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    Campaigner calls for child-sex tourism crackdown

    Saturday, March 4, 2006
    Campaigner calls for child-sex tourism crackdown

    Child Wise employs strong slogans in handbills, urging people to report any behavior they suspect might be leading up to child sex abuse.

    KATA: The leader of a workshop on countering child sex tourism, yesterday called for hotel and tourism industry workers, and even tourists themselves, to report any behavior they suspect might be leading up to child sex abuse.

    The workshop, at the Kata Beach Resort, was aimed at teaching those present – 64 government officers, hotel staff, souvenir vendors, tour company and restaurant staff, and karaoke workers – to identify types of behavior that might lead to abuse of children.

    It was led by Anita Dodds of the Australian anti-child-abuse organization Child Wise, who explained, “Child Wise recognizes Thailand as a hot-spot challenge area which already has child sex tourism, so training courses are being conducted to prevent this kind of problem.”

    The workshop introduced attendees to strong slogans, including “Don’t turn away. Turn them in” and “Turn a child-sex tourist into an ex-tourist.”

    The campaign urges people to report suspicious behavior to Tel: 1300, a number being reserved in all Association of Southeast Asian countries as a 24-hour hotline to receive such reports.

    “The message is clear,” said Ms Dodds. “If the behavior of other tourists makes you feel uncomfortable, don’t turn away; turn them into the authorities.”

    Explaining why the workshop, which has already been staged in Chon Buri and Chiang Mai, was brought to Phuket, Ms Dodds said, “We’re also looking at locations where tourists are growing in great numbers, which could be emerging destinations for child-sex tourism.

    “We encourage the tourism industry, responsible tourists and local citizens to look out for any suspicious behavior. There is no stereotype of a child-sex offender, so that’s why we train people to identify suspicious behavior.

    “We encourage people to look out for, and report to the police [‘overly affectionate’ behavior towards children] so that [such people] can be properly investigated.”

    Urajchata Chaochalakorn, Director of the Office of Tourism Development (OTD), which helped coordinate the workshop, said that the number of reported cases of child trafficking and child sex abuse in Thailand has been decreasing.

    Although she had no figures to back up her assertion, she noted, “Most cases have involved foreigners who had been staying in the country for two or three months, or longer.”

    However, K. Urajchata also said that children between the ages of eight and 15 were at risk of being drawn into prostitution, especially by what she called “sex tour guides”.

    “The government is focusing on [developing] ‘quality tourism’, so we are trying to combat child sex tourism by stopping it before it happens,” she added.

    Phuket Tourist Police Inspector Pol Maj Bundit Khaosutham said that his officers had yet to arrest anyone for child sex abuse.

    However, he said, “Since October, we have been investigating five foreigners who entered the country on tourist visas, but they have yet to break the law.

    “Phuket is certainly a high-risk area for child sex abuse,” he added, noting that sex tourism is receiving greater play in the media these days.

    “Uniformed Tourist Police patrols at night have helped to protect children from being groped and have kept child prostitution off the streets,” he asserted.


    Phuket gazette

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    Seems like as good a time as any to say that IMHO Gary Glitter got off too damn lightly with his sentence of only 3 years. With time off good behaviour and time spent already in custody he could be released as soon as November, this year. PAthetic sentence, for a pthetic excuse of a human being. He will be deported but which country would really want to take him in ?

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    He will be charged again in the UK when deported and I'm sure some of the lads inside will be planning a welcome for the kiddie fiddler.

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    I wonder how much Glitter payed to get the charges downgraded.

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    What about having a campaign against child abuse, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator? I strongly suspect this campaign is just a way for NGOs to get their hands on more money (thus improving their lifestyle), and somehow justify their existence.

    Or are these people actually in the mistaken belief that foreigners constitute the majority of pedofiles in Thailand?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cantona
    He will be charged again in the UK when deported
    I'm betting he'll never get to the UK again..

    My pick is he'll pay a large amount to someone in Vietnam to ensure that he's released a day or two ahead of schedule so he can flee to Chile where there's no extradition treaty

    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteshiva
    I strongly suspect this campaign is just a way for NGOs to get their hands on more money (thus improving their lifestyle),
    Well, i've just been reading up on Graham Kleghorn's case in Cambodia and that certainly seems to be the case there...after his arrest and then the hotelier as well, the $s rolled in from all over the world...stupid cvnts giving money to some wanna-be-hi-so-bitch
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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    Saturday, March 4, 2006
    Campaigner calls for child-sex tourism crackdown
    What about looking at some forums in Thailand? *cough-cough*

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    And let's hope the "responsible tourists and local citizens" are provided with lengths of rope and directions to the nearest tree to ensure swift justice.

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