in Thailand the term is also loosely used to describe individuals up to age 25."

Correction; Thais are giddy teenagers until around the age of 30, then they just get old and tired, adulthood never enters the equation.

Good to see that the Chiang Mai Police are busy with this very serious crime as opposed to chasing other petty criminals such as robbers, murderers, drug dealers and the like...

As a side note it was recently reported that a certain Thai organ used for procreation is the smallest in the world just after Indians....

[atsiii]

I guess they haven't heard the saying: 'any publicity is good publicity.'

[Broeno]

Terrible. I gonna leave this city.

[tracker1]

Not fully naked still got his shoes on in case he has to do a runner !

[neeray]

Police have rushed to the scene in search of the naked truth.

[50baht]

[pendingo]

Careful chaps we can't be seen to be defaming the esteemed RTP.

One thing I have learned having lived in Thailand for a while now is that small matters have big importance.

Wee Willy is at large and dangerous so it is absolutely essential that he is caught in order to save the planet.

Naked signs must be eradicated!!

[maidee]

wow

news worthy item

MUST READ

and for the police, yes, more damaging than drug dealers, pimps, robbers, buglars, rapists, murderers

[mercman24]

IMO, it would be better if they spent some time tracking down the numerous rapists-murderers roaming the country , instead of trying to find some guy with his di*k out. YAWN !!

[kaorop]

Here in the land of make believe, real criminals run free and others are set upon.

[DLang]

has greatly damaged the reputation of Chiang Mai city with his widely-shared photos.

Drama Queen alert.