Chinese man arrested for raping Chinese woman in Bangkok

Petch PetpailinThursday, March 9, 2023Last Updated: Thursday, March 9, 2023

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Chinese man arrested for raping Chinese woman in Bangkok — Photo by Manoch Sanongsook and Watit Klangnok via Facebook/ ท้องถิ่น หนังสือพิมพ์ข่าวระยอง

Photo by Manoch Sanongsook and Watit Klangnok via Facebook/ ท้องถิ่น หนังสือพิมพ์ข่าวระยอง

Thai police arrested a Chinese man yesterday in the eastern province of Rayong for raping a female fellow citizen at a hotel in Bangkok in December last year.

According to the police report, the Chinese victim filed a rape complaint against a 47 year old Chinese man named Yao Kequan at Prawet Police Station in Bangkok in December last year.

The woman reported that Kequan invited her to a restaurant in the Sukhumvit area where they drank alcohol together. Kequan took her to a hotel in Soi Srinakarin 59 while she was under the influence of alcohol and assaulted her.

Following an investigation by Prawet Police Station and Rayong Provincial Immigration Office, Kequan tried to evade arrest and moved from Bangkok to Rayong province. But officers tracked his movements and arrested him yesterday in front of a tyre factory in the Pluak Daeng district of Rayong before taking him to Prawet Police Station for further questioning.

Kequan admitted that he knew the victim but denied the rape accusation. He claimed that he did not try to escape the arrest by moving from Bangkok to Rayong. The suspect said he came to the province to apply for a job at the tyre factory.

Police reported that they had to make further enquiries with both parties.

Kequan was initially charged with violating Section 276 of the Criminal Law: whoever sexually assaults another person by threatening them with a violent act shall be imprisoned for four to 20 years and fined 80,000 to 400,000 baht.

In another case last year, four men, including two Chinese men, a Thai man, and a Vanuatu man, were arrested for concealing the death of a Chinese woman, You Zhue Hua, who died from a drug overdose after visiting a nightclub in Bangkok.

The alleged were suspected of covering up the death to avoid prosecution to hide their drug distribution operation. However, all of the suspects tested negative for drugs, and police could not find evidence leading to their drug possession.

They faced only two charges for committing theft at night and hiding criminal evidence. The foreign suspects’ visas were revoked, and they were deported from the country.

Petch Petpailin

Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.