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Police move in to clean up porno stalls in tourist areas

Published: 6/10/2010 at 04:30 AM
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Bangkok police have begun a series of sting operations to catch stall owners selling VCDs and DVDs containing child pornography.

Most of the stalls are located in the tourist district of Sukhumvit and most of the customers are foreigners, the chief of Metropolitan Police Bureau Division5 said yesterday.

The crackdown is aimed at catching and prosecuting pornographic VCD and DVD vendors and the gangs behind the production of child porn, Pol Maj Gen Anuchai Lekbamrung said.

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bkkyo
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Discussion 3 : 07/10/2010 at 12:30 PM3
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pol Gen Anuchai said 'police were not able to catch the vendor redhanded as the discs were stored elsewhere'........ What kind of argument is this? As far as I understand the covers are displayed incl. child pornography - which is illegal. If you have images of child pronography on your PC they can prosecute you. Also I think for undercover police it should be possible, once a sale has been made, to follow the messenger who picks up the discs where they are stored and raid that place. Again nothing but excuses, as long as money flows under the tables nothing will change....
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Discussion 2 : 06/10/2010 at 07:39 AM2
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This would be funny if it wasn't so disgusting.
Announcing a sting operation.
The Police are so arrogant they must think we are stupid.
A few years ago, CNN uncovered and documented with hidden video, the illegal trade in endangered animals at JJ Market.
They reported this to the local police.
The police raided the place and all the animals miraculously had disappeared. No arrests.
All filmed and aired on CNN to the world.
Thai police have no shame.
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Discussion 1 : 06/10/2010 at 07:10 AM1
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A press release about a police sting operation?
Another circle jerk by Thai law enforcement.
Perhaps Pol Maj Gen Anuchai Lekbamrung could bring charges against the BMA officers that rent these booths to the vendors?
These BMA officers patrol this area every day while entrapping tourists with their cigarette litter entrapment scam and collecting fees from the beggars.