BANGKOK: -- Police in Sakorn Nakorn intercepted a tour bus after a young woman reported the conductor had sat next to her and exposed himself.

The woman - an attractive 26 year old PR consultant from Pattaya - had spotted the man ogling her on the top deck of the bus but thought nothing of it, reported tnamcot.

But when the bus was almost empty he had asked her to come and sit downstairs on some pretext then had sat next to her and unzipped himself.

She was scared but managed to send a message to her boyfriend on the Line application. He contacted the cops who laid in wait at the Sakorn Nakorn 2 bus station and made the arrest.

Harirak Iamsuwan, 24, from Lampang, told cops that he was an employee of the bus company on the route from Pattaya to Nakorn Panom. He had no Thai ID card and no evidence he worked for the company.

Police jailed him as relatives of the victim contacted a lawyer and asked for a proper penalty. They said that in the wake of other serious offences committed on buses recently this incident could have had much worse consequences.

They said the bus company should take responsibility.