Boonlua Chatree
It took three weeks, but Pattaya Tourist Police finally
captured a 48-year-old prostitute accused of drugging and robbing an
Iranian-Canadian man last month.
Porn Phusua was taken into custody in Pathumthani where
officers had traced her after Rahmatollah Karamian, 48, was drugged in his
Thai Thing Hotel room on Naklua Road May 27. He told authorities he had
picked up Porn and two friends at the McDonald’s restaurant in South Pattaya
where they had propositioned him.
Awakened by a hotel staffer, Karamian discovered more
than $6,500 in U.S. and Canadian currency, his digital camera and three
mobile phones had been stolen. Porn and her friends were gone.
Apprehended by the Pattaya officers on a sidewalk in the
Issan village, Porn denied the charges. But after being positively
identified by Karamian and three guesthouse staffers, she said she did have
relations with the Canadian, but blamed her two friends for the theft.
The other two women remain at large.
