Pattaya Ladyboys Fined 100 Baht

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Pattaya Ladyboys Fined 100 Baht
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter


Women suspected of prostitution were taken to a local police station in Pattaya early this morning and fined as part of the latest effort to rehabilitate the city's image.

PATTAYA — Police arrested 50 suspected prostitutes including a number of transgender women along the beach in Pattaya early this morning in a campaign to clean up the city’s image.

The suspected prostitutes, between 18 to 45 years old, were taken to a district police station at 1:30am today and fined 100 baht for loitering in public and suspicion of engaging in prostitution.

Pattaya police Capt. Pallop Ringrod said ladyboys harass tourists and often are involved in robbery, especially snatching bags from foreign tourists.

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-- Khaosod English 2015-10-12

[JoePai]

I do not believe the BiB are stupid enough to think a 100 Baht fine is going to deter them

[Basil B]

100B... not a lot.

How many 20B notes do these ladies get a day just to pacify them...

Remember years ago, a friend who was a solicitor pointed out that fining Prostitutes, Buskers, etc. was just counter productive as they had only one way to make the money to pay the fine.

Edited October 12, 2015 by Basil B

[KhunBENQ]

Again and again.

Pick them from the beach, make a nice picture, charge 100 Baht and let them go.

Just demonstrating the unwillingness or incompetence to take real measures.

I dont' condem the sex business in Pattaya as such, but these loitering kathoeys are a pest.

The "fines" are a complete joke.

Guess they haven't been lifted since the 1950s? (when 100 Baht was "some money").

Edited October 12, 2015 by KhunBENQ

[lee b]

100 THB !!! WOW that will teach them. I'm sure that none of them will want to get caught again with such a large fine needing to be paid !

[ehs818]

How futile!! Fines of 100 Baht only make the police, the laws, and the entire legal justice system look SILLY.

[robertthebruce]

you would have to be blind drunk or really down on your heels to get off with any of that lot..

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[NickJ]

Hey Somchai, how are we going to buy our bottle of Blend 285 today?...........No worries Eknot, well round up the ladyboys fine them 100b each and then party with the ones that look closest to real girls......

[Pattaya28]

"" fined 100 baht for loitering in public and suspicion of engaging in prostitution as part of the latest effort to rehabilitate the city's image"" is this action for real ??

[nev]

The headline Say's ladyboys but the artical states including transgender women, so really they rounded up sex workers on the beach, but singled out the ladyboys.

Maybe its more of a attention grabbing headline with the mention of ladyboys.

[wirat69]

Maybe they are still there late at night because someone would not give them 100 baht "for long time"!!

[gandalf12]

Surprised they dont all protest receiving only a Baht 100 fine. Make it Baht 2,000 and maybe, just maybe it will have an effect as minimal as it obviously will be.

[klauskunkel]

I do not believe the BiB are stupid enough to think a 100 Baht fine is going to deter them

Agree, it's not about prevention, however, the ladyboys just paid 5,000 bt to the BiB and that makes the BiB smart enough to have a free dinner for the station.

Edited October 12, 2015 by klauskunkel

[MockingJay]

100THB - justice served... thanks so much Pattaya RTP for understanding our (foreign expats') needs!

Edited October 12, 2015 by MockingJay

[balo]

Its the monthly cleanup , nothing new here .

[CharlieH]

OTT remark on RTP removed.

[onemorechang]

Amazing Pattaya.

They should just leave them all alone.

what's the difference bar or beach road. this City was built on this trade and continues to grow on it.

fine by me

If they are hassling people that's different, nick the ones doing that ( LBs I would say )

and give the appropriate fine. ( 100 baht is just silly)

[phycokiller]

something wrong with a countries legal system when a person can be fined by police for being suspected of doing something

[ggt]

What do ladyboys, transgenders, and ladies of the night walking Pattaya Beach have in common...they all harass, molest, and prey on tourists...

Take a photo of each...tell them if they are caught again they will do time in an undesirable prison in Southern Thailand and then released there to face the local hostile population...

This should reduce the numbers significantly...

[Doc46]

This post is to stupid to reply

[gyrosman]

The days of whoring in Thailand should finish.

[sambum]

I do not believe the BiB are stupid enough to think a 100 Baht fine is going to deter them

You don't know the BiB!

However - must be a slow news day now the Koh Tao trial is "on hold" - what an eye catching headline! :-

Pattaya Ladyboys Fined 100 Baht

[lvr181]

100BHT fine ensures ladyboys DO NOT go away thereby providing another source of income for BIB again sometime soon.

C'mon folks, use a little common sense

[Johnsy]

This should go a long way to clean up Thailand's tourism problems.......NOT!

[JHolmesJr]

The thai narrative is that all these people are only working to support family…so there is a fair bit of sympathy for them….cops just do this whenever they need a headline.

[Alration]

I do not believe the BiB are stupid enough to think a 100 Baht fine is going to deter them

But they are conscientious enough to harrass and fine them the maximum the law allows without going to court.

Edited October 12, 2015 by Alration

[Alration]

The headline Say's ladyboys but the artical states including transgender women, so really they rounded up sex workers on the beach, but singled out the ladyboys.

Maybe its more of a attention grabbing headline with the mention of ladyboys.

The LBs weren't singled out, the women were fined also.

[Alration]

The thai narrative is that all these people are only working to support family…so there is a fair bit of sympathy for them….cops just do this whenever they need a headline.

What they are doing is operating as criminals in order to support families so they deserve no sympathy.

[ChrisY1]

This is all about the continuation of the status quo...........cops, ladyboys, pimps...and etc.............

[JHolmesJr]

The thai narrative is that all these people are only working to support family…so there is a fair bit of sympathy for them….cops just do this whenever they need a headline.

What they are doing is operating as criminals in order to support families so they deserve no sympathy.

Maybe so in western thinking….asian thinking is different…..they are doing to help ….fa-muh-leee.