A stark naked German man scaring tourists on Pattaya Beach in Chon Buri province, jap Thailand, was detained and charged by police yesterday, reports DailyNews.
Officers from Pattaya City Police Station were informed that a tall foreign man was exhibiting himself on Pattaya Beach, horrifying beachgoers at the busy tourist spot.
Police hurried down to the beach to find sixty three yr outdated Willhelm [surname unknown], of German nationality, “happily swimming within the sea.”
The nude foreigner was uncooperative and it took a great quarter-hour for officers to persuade him to come out of the water, police stated.
Willhelm, still naked, picked up his pile of clothes and tried to walk away from the police. Police mentioned that they had no alternative but to detain and dress the foreigner as a end result of he ignored their requests to put on some trousers.
Police stated they charged the bare man and took him to the station to face additional legal proceedings.
Officers didn’t say what Willhelm was charged with. However, public nakedness violates Section 388 of Thailand’s Criminal Code on “Public Obscenity”…
“Any one who performs such a disgraceful act in public by undressing himself, exhibiting his undressed particular person or committing some other act of obscenity shall be liable to a fantastic not exceeding 5 hundred baht.”
Pattaya appears to be a magnet for indecent foreigners. In August final year, a European man was caught on digicam wandering round Pattaya’s Bang Lamung district sporting nothing however a bum bag and a digital camera slung around his shoulder.
Backdoor mentioned the naked man spat on them every time they approached him, so they needed to call in backup to get the scenario beneath control..