Police search Isao Handa’s (left) belongings after arresting him for
allegedly abusing a 13-year-old boy.
Boonlua Chatree
Human trafficking police have arrested a 65-year-old
Japanese man for allegedly abusing a 13-year-old boy.
Isao Handa was taken into custody at a friend’s house
on Soi Khao Noi Nov. 2. Escorted back to his Pattaya Hill Village 2
home, Handa watched as police confiscated a video camera, videotapes and
a flash memory drive. Police did not state if the tapes or memory
actually contained any incriminating evidence.
Handa was charged with sexual abuse of a child under
15 years of age and separating a minor from a parent or guardian for
lewd purposes.
Handa denied all charges, saying only he’d had sexual
relations with teenagers of both sexes in the past, but not recently.
