Most of these arrests I read about are not arrests stemming from someone taking an under-age boy "off" from a bar. Most of these arrests seem to occur with local "farang" residents who make "arrangements" in their own neighborhoods.

 

The following appears in THE NATION:

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Briton Arrested for Alleged Child Molestation

 

Chonburi - A 66-year-old former English teacher was arrested Sunday for allegedly molesting two underage boys.

 

Acting tourist police chief Pol. Col Chuchart Suwannakhom told a press conference that Morrish Richard Jeremy was arrested for having sex with a 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old boy and took their pictures.

 

Chuchart said police found a lot of pornographic pictures of boys in the Briton's notebook computer.

 

The Briton was arrested at his rented house in Chonburi's Banglamung district.

 

Chuchart said the man adopted the two boys from their parents, promising to be their stepfather but later sexually abusing them by having them.

 

The Nation

The following appears in the PATTAYA CITY NEWS (Click the link for photos: http://www.pattayacitynews.net/news_07_05_50_2.htm ):

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English Man Arrested by Tourist Police Accused of Conducting Lewd Acts with Minors

 

Police Colonel Choochart, the acting Commander of Tourist Police in Thailand led this press conference at the Tourist Police Station in South Pattaya on Sunday Afternoon which announced the arrest of an English National accused of conducting lewd acts with minors.

 

Acting on an arrest warrant issued earlier in the week, the suspect was arrested at house number 51/27 in Soi Nong Yai in Banglamung. The warrant number 502/2550 dated 5th May stated that the suspect was alleged to have conducted sexual acts with three boys aged between 12 and 17. All three boys were found inside the house at the time of the arrest.

 

At the Police Station, Mr. Richard Jeremy Morrish aged 66 originally from Sunderland in UK confessed to taking in the three boys after a request from their parents to support them through school. A laptop containing sexually explicit images of the boys was found along with pictures around the house. Mr. Morrish, a former teacher here in Thailand who is now living on a retirement visa denied all allegations and is now being held at Banglamung Police Station after bail was refused.

 

The initial complaint came after one of the boys was caught glue sniffing and was told to leave the house by the suspect. The British Embassy in Bangkok is aware of the case and is arranging legal representation for Mr. Morrish.

Further details are now available in this week's PATTAYA MAIL. See: http://www.pattayamail.com/current/news.shtml#hd11 for details.