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Police urged to toughen child porn law

Officers reluctant to tackle paedophiles

Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 01.23
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Police are considering toughening Thai law against child pornography, which many observers agree is too weak.

The move was unveiled on Tuesday at a meeting between Thai and international police in Bangkok.

Thai police are seen as lacking in enthusiasm to tackle this type of crime.

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pquinlan
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Discussion 19 : 21 Mar 2013 at 15.1819
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D8: Spot on.
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Discussion 18 : 21 Mar 2013 at 14.3118
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@robin #15: I was driving a big bike for about 10 years in Bangkok and I had a lot of first hand experience with them.
I did not count how often they stopped me for things like not driving on the left lane or driving over a bridge, but maybe in average once a month.
In all that time I received an official ticket maybe 10 times. 9 times were big police controls where everyone received an official ticket. I guess the police have some quota and once in a while they have to write tickets.
I received an official ticket only exactly one time from an individual officer. All the other times police wanted cash without receipt.
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Discussion 17 : 21 Mar 2013 at 13.2817
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RICARDO: That is because it s a police problem, not a military one.

As IAN D13 suggests a photograph in Europe of a naked child in a bathtub can get the police knocking on your door.

We sometimes see kids here running around naked outside playing with water.

A friend of mine, a photographer once posted a photo in Thailand of about twenty kids near a river, one of whom was naked, holding a hat in front of his privates. He received several emails suggesting he was a pedophile. I would suggest the people sending those emails are the ones who have a problem.

But serious child pornography is ruthless & despicable and must be stop
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Discussion 16 : 21 Mar 2013 at 11.5016
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RICARDO: That is because it s a police problem, not a military one.

As IAN D13 suggests a photograph in Europe of a naked child in a bathtub can get the police knocking on your door.

We sometimes see kids here running around naked outside playing with water.

A friend of mine, a photographer once posted a photo in Thailand of about twenty kids near a river, one of whom was naked, holding a hat in front of his privates. He received several emails suggesting he was a pedophile. I would suggest the people sending those emails are the ones who have a problem.

But serious child pornography is ruthless & despicable and must be stop
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Discussion 15 : 21 Mar 2013 at 11.3515
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@Discussion 11 Why does every topic have to descend into a pointless and rant against the "evil" Thai Police by people who likely have no first hand experience to back their comments? 8 years in Thailand and about 200,000 kilometers of driving and I've never had an adverse contact with them.
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Discussion 14 : 21 Mar 2013 at 10.0314
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You can make all the new laws you want, but unless they (not to mention current existing laws) are actually enforced, it will all be for naught. As many have mentioned, it will just be used as another excuse for the corrupt brown mafia to extort money from hapless victims.
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Discussion 13 : 21 Mar 2013 at 09.3313
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Porn is very poorly defined, in England mothers have been prosecuted for posting pictures of their young child in the bath. I hope they never look at my family album!
The same picture can be porn or not porn depending on the attitude of the viewer, a good starting point would be to discover if there was any financial reward or gain sought in the use of a picture.
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Discussion 12 : 21 Mar 2013 at 08.5412
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The Thai government has no time for this because they are more concern to bring the fugitive back and now there is even a standby at Chiangmai? I urge the Australian Police not to waste time on this because it is not going to happen. The Thai Police is only playing host to you.
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Discussion 11 : 21 Mar 2013 at 08.4411
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It all boils down to corruption. The police use laws to make money. The more vague they are, the easier it is to get tea money. Corruption is the #1 problem in Thailand today.
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Discussion 10 : 21 Mar 2013 at 08.3310
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Banning child porn is not even censorship, it's the banning of a product, the manufacture of which is harmful to children.
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