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Thailand is a centre for child sex tourism and child prostitution. [1] [2] Even though domestic and international authorities work to protect children from sexual abuse, the problem still persists in Thailand and many other Southeast Asian countries. [3]
It is estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 Thai females work in a variety of overseas venues where sex is sold. The number of trafficked Thai females in Japan alone is between 50,000 and 70,000. [29] Most of these females are between the ages of 12 and 16 and are sent to brothels in the destination country. [2]
In 2020 there was a proposal to raise the age of consent in the wake of a scandal in the city of Yantai. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] In 2021 there was a proposal to criminalize teachers having intercourse with students in primary and junior high levels.
A scandal over corporal punishment of schoolchildren in Thailand expanded Tuesday as six teachers and caregivers at a school accused of such abuse turned themselves in to face criminal charges.
Rights groups raise alarm over intesified enforcement of lese-majeste law
A teen suspected of shooting two people dead at an upscale shopping mall in Thailand has been charged with six counts including premeditated murder, police told CNN Wednesday.
The Penal Code Amendment Act (No. 14), B.E. 2540 (1997) [15] does not state that prostitution in Thailand is illegal. However, Title IX, Section 286 of the Penal Code states: “Any person, being over sixteen years of age, [sic] subsists on the earning of a prostitute, even if it is some part of her incomes [sic], shall be punished with imprisonment of seven to twenty years and fined of ...
Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip was born into a Thai Chinese family in Bangkok.She is the eldest child of Ashira Suthisataporn and Ampai Jakrajutatip. She has two siblings. During an interview on "The Journal" podcast, Jakrajutatip mentioned that she knew she was "trapped in the wrong body" since the age of five. [4]