Police rounded up about 30
transvestites loitering on Beach Road, fined them each 100 baht, then
released them, presumably to go back to their Beach Road perches.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
About 30 transvestites loitering on Beach Road were rounded up, fined and
released in the Pattaya police’s latest sweep of Pattaya Beach.
A regular occurrence, the raid saw police take the ladyboys accused of being
prostitutes and petty thieves into Pattaya Police Station where they were
fined a mere 100 baht and released, presumably to go back to their Beach
Road perches.
Police Capt. Netithorn Rattanasuchanan said the transvestites target foreign
tourists, annoying them with lewd propositions and pickpocketing many.