Young lesbian locked up 'for love'
A 20-year-old woman jailed ostensibly for sex with a minor says her partner was of age and willing and that her conviction reflects an ugly intolerance of same-sex couples in the country
Phlong Srey Rann, 20, shuffled across the dusty prison grounds in her blue and white inmate garb one early morning late last month, seemingly resigned to spending the next four and a half years behind bars for having sex with her girlfriend.
She slouched in the wooden chair provided for her and displayed little emotion as she discussed the events that led to her imprisonment. During a visit on Dec 28, she had appeared hopeful that her ordeal was nearing an end.
On Jan 25 , however, the former factory worker expressed little hope that she would be released, although she continued to assert her innocence, insisting that the case against her had been concocted by her girlfriend's family, who would not tolerate their daughter's same-sex relationship.
This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.
About the author
- Writer: Kristin Lynch & Sen David
Latest stories in this category:
- TAXES IN THAILAND XX: VAT Part Two
- Your pension: the harsh realities
- Knowledge essential to rental riches
- As Myanmar opens, donor exit at border puts dreams in peril
- Youth wasted on beggars' road to Thailand
- I just called to say I'm locked up
- Map Ta Phut locals demand say in industrial safeguards
- Flood aid refusal 'was self defeating'
