Thread: Lumpini police in hot water in wake of raid

Lumpini police are being investigated for alleged dereliction of duty following a crackdown by outside officers on the illegal sale of child pornography in their district. About 200 pornographic VCDs and DVDs are put on display at a news conference at Metropolitan Police Division 5. The items were seized from street stalls in the Sukhumvit area on Tuesday night. A Thai woman and two Burmese men, seated, were arrested and charged with selling illegal material. APICHART JINAKUL



The Metropolitan Police Division 5 on Tuesday night raided street stalls in the Sukhumvit area selling child pornographic material, arresting a Thai woman and two Burmese men.


Metropolitan police have now ordered an investigation to find out if the Lumpini police were turning a blind eye to child pornography after the problem was first raised in a report in the Oct 3 edition of the Sunday Bangkok Post.


"The local police are failing to perform their duty," said Pol Maj Gen Anuchai Lekbamrung, Division5 commander.


"And despite a previous order [to suppress child pornography], they've simply failed to take action."


The arrests on Tuesday night were made during a sting operation involving about 30 plainclothes and uniformed officers from metropolitan police and Wat Phraya Krai police station.


The UN Children's Fund called on the government the day before the raid to end the sale of child pornography in Bangkok.


Meanwhile, a Burmese woman and two Thai men have been arrested for allegedly forcing at least eight women into prostitution.


Anti-Human Trafficking Division police said yesterday they made the arrests during a raid on a karaoke bar in Kabin Buri district of Prachin Buri.


A complaint filed by a 17-year-old woman who said she was forced to sleep with male customers at the bar led to the crackdown, Social Development and Human Security Minister Issara Somchai said.


Seven more women - four Thais, a Lao and two Burmese nationals - were rescued from the brothel, he said.
The women were found locked in two rooms.


Three people have been charged with procuring and trafficking.
The Burmese suspect was identified only as Duan, 23. Police named the Thai suspects as Warodom Khayankarn, 27, and Thanawat Boonrong, 35.

the BiB are back ! what a bunch of amatures , i see Los has applied for a seat on the UN , OH PLEASE ! , Get your house in order first , starting with the police , .... ''protect and serve '' ? .....my arse ! im contemplating returning home never to returning after a recent peace of their ''justice'' , a bit of GBH from some locals that cost me 10,000 for the privilage...........i was helpless to prove my innocents as the bar had conveniently not recorded the attack . ''What goes around comes around '' , {wont be soon enough for me} ,i was the only person with some pretty nasty injuries , none of which were taken into account in a 15 minute investigation , THIS bar obviously remembered to pay thier monthly contibutions..........SO UNFAIR .......any advise will be appreciated , is there any chance of some recourse ???? mmmmmm .......ok, i know TITs !