Transvestites arrested for ‘offering sex’ to tourists in Chiang Mai
By The Nation

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Police arrested six transvestites for allegedly propositioning tourists in Tha Phae Gate area in downtown Chiang Mai late on Monday night.

 

Police checked the area after receiving complaints that many transvestites in revealing dresses were working as prostitutes in the area.

 

Police located the transvestites just after midnight on Tuesday and the transvestites ran away when they were signalled that police were coming. 

 

Police nabbed six of the alleged sex workers, said Lieutenant Sathaporn Watthakorn, deputy crime suppression inspector at Muang Chiang Mai Police Station.

 

He said the arrested transvestites were aged over 20.

 

They were charged with trying to pressure people in a public place into buying a sex service, and thus had committed a shameful act in public.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30314007

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-05-02

This is quite a regular occurance

The BiB quite often drive by there and haul the LB's in

They are usually back there again the next night

 

 

555  those damn LB have been there for years, and i know most of them  555

As they all hoot n holler at me when im riding my bike...i would guess maybe

the chinese are complaining as its just everyday norm to me....just ignore them

 

But i did have the LB gangup and pickpocket happen to me when i first arrived too.

Fool me once........shame on you....fool me twice.......

 

So when are the police going down loy kroh to get all the girls that holler at me

daily from the massage shops a and bars---i struggle to see the difference..but

if im guessing the cops dont get a kickback from the LB on street...

 

I can hear them shriek now and scamper away in heels...OY!!!!!!!   bai nai???? 

I SMOKE for u.....bai nai--where u go?...i go wit uuuuuu ..hell-oooooooooooo....

Last night after they dealt a small blow to the aggressive ladyboy infestation saw the Bib down Loi Kroh road.

After dinner at Le Meridien.  Police Dogs and flashing lights doing a run thru at the Boxing Stadium.

5 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

555  those damn LB have been there for years, and i know most of them  555

As they all hoot n holler at me when im riding my bike...i would guess maybe

the chinese are complaining as its just everyday norm to me....just ignore them

 

But i did have the LB gangup and pickpocket happen to me when i first arrived too.

Fool me once........shame on you....fool me twice.......

 

So when are the police going down loy kroh to get all the girls that holler at me

daily from the massage shops a and bars---i struggle to see the difference..but

if im guessing the cops dont get a kickback from the LB on street...

 

I can hear them shriek now and scamper away in heels...OY!!!!!!!   bai nai???? 

Did you mean gangup or bangup?

32 minutes ago, Lemonltr said:

Did you mean gangup or bangup?

both--u pay now teerak...

Hubby walks for exercise nearly every morning around the Old City, usually around 4:30 - 6 am, just as the ladyboys are clocking out at  Thapae Gate.  He says he likes to see "the changing of the guard at Thapae Gate", i.e. when the ladyboys go off duty and the monks come on duty.

 

I asked him if the ladyboys ever approach him and he said, naw, most know he's out walking for exercise.  Sometimes, one is esp. hungry and does try to start a conversation.  What do they say?  I asked.  Where do you go, I go with you.  Would you like massage?  I give you good massage.  That sort of stuff.  In other words, don't make eye contact and just keep walking.

 

I pointed out that sounded tamer than a tuk-tuk driver trying to hustle a fare at the Night Bazaar and he had to agree.

 

Who could possibly complain about that, except maybe for someone who actually stopped to talk with one of the ladies thinking they worked for TAT as welcome hostesses and tour guides.

6 minutes ago, NancyL said:

Hubby walks for exercise nearly every morning around the Old City, usually around 4:30 - 6 am, just as the ladyboys are clocking out at  Thapae Gate.  He says he likes to see "the changing of the guard at Thapae Gate", i.e. when the ladyboys go off duty and the monks come on duty.

 

I asked him if the ladyboys ever approach him and he said, naw, most know he's out walking for exercise.  Sometimes, one is esp. hungry and does try to start a conversation.  What do they say?  I asked.  Where do you go, I go with you.  Would you like massage?  I give you good massage.  That sort of stuff.  In other words, don't make eye contact and just keep walking.

