Officers from Chana Songkham Police Station yesterday investigated the attempted rape of a Japanese girl at a massage shop on Ram Buttri Road close to Khao San Road in Bangkok.
CCTV footage of the incident was reported to have been deleted and the masseur in query has resigned from the store.
The 23 12 months old Japanese girl took to Twitter to recount her expertise when the Thai masseur allegedly tried to rape her in February. Moreover, the Thai police ignored her original grievance.
Her post was translated into Thai by a Thai Twitter user capturing the eye of many netizens. They demanded the therapeutic massage shop and law enforcement officials performed an investigation and clarify the issue.
The superintendent of Chana Songkham Police Station, Sanong Saengmanee, visited the therapeutic massage shop, Tong Ou, to research the claim and query its workers members.
The store was reported to be a two-storey constructing. The first ground was remodeled right into a therapeutic massage room. There had been four beds positioned in line, and every mattress is separated by a curtain. In front of the store, a quantity of chairs are offered to make sure customers’ comfort as they wait their flip.
A feminine workers member stated that she had been on obligation when she heard the Japanese woman cry out in misery. She rushed to ask the masseur what had happened, and the person told her that he just carried out an ordinary therapeutic massage on the Japanese woman’s tights and would finish the method inside five minutes.
The feminine staff member disclosed that she believed the masseur as there was a therapeutic massage technique that was carried out near the tights. She was unable to communicate instantly with the Japanese lady due to the language barrier, so she didn’t know the reality concerning the issue.
Superintendent Sanong revealed that the law enforcement officials could not acquire the CCTV footage capturing the alleged incident as a outcome of it had been mechanically deleted by the system. Moreover, Tools in question had resigned.
Move Forward Party MP Paramart Witthayarak additionally joined the investigation with the police yesterday. Paramart acknowledged that he had contacted the Japanese sufferer but couldn’t acquire a lot data as a end result of language barrier. He added that he would get an interpreter to talk with the sufferer to get her full testimony.
ORIGINAL STORY: Japanese buyer accuses Thai masseur of attempted rape in Bangkok
A Japanese woman took to Twitter to share a narrative that a Thai masseur tried to rape her while offering a service at a therapeutic massage parlour close to Khao San Road in Bangkok. The female store owner defended her male employee, telling police that inserting a finger right into a woman’s vagina is a part of the service.
A Thai Twitter user, @Reiriesz, translated the Japanese victim’s submit and shared it on Twitter yesterday, June 12. The 23 12 months old Japanese lady revealed that she visited the therapeutic massage shop, later recognized as Tong Ou massage store on Ram Buttri Road close to Khao San, with her Chinese boyfriend in February.
At the store, the couple have been offered separate companies. A Thai masseur, allegedly named Mai Nirakthai, was assigned to supply a service for her. Suddenly while performing the therapeutic massage, the person sexually assaulted her by placing his finger into her vagina. She was shocked and screamed for help.
She then contacted officers from Chana Songkham Police Station. After two hours passed, no officers arrived on the scene, so, she managed to drag the masseur to Chana Songkham Police Station, which is only 500 metres away from the incident scene
According to the victim, the police didn’t question the masseur in her presence. They talked privately in another room. The man returned and shouted at the alleged victim saying that it was her fault. Shockingly, the shop owner defended the masseur’s actions, stating that placing a finger into her vagina was part of the therapeutic massage process.
The shop owner even dared the sufferer to reveal how the man sexually assaulted her to persuade her and the police that the service is regular.
The Japanese lady didn’t hand over and reported the assault to the Thai embassy. Police officers urged her to go to the police station once more the subsequent day. However, the police station was closed when she arrived. The woman said…
“The idea that you simply report a crime to the police only works in Japan, not Thailand. Even if you are raped or killed, you need to deal with yourself. Be careful everyone.”
The sufferer added that the other staff members didn’t doubt her declare and didn’t seem shocked, as if it was a standard apply on the therapeutic massage store.
One Thai Twitter commented on the publish that her feminine pal was raped at a therapeutic massage shop in Thailand. The shop seemed very credible and opulent but couldn’t guarantee the protection of the customers.
An update has yet to be supplied by the police, the Thai embassy or the therapeutic massage shop.