Seven transgender women have been apprehended in Yasothon for their alleged involvement in a scheme to lure boys into participating in obscene video recordings, subsequently selling the content to a private group. This crackdown stems from a police raid on eight locations across the northeastern province, following a tip-off about the group’s illicit activities.
Police Colonel Sarawut Chantawong, leading the 3rd Region of the Anti-Human Trafficking Division, detailed the investigation findings. The group reportedly targeted boys at local concerts, enticing them into indecent acts which were secretly recorded. These videos were then sold within private groups on social media platforms.
Disturbingly, the investigation uncovered clips showing victims being gang-raped. This revelation prompted decisive action from law enforcement, resulting in the arrest of the seven suspects. The operation also led to the confiscation of eight mobile phones believed to be instrumental in the distribution of these illicit videos.
“All of the suspects initially confessed,” stated Pol. Col. Sarawut. They now face charges of conspiring to traffic in people by creating and distributing obscene media involving minors, reported Bangkok Post.
In related news, police arrested an 18 year old Thai man at his home in Bangkok for tricking at least 21 young girls into sending him explicit videos and blackmailing them.
Two Thai mothers brought their daughters to file a complaint against a Thai man, later identified as 18 year old Kanchai, at a police station in the northern province of Chiang Rai, and an arrest warrant was issued on November 12.
Chiang Rai police officers coordinated with Thailand’s Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression (TACTICS) in Bangkok and successfully arrested the suspect on November 13. The arrest was made at his home in the Saimai district of Bangkok.
Kanchai was known among his friends and on social media as Gus Saimai. “Gus” is his nickname, and “Saimai” is the location of his home and where people found him causing chaos.
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