PHUKET:An increase in ladyboy katoeys was causing problems for police in the Kata-Karon area of Phuket, a senior police officer said yesterday.
Colonel Narong Laksanawimon, Deputy Superintendent of Karon Police Station, said there were 30 or 40 ladyboys who reguarly moved between Patong and Karon.
Another eight ladyboys had joined them, he said. The increasing numbers coincided with the arrival in the area of more Russians, he said.
One problem occurred when ladyboys pretended to be real women ''and when the tourist discovers the ladyboy is a man, there's a fight,'' he said.
A fight is also often the outcome when the tourist takes the ladyboy home knowing she is a he, Colonel Narong said.
The ladyboys worked in groups, he said, engaging tourists who drink too much.
''One will make friends with them, then steal goods and hand them quickly to a second ladyboy to make a quick getaway on a motorcycle,'' the colonel said.
Ladyboys in Karon had been warned to stay in well-lit parts of the district, he told a meeting of officials at the Kata-Karon district offices.
Vice Governor Jamleran Tipayapongtada told the meeting that loungers on the beach at Kata were not stacked away each night as they are in Patong.
This made the beach a place for people to congregate in the dark.
Some Russian visitors bought alcohol from 7-Eleven and went for a drink on the beach, creating the kind of environment for ladyboy-style crime to flourish, the meeting heard.
Colonel Narong Laksanawimon, Deputy Superintendent of Karon Police Station, said there were 30 or 40 ladyboys who reguarly moved between Patong and Karon.
Another eight ladyboys had joined them, he said. The increasing numbers coincided with the arrival in the area of more Russians, he said.
One problem occurred when ladyboys pretended to be real women ''and when the tourist discovers the ladyboy is a man, there's a fight,'' he said.
A fight is also often the outcome when the tourist takes the ladyboy home knowing she is a he, Colonel Narong said.
The ladyboys worked in groups, he said, engaging tourists who drink too much.
''One will make friends with them, then steal goods and hand them quickly to a second ladyboy to make a quick getaway on a motorcycle,'' the colonel said.
Ladyboys in Karon had been warned to stay in well-lit parts of the district, he told a meeting of officials at the Kata-Karon district offices.
Vice Governor Jamleran Tipayapongtada told the meeting that loungers on the beach at Kata were not stacked away each night as they are in Patong.
This made the beach a place for people to congregate in the dark.
Some Russian visitors bought alcohol from 7-Eleven and went for a drink on the beach, creating the kind of environment for ladyboy-style crime to flourish, the meeting heard.
I do not understand why the beaches such as Patong, Kata, Karon and other popular beaches do not have lighting at night to supervise any activity on the beach.
Lighting would avoid drug consumers and ladyboys to do business on the beaches.
Posted by Whistle-Blower on January 9, 2013 16:59