Dozens arrested at 'chemsex' party
published : 24 May 2021 at 15:08
writer: Gary Boyle
Bangkok police said on Sunday that they had arrested 62 men for breaching Covid restrictions in a raid on a "chemsex" party.
The men were arrested on Saturday night at Faros Sauna 2, where police also found drugs, needles and used condoms.
Campaigners are warning of the health risks posed by an apparent increase in chemsex - where mainly gay and bisexual men meet to take drugs and unprotected sex is common.
People who attended the party and its organisers face charges and could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 40,000 baht.
Some 30 people have also tested positive for drugs so far and will be charged with drug-related crimes, police added.
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Vocabulary
- arrested: caught by the police and taken to a police station because you are believed to have committed a crime - ถูกจับกุม
- bisexual (adj): sexually attracted to both men and women - ที่ตอบสนองต่อทั้งเพศหญิงและเพศชาย
- campaigner: a person who takes part in organized activities which are intended to change something in society - ผู้ต่อสู้,ผู้รณรงค์,ผู้โฆษณาเผยแพร่
- condom (noun): a thin rubber covering that a man wears over his penis during sex to stop a woman from becoming pregnant or to protect against disease - ถุงยาง
- dozens (noun): large numbers of; a lot of people or things (1 dozen = 12) - มากมาย, เป็นจำนวนมาก
- fine: an amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law - ค่าปรับ
- gay (adj): sexually attracted to people of the same sex - เกย์, พวกรักร่วมเพศ
- needle: a very thin, pointed piece of steel used on the end of a syringe for putting a drug into somebody's body, or for taking blood out of it - เข็ม(ฉีดยา)
- prison: a place where criminals are put to stay for a period of time as punishment for a crime - คุก, ,เรือนจำ
- sauna (noun): a small hot wooden room that people sit in in order to sweat (=produce water from their skin); a very hot place which seems like a sauna - ห้องอบไอน้ำ, ห้องเซาว์น่า
- unprotected (adj): not protected against being hurt or damaged - ไม่ได้ป้องกัน
