Pattaya Tourist Police Unveil Child Abuse & Drug Arrests

Published : September 30, 2010 :: 14:09:25 [ 6,174 views ]

Pattaya Tourist police on Thursday announced the arrests of two men for drug and child abuse crimes. One offender, a foreign national, was arrested after being accused of having sexual relations with a 12-year-old boy.

Pattaya, the 30^th of September 2010 [PDN]: Following a directive from Major General Adit Ngamjitsuksri (Tourism Police Commissioner), ordering a crackdown on drug and child abuse related crimes in the region, Pattaya Tourism Police, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Arum Prompan (Tourism Police Region 4 Chief Inspector) arrested two offenders early on Thursday morning.

In the first case, Lt. Col. Prompan conducted officers in the arrest of a Thai national, Mr. Phittaya Phayakthachat [20], who was a known class-1 drug dealer operating between Bangkok and Pattaya. Mr. Phayakthachat was arrested after police instigated a sting operation to catch him in the process of transporting a small quantity of drugs from Bangkok. He was subsequently apprehended in possession of 6 grams Ya-Ice and various other pieces of drug taking paraphernalia at the Rungrueng Bus Station in North Pattaya.

In the second case involving Pattaya Tourism Police, officers successfully apprehend a Swiss national, Mr. Hugo Stephan Leuthold [80], after he was accused of procuring sexual services from a 12-year-old boy in Pattaya.

Mr. Leuthold was initially observed talking and subsequently leaving the South Pattaya nightspot of Walking Street with the alleged victim. Tourism Police, suspecting that the boy had been engaged for devious reasons, followed the pair to a rental room in Soi Honey Inn (off Soi Buakao), Central Pattaya. After a short while, the boy emerged from the residence and was confronted by police, who were informed that Mr. Leuthold had paid him Bt500 for various sexual services. Officers immediately engaged the accused, arresting him for further interrogation on child abuse charges.

Reportedly, both the accused, Mr. Phayakthachat and Mr. Leuthold, confessed to the charges of drug possession/distribution and child abuse respectively and have since been transferred to the Pattaya Police for further judicial proceedings.

Comments

khunrah

said :

In todays "Basler Zeitung" (Switzerland) is a report about this man. He's arrested in Sihanoukville (Cambodia), December 24th because of sex with minors.
Thailand let him free on bail and he went to Cambodia.

Email : khunrah@netscape.net Date : 2010-12-30 03:07:23

lee

said :

We'd all like to think that this Swiss guy would get his just desserts.. but the simple truth is that he will already be out on the street and back into his sick ways.. Like Maurice praile and other sick pedophiles like him he will just bung the police a few Baht and be on his way... What Pattaya really needs is a Vigilante force sponsored by us decent poeple.. to castrate these sick B#stards!

Email : lee@pattaya.com Date : 2010-10-13 00:26:26

krabi

said :

never been to pattaya in 8 years being in Siam. dont want to. looks and sounds shite.

Email : krabi@nosleaze.com Date : 2010-10-07 20:39:26

Starkers

said :

Huh, Swiss eh? Worse than the Aussies who are no better than the Germans who try to perform the same perversions as the Yanks who think the Brits have bigger you-know-whats and go with children under 47 years of age the same as the Swedes do when they get the chance of a little schoolyard smörgåsbord they ask the French how they and the Norwegians manage to get away with it as do the Swiss.

Email : mankinoon_thai@hotmail.com Date : 2010-10-06 21:07:37

mark

said :

well done boys. wait until after the child is assualted to make arrests... couldnt have allowed a few minutes to pass and then bust down a door...

how in the world did the hotel allow them to check/come in?? no lightbulb went off when some old dirt bag and a CHILD come walking through the door?? (oohh.. i thought they were related).....

who was pimping out the kid on the street?? another maggot...

too much money being made to put an end to this in thailand... THAT is the bottom line

Email : markreyn59@hotmail.com Date : 2010-10-05 12:32:54

bob nohair

said :

My question would be to the police why did they let this young boy be abused in the first place why did they not stop him before entering the room or even busting in the room in my thinking they are as bad as him.

Email : remote1188@yahoo.com Date : 2010-10-01 11:37:13

donkey

said :

80 years old?
I hope he is left to rot in a Thai prison, words can't describe how I feel about this nonce.
Well done to the police take away as many of these sickos as you possibly can so there is no market for these kids.

Email : bob@aol.com Date : 2010-10-01 11:14:07

ralph lauren

said :

where can i buy that hat the kid is wearing ?

Email : laben18@yahoo.com Date : 2010-10-01 09:33:32

Julie

said :

Tragic! And what happens to the parents of this 12 year old? Are they even notified?

Place your bets with betfred.com
Enough said.

Email : julie@everbored.org Date : 2010-10-01 09:23:35

stropmag

said :

Daring Dick, well said. You are dead right.

Email : paul.johnson@mail.net Date : 2010-10-01 04:13:01

Dirk The Daring

said :

This is a terrible crime, but one thing that I cannot understand.

How can the hotel let a 12 year old return to the room??!! With all the dubious activity going on in Pattaya, one would think that a hotel would prevent something like this happening.

Whoever passed the kid through needs to be fired or slapped around a bit. Additionally, there should be a policy of not letting kids in unless it is proven that some type of family relationship can be proven.

Email : 123@yn.cx Date : 2010-09-30 21:00:42

Khun Crapalot

said :

Dear Gurditt Singh,

Longest sentence in the world, and there wasn't even a period at the end.

Email : crapalot@yahoo.com Date : 2010-09-30 20:47:33

Paul Trumble

said :

All Swiss men visiting Pattaya are paedophiles.
They are worst then the Canadians.

Email : exectuehim@yahoo.com Date : 2010-09-30 18:14:12

Herb Green

said :

Long Live Gurdit.. they couldve stopped it before the young lad got 500 bahts worth of codgerpuss

Email : deeplonghero@hotmail.com Date : 2010-09-30 15:48:12

German Guy

said :

I do not believe this report, it could be that Mr Leuthold was showing the boy a model train set. Much more reasonable than an 80 year old with lead in his pencil.

Email : German-fairy@hotmail.com Date : 2010-09-30 15:33:27

Blade

said :

So let me understand this: the police waited OUTSIDE the room for the sexual assault to take place and THEN arrested the guy after?

Email : blade@hotmail.com Date : 2010-09-30 15:14:55

steve

said :

I have no idea what some men see in boys.

oh well, I must not be the gay type I guess.

Email : steve@hotmail.com Date : 2010-09-30 14:57:58

Bob

said :

80? and he is still sexually active, and here i am 52 and lucky to get a semi lob on once a month while watching a porno movie, its just too embarrassing going to the pharmacy and asking for Viagra

Email : Bob@toobad.com Date : 2010-09-30 14:56:02

harry harmony

said :

The cops knew which sad old nonce was procuring the services of a 12 yo boy, because they sold him the kid in the first place..QED

Email : harry@hatred.com Date : 2010-09-30 14:54:45

said :

Another bloody Pedophile Yuk. Lock the scum bag up and deport him.
Pattaya is a magnet for these deviants from all over the world. What a shit hole it is.

Email : sevenhills@gmail.com Date : 2010-09-30 14:41:05

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