Underage sex scandal rocks quiet northeastern town

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Underage sex scandal rocks quiet northeastern town
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A QUIET northeastern town has been shocked by revelations that several government officials allegedly bought sex from underage girls for years.

 

The abuse was uncovered when a former police informant found out late last year that her daughter was among a group of underage prostitutes. She has since fought to expose the scandal and bring the culprits to justice. 

 

Now, the spotlight is on the sex trade in Mae Hong Son province, where at least three girls were allegedly forced into prostitution. 

 

Pol Senior Sgt-Major Yutthachai Thongchat, who worked at the Nam Piang Din Police Station in Mae Hong Son province until the scandal broke out, has been charged with human trafficking for procuring minors for sex along with two women, Piyawan Sukma and Piyathas Parpthiensuwan. 

 

“These two women threatened to post a video clip on Facebook showing me taking drugs, which they encouraged me to try, if I refused to join the flesh trade,” the daughter of the complainant said on condition of anonymity. “The first time took place in November 2013.” 

 

The girl, now 19, said she was given Bt1,000 for the sex each time, while her procurer took another Bt1,000 from her customer. 

In the following years, she had have sex for money about 10 times a month and she found out that other girls were also trapped in the same fate. 

 

Another girl said she was a student in junior secondary school when a friend introduced her to Piyawan and Piyathas in February 2014. “About one week after the introduction, Piyawan brought me to a hotel and told me to do what the customer wanted for money. If I didn’t obey, I would be hit,” the girl said. “That day, I was paid Bt1,000.” 

 

She said she had since tried to avoid Piyawan, who kept calling her to ask her to get involved in prostitution. 

 

“But one day, I ran out of money and decided to return to her,” the girl said. She ended up being sold for sex almost every day for more than two years. On some days, she had to serve up to four customers. Finally, she fled to another province. 

 

Another alleged victim said Yutthachai once threatened to run her and other young prostitutes out of Mae Hong Son if they refused to serve his customers. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30313455

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-27

[Ulysses G.]

All this stuff was situation normal when I first moved to Thailand in the 1980s and everyone knew it. It sure took a long time to start affecting powerful Thai men. 

[mca]

Residents of Mae Hong Son were shocked by further revelations that their province had apparently been relocated several hundred kilometres without their prior knowledge. " This is an absolute outrage. I don't even like som tam pla ra and gai yang" said one incensed local.

[khwaibah]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Underage sex scandal rocks quiet northeastern town

The Nation needs to go to school and learn geography. Mae Hong Son is not in the northeastern it is in the northern just west of Chiang Mai. As for the article EVERY town has it corruption and scum.

[ChrisY1]

Is there a town anywhere here in Thailand without prostitution, drugs, scandals and mafia.....?

[Jessi]

3 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Is there a town anywhere here in Thailand without prostitution, drugs, scandals and mafia.....?

NO.

[doremifasol]

A QUIET northeastern town has been shocked by revelations that..........

 

Shocked my a@@........this has been going on for ever..........

[Sphere]

The only thing shocking here is that a pooyai was actually arrested. 

[edwinchester]

With the number of village girls married off or pregnant at 13, 14 or 15 years of age not hard to see this is just the tip of the iceberg.

[cardinalblue]

with at least 3 girls in prostitution? Try hundreds....

[Artisi]

Now 3  openings  on the same story - - wouldn't be click bait would it? 

Edited April 27, 2017 by Artisi

[clockman]

Lift a stone in Thailand, and you will always find something nasty!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Where are all the underage-prostitute hunting NGOs when you need them?

Edited April 27, 2017 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[hobz]

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Is there a town anywhere here in Thailand without prostitution, drugs, scandals and mafia.....?

Pm assures us that Koh Tao has no mafia. I think we should all listen to the supreme leader and move to Koh Tao.

[hobz]

Police are now looking into how to prevent former informants from talking. Its damaging thailands image as popular tourist destination. 

One cop said "what if we dont tell the informants about the underage sex thing next time?"

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Well if you go far enough east you will get to MHS after an around the world trip. Not know which is more shocking the crime or the reporting there of.

[darksidedog]

Undoubtedly, the same thing is going on unreported in many places around the country. These people have just been exposed and given Thai justice will probably wriggle their way out of it, disgusting as it is.

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Is there a town anywhere here in Thailand without prostitution, drugs, scandals and mafia.....?

Only those towns without a police force.  I can't think of any at the moment.

[sanukjim]

3 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

All this stuff was situation normal when I first moved to Thailand in the 1980s and everyone knew it. It sure took a long time to start affecting powerful Thai men. 

When I came here in 1961 (Udon

 

Thani 4 months) the LOS military and local government officials had their private "houses" that they kept for there very underage entertainment.

[Goldbear]

Northeastern town huh? 

[01322521959]

Government puts very little money into social care here.
No one brought to book.

Sent from my i-mobile_i-STYLE_219 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[wprime]

Mae hong son is Northwestern

[peterrabbit]

I thought Mae Hong Son was in North West Thailand and not in the North East?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

22 minutes ago, peterrabbit said:

I thought Mae Hong Son was in North West Thailand and not in the North East?

 

Come on, it's the Nation.  It wouldn't make their top-100 list of weekly inaccuracies.

 

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Where are all the underage-prostitute hunting NGOs when you need them?

 

"Rescuing" adult women from Soi Cowboy et al.

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, peterrabbit said:

I thought Mae Hong Son was in North West Thailand and not in the North East?

Just had their compass upside down, let's not confuse them any further. 

[jaltsc]

 "A QUIET northeastern town has been shocked by revelations that several government officials allegedly bought sex from underage girls for years."

 

That would be a northWESTERN town. No wonder nothing ever gets accomplished. Absolutely no sense of direction... Physically, Morally, Ethically, or in any other sense.

 

Edited April 27, 2017 by jaltsc

[dageurreotype]

3 hours ago, sanukjim said:

When I came here in 1961 (Udon

 

Thani 4 months) the LOS military and local government officials had their private "houses" that they kept for there very underage entertainment.

Same as the American Embassy. 

 

[Artisi]

15 minutes ago, dageurreotype said:

Same as the American Embassy. 

 

Surely not.... 

[KhunBENQ]

7 hours ago, khwaibah said:

The Nation needs to go to school and learn geography. Mae Hong Son is not in the northeastern it is in the northern just west of Chiang Mai. As for the article EVERY town has it corruption and scum.

Outside of Bangkok ring-road is uncharted territory for the Bangkok writers

[Mook23]

1 hour ago, jaltsc said:

 "A QUIET northeastern town has been shocked by revelations that several government officials allegedly bought sex from underage girls for years."

 

That would be a northWESTERN town. No wonder nothing ever gets accomplished. Absolutely no sense of direction... Physically, Morally, Ethically, or in any other sense.

 

West. East. Same same but different. Farlang him think too mutt......