Thread: Thailand : Horrific video of ‘police beating prostitutes'

Horrific video of ‘police beating prostitutes until they are nearly unconscious’ provokes outrage in Thailand
Andrew Drummond and Harriet Arkell
20 March 2013

• Footage shows women punched, kicked and knocked to the floor by men
• Women are said to be Burmese prostitutes, their attackers Thai or Burmese
• YouTube film highlights appalling conditions for prostitutes in Thailand

Disturbing footage showing Burmese prostitutes being violently attacked by a group of men has gone viral on the internet, prompting calls for more to be done to help such women.

The four-minute clip, which was shown on Thai television news last night, shows a group of defenceless young women being punched and kicked repeatedly by several men.

One of the women who is singled out after she tries to call or text someone on her mobile is practically beaten unconscious by the men - who some said were police officers - in what appears to be a closed room.


The film shows horrifying violence as the men attack the defenceless girls in what seems to be a closed room


The men round on one woman in particular, taking turns to hit her in the head as she cowers before them

The film, which seems to have been shot on a mobile phone and has been viewed on YouTube 40,000 times, is accompanied by a voiceover of Thai newscasters who report that the men are not Thai but Burmese.

The newsreaders say the men are sending the women back to Myanmar (Burma) for 'misbehaving'. However critics in Thailand have suggested the men are Thai, and possibly even police officers.

The horrifying footage highlights the plight faced by thousands of young Burmese women who are trafficked to Thailand to work in the sex trade there.

An estimated 20,00-30,000 young Burmese women work as prostitutes in Thailand, most of them from ethnic minorities, and 60 per cent of them are thought to be under 18.

Women, often from remote, rural locations, are lured into the industry with the promise of high wages, good conditions, and job security.

But the reality is very different. The women are paid very little, and kept as virtual slaves by the often violent pimps. Clients frequently refuse to use condoms, and disease is rife.


The other girls stand by in horror, too terrified to intervene as the men keep coming back to punch the woman


As the woman falls to the floor, barely conscious, her attackers turn to another target to sate their aggression


The men beat and kick their next victim in front of her horrified colleagues as the first girl lies motionless

Rights organisation HumanTrafficking.org says: 'Burmese migrants make up the bulk of migrants in Thailand, often fleeing from military oppression.'

It says corruption is still 'widespread' amongst Thai law enforcement personnel, adding: 'There are also reports that Thai police and immigration officials extort money or sex from Burmese citizens detained in Thailand for immigration violations, and sell Burmese people who are unable to pay to labor brokers and sex traffickers.

Comments on the YouTube footage called for the men involved to be identified and hanged, with one viewer saying: 'They always pick on the new girls who seem to be the strongest - warning not to run away and to listen.

'It comes with the job - the pimps are the scum of the earth.'

Another viewer wrote: 'I hope someone can take serious action and get these men so that they wouldn't torture anyone any more.'

dailymail.co.uk

Originally Posted by Mid

a voiceover of Thai newscasters who report that the men are not Thai but Burmese.

they are thai

Very disturbing footage.The males doing the slapping must be really proud of themselves.

Once again, the asian male shows his true colours.

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by Mid

a voiceover of Thai newscasters who report that the men are not Thai but Burmese.

they are thai

Cultural apologists.


"Thais would never commit such acts.....has to be foreign"

Originally Posted by yortyiam

The males doing the slapping must be really proud of themselves.

The trouble is they probably will be

That's only bitch slapping. The real kick in the the guts is that these arsehole NGO's will get $10,000,000 for this video from tax payers and donations and about $20 of it will end up where it belongs.

Are you sure this isn't a clip from one of the early evening soaps off Thai TV

Originally Posted by boloa

Are you sure this isn't a clip from one of the early evening soaps off Thai TV

Off-colour [dark] Burmese aren't allowed to be portrayed on Lakorns.

Only premier white-looking, less Asian, may apply.

Real hard men. One of them is so hard he did not even take his man bag off his shoulder while he was handing out the slaps..... Wankers

^ good point Tim shark must have filmed this in his top secret pattaya love dungeon next to the beach road hilton hotel.

Wasn't much of a real beating, but it still shows a sickness within the "men" doing the smacking.

Cops all over the world, seem to enjoy whacking on citizens. Maybe they get the urge from dealing with so many low-lifes in their everyday work.

Very sad.

Where are the 20,000-30,000 young Burmese prostitutes? Haven't met one in Pattaya yet. Sometimes see some from Laos, Cambodia; Indonesia and Phillis very rarely. Not yet a Burmese. This has nothing to do with trafficking or prostitution, what the video is used against. It's worse than that, but one mustn't talk about it. Alle races are equal, or so we're told.

So much for 2015.

Truly horrifying. What a bunch of lowdown tossers these 'Burmese' wimps are. Why is it whenever shit goes down in LOS, it's always foreigners at fault?

Originally Posted by taxexile

Once again, the asian male shows his true colours.

What is that suppose to mean?

If I show you a clip of farang beating females, we can assume white males show their true color?

This forum attracts stupid people, you are one of them.

Where are the 20,000-30,000 young Burmese prostitutes?

If you go to Ranong, then there are thousands of Burmese prostitutes - it doesn't have to be Pattaya...

Originally Posted by yortyiam

Very disturbing footage.The males doing the slapping must be really proud of themselves.

Worthless monkeys cannot even fight women one on one.

Hmm video removed as content is intended to harass bully or threaten.....

And Ant is off again in another shit fight - - hooorahhhh.


Anyway, back on topic, men hitting women is culturally acceptable in Thailand, as horrendous as it is for us decent blokes who think that this is abhorrent. The only people who say it is not, are those who actually do not know Thai culture at all.

the proof of the pudding is, as mentioned, that hitting and beating women is found on TV a lot of the time, and is as important to a script as a character eating a bowl of noodles. It's just happens and no one takes any notice of it.

I would not be at all surprised if they were thai policemen. We accept these monsters are extortionists and criminals and murderers, so it goes with out saying they are rapists and abusers as well - just recall that copper a few weeks ago punching the tom in the face a few times because rather than reverse his car one meter, she was not reversing her van half a mile.

^ wasn't a Tom, wasn't a copper.
Do western shows not have violence in them?

The original clip was pulled but many more are up.




Disgusting. Thailand is full of sickness. This happens because there is no leadership in this nation especially from the wealthiest and most powerful family here.

^ interesting. I just showed this to my Missus. She hasn't seen it one the news or heard about it.
I just had her listen to it first without watching it and she said they weren't Thai.

Originally Posted by Imminent

The original clip was pulled but many more are up.



Disgusting. Thailand is full of sickness. This happens because there is no leadership in this nation especially from the wealthiest and most powerful family here.

Yup. Sadly, the wealthiest and most powerful can attribute their status to having snatched it by illegal or brutal means in the first place. A lot of psychopaths in positions of real power here. Deputy PM Chalem being first and foremost.