 

I pointed out that sounded tamer than a tuk-tuk driver trying to hustle a fare at the Night Bazaar and he had to agree.

 

Who could possibly complain about that, except maybe for someone who actually stopped to talk with one of the ladies thinking they worked for TAT as welcome hostesses and tour guides.

See my post as i know its time to go home when i see the sun up and the monks out...lol

I would engage the chat just to see where it would go but yep id say its accurate .....

 

Hellllooooo  deep voice...hi

bai nai???????..where u gooooo?....home

i go with u?......i take care.......no thanks

u suuuurah?...i smoke for u....???? hmmmm um  nope

joop joop dahhling--teelak....u so hansum!!!  i dont have money

zip....conversation over........

go for a walk down loy kroh any night at 9pm and its much worse by the "girls"

20 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

go for a walk down loy kroh any night at 9pm and its much worse by the "girls"

You mean the grandmothers?

Ah well, we can always go back to whence we came.

 

john

555, but it would be boring.

10 hours ago, NancyL said:

 

 

Who could possibly complain about that, except maybe for someone who actually stopped to talk with one of the ladies thinking they worked for TAT as welcome hostesses and tour guides.

Although sometimes they do become aggressive and violent 

I was walking past them recently with a newbie in Thailand .

He mentioned "those Women" and I informed him that they were LB's

They must have over heard me and one threw a bottle at me, which caused an abrasion to my back .

   Another time, three of then surrounded a Chines guy on a motorbike , who seemed interested in their services , one even took her top off to display her inplants  , after a few minutes the Chinese guy went to drive off alone

   They pushed him off his bike and proceded to beat him up

I find them to be quite annoying , they shout out to you in a falsetto voice ,  if you ignore them , they continue to shout louder and louder and if you in anyway acknowledge them , just even saying "No thank you" , they often come running after you 

These poor souls are there because there is a demand for their services.  Some are mentally ill, others are drug addicts, while others are so marginalized this is all they can do. Others are  clueless troubled kids who fall prey to a manipulative pimp. Rounding them up, and abusing them or  fining them just compounds the  problem because they will have to service more clients to pay off their debts.

 

What is needed is  drug rehab, therapy, education, and some hard labour.

The Johns should be arrested and given the  bill for cleaning up the mess the Johns created.

 

 

54 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

These poor souls are there because there is a demand for their services.  Some are mentally ill, others are drug addicts, while others are so marginalized this is all they can do.

What are you basing that on ?

Most of them are there because they earn a lot of money and therefore want to be there .

   You need to stop analysing people and dictating to them what they should or shouldnt be doing 

   There are there through choice and you have no right to tell them what to do

3 minutes ago, sanemax said:

What are you basing that on ?

Most of them are there because they earn a lot of money and therefore want to be there .

   You need to stop analysing people and dictating to them what they should or shouldnt be doing 

   There are there through choice and you have no right to tell them what to do

I am not sure these ladyboys who lurk in the shadows at 2am earn a lot of money. When I have seen them at Thapae Gate they seemed like like bottom of the barrel desperadoes. People who are genuinely interested in their services probably don't pay much. The most money they can earn would be from bullying a tourist customer, threatening to cause a scene or sympathy guilt when they lay on how desperate their lives are which is very true.

Most of these transvestites are drug addicts (yabaa/ice) and they come out at night like a cockroach infestation. I agree, they need drug rehab and a job. Sending them to jail for a week/month - whatever - won't do much. They will be back on the street again - if not here then in Phuket or some other city. I doubt they earn much money. I've never seen a vehicle stop to pick one up.

Well it is now over seven years since I moved from Chiang Mai (I lived there for ten years) although I do go back on business occasionally.  Ever since I first moved there, there  were the Loi Kroh Bars and girls calling us in and lady boys around Thapae Gate at midnight. Police would occasionally pull in the Kateoys and fine them 100baht or so and then they would get back to business.  Cannot see how this can be news. 

