On Oct 27, 7:52=A0am, none wrote:
> Sailor influx prompts Phuket ladyboy crackdown
>
> About 3,000 US marines will be sailing into Phuket this week aboard
> the USS Bonhomme.
>
> PHUKET: In advance of the arrival of two more US Navy ships full of
> marines ready for R&R in Phuket this week, Kathu Police are cracking
> down on criminal gangs of ladyboys.
>
> Kathu Police Commander Grissak Songmoonnark said last time a large
> contingent of US Navy sailors were in Phuket around 80 ladyboys were
> arrested for petty crime.
>
> About half of them came to the island from Pattaya with the intention
> of robbing the Americans, Col Grissak said.
>
> Police would be checking their ID and employment cards, he said. Those
> who didn=92t have the right papers =93would have problems=94.
>
> Tomorrow, 300 US Navy Marines will arrive aboard the USS Ingraham.
>
> On Thursday they will be joined by around 3,000 more aboard the USS
> Bonhomme Richard.
>
> The crew have been training in East Timor and have been on board their
> ship for the past month in advance of their Phuket visit.
>
> Douglas H Robinson, chief of Naval Security Force Protection
> Detachment, met with Col Grissak and representatives from around 60
> Patong businesses in Kathu Police Station to discuss the upcoming
> visit.
>
> Only 2,500 marines would be allowed off the ships on any given day, Mr
> Robinson said.
>
> Atchaa Khamlo
>
> Phuket Gazette
***...and 80 LADYBOYS were arrested,,,"
***...only 2500 marines will be allowed off ship..."
Seems to me that the Thai Govt is in need of a few thousand more
LadyBoys to service the sailors...if they don't have enough let the
ones in jail out on a weekend pass...The American sailors will be so
thrilled...:-) |