Well, here's a major crime story that merits headline news, which appears in the PATTAYA DAILY NEWS:

 

for photos see http://www.pattayadailynews.com/shownews.p...NEWS=0000007495

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Two Men Caught Selling Gay Porn

 

Pattaya police arrested two men for selling gay pornographic DVDs and VCDs at various Pattaya beer bars.

 

On 11th October, at 2:00 AM, Police Major Wittaya Yeunyong, Pattaya police inspector, Chonburi, arrested two Thai men who were selling porn DVDs and VCDs to tourists at bars in the Jomtien Soi 5, Jomtien Beach Road area.

 

The two men were Mr. Terdsak Terbtoe(24) from Sakaew and Mr. Pisit Supananset (31) from U-Thai Thani.

 

Police found the evidence of more than 1000 gay pornographic DVDs and VCDs. They explained that they bought the materials from agencies in Bangkok. Most of them were gay pornographic because gay community is bigger market now.

 

They buy them for sixty baht each and sell them for two to three hundred baht, a piece. They usually go around selling the obscene material at gay bars around Pattaya.

 

The two men were charged with selling pornographic materials.

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I think along with my "I Don't Get It List" I ought to start a "You've Got to be Kidding Me" list. This is news? While it's true that selling gay porn is a felony in Thailand, if the police were serious about wanting to arrest the vendors all they would have to do is go to the beach on any day. Even on the rare occasions when there are no other vendors, there are always about five or ten gay porn vendors making the rounds. Now, why am I thinking this particular arrest just may have been only for show and these two guys are going to end up heavily fined and probably jailed for the sake of it?

The guy on the right (in the jacket) is a regular around Boyztown late afternoon and early evening where he arrives on the back of a m/c and spends a couple of minutes touting his wares before moving on.

They buy them for sixty baht each and sell them for two to three hundred baht

 

I don't get it either! In Bangkok these VCDs/DVDs sell for max. 100 Baht.

I don't get it either! In Bangkok these VCDs/DVDs sell for max. 100 Baht.

 

On the beach they sell for 80 baht. I guess they're going for the crowd that has no idea what they normally sell for.

 

(he) spends a couple of minutes touting his wares before moving on.

 

Looks like this time he spent the wrong couple of minutes.

"...selling porn DVDs and VCDs to tourists at bars in the Jomtien Soi 5, Jomtien Beach Road area."

 

Is there a gay bar on Soi 5 in Jomtien? I think not.

 

"...selling porn DVDs and VCDs to tourists at bars in the Jomtien Soi 5, Jomtien Beach Road area."

 

Is there a gay bar on Soi 5 in Jomtien? I think not.

 

From the picture, it looks like the gay porn might be girl on girl. If that is the case, the str8 guys on Jomtien Soi 5 might "go wild!"

Pattaya One News report doesn't say they were spotted selling the VCD/DVDs

 

Saturday 11th October 2008

Over 1,000 Pornographic CD’s seized from street vendors in Jomtien.

 

In the early hours of Saturday Morning a team of Police Officers based at Dongtan Sub-Station on Jomtien Beach were on routine patrol in Soi 5, near the Immigration Office when they spotted two men on a motorbike carrying a large bag. The two men were approached and offered no resistance when asked by Police to surrender themselves for a search. Inside the bag was over 1,000 pornographic CD movies mostly featuring homosexual acts. The two men, Khun Terdsuk aged 24 and Khun Pisit aged 31 were taken back to the stationhouse where Police Major Wittaya was told that they had purchased the CD’s from Bangkok with the intention of selling them here in Pattaya. The two men were charged with various offences relating to their illegal items and will appear in court early next week.