17 hours ago, NancyL said:

Hubby walks for exercise nearly every morning around the Old City, usually around 4:30 - 6 am, just as the ladyboys are clocking out at  Thapae Gate.  He says he likes to see "the changing of the guard at Thapae Gate", i.e. when the ladyboys go off duty and the monks come on duty.

 

I asked him if the ladyboys ever approach him and he said, naw, most know he's out walking for exercise.  Sometimes, one is esp. hungry and does try to start a conversation.  What do they say?  I asked.  Where do you go, I go with you.  Would you like massage?  I give you good massage.  That sort of stuff.  In other words, don't make eye contact and just keep walking.

 

I pointed out that sounded tamer than a tuk-tuk driver trying to hustle a fare at the Night Bazaar and he had to agree.

 

Who could possibly complain about that, except maybe for someone who actually stopped to talk with one of the ladies thinking they worked for TAT as welcome hostesses and tour guides.

..all part of the flora and fauna one sees here daily.

Out ran the BIB in high heels  

Remove "old man" wrinkles and eye bags quickly and easily, 555

On 5/2/2017 at 10:48 AM, NancyL said:

.

 

Who could possibly complain about that, except maybe for someone who actually stopped to talk with one of the ladies thinking they worked for TAT as welcome hostesses and tour guides.

I imagine money spent on LBs is money not spent in other shops; those shops would have a bone to pick with their competition for tourist dollars. Heck, even women of the night could complain about the competition for tourist dollars.

They're pretty harmless until they stop their bike 20 meters ahead of you and lunge towards you like demonic zombies as you pass by.

On 5/2/2017 at 0:20 PM, NancyL said:

You mean the grandmothers?

yes  i zip by them daily on my bicycle so they cant catch me....

I have LB friends and one even held my mbike for over a year as i went home

Her home is HISO in gated community--paid for--honda city--paid for--fino--paid for

 

Shes traveled more than i have--i DO suspect yaba as she asked me where to find

one night and i was like HOW should i know---hence the aggressive side to them..???

 

She did get in a nasty"accident" and needed surgery--i suspect a bad drug deal

as she refuses to tell me what happened....anyhoo just my little LB story in cm...

58 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

I have LB friends and one even held my mbike for over a year as i went home

Her home is HISO in gated community--paid for--honda city--paid for--fino--paid for

 

Shes traveled more than i have--i DO suspect yaba as she asked me where to find

one night and i was like HOW should i know---hence the aggressive side to them..???

 

She did get in a nasty"accident" and needed surgery--i suspect a bad drug deal

as she refuses to tell me what happened....anyhoo just my little LB story in cm...

"her" "she"? These are men in drag...

1 hour ago, ChakaKhan said:

She did get in a nasty"accident" and needed surgery--i suspect a bad drug deal

as she refuses to tell me what happened..

What were her injuries ?

On 5/2/2017 at 10:48 PM, NancyL said:

Hubby walks for exercise nearly every morning around the Old City, usually around 4:30 - 6 am, just as the ladyboys are clocking out at  Thapae Gate.  He says he likes to see "the changing of the guard at Thapae Gate", i.e. when the ladyboys go off duty and the monks come on duty.

 

I asked him if the ladyboys ever approach him and he said, naw, most know he's out walking for exercise.  Sometimes, one is esp. hungry and does try to start a conversation.  What do they say?  I asked.  Where do you go, I go with you.  Would you like massage?  I give you good massage.  That sort of stuff.  In other words, don't make eye contact and just keep walking.

 

I pointed out that sounded tamer than a tuk-tuk driver trying to hustle a fare at the Night Bazaar and he had to agree.

 

Who could possibly complain about that, except maybe for someone who actually stopped to talk with one of the ladies thinking they worked for TAT as welcome hostesses and tour guides.

 

On 5/3/2017 at 4:29 PM, tandor said:

..all part of the flora and fauna one sees here daily.

Yup, Hubby sees other "regulars" out walking early, too.  I imagine the LBs know they're not going to get any action from them and that they probably have less than 1000 baht in their wallets and know the location of the police station and some basic Thai language so they aren't worth trying to rob.