Persian Gulp in Pattaya
PATTAYA: A tourist found out the hard way that not every woman in Pattaya likes to be groped, and that getting mixed up between grope-me-do and touch-me-not can be an expensive experience. At 3 am on May 28, Pattaya Tourist Police Sub-Inspector Pol Cap Jirawat Sukonthasup received a call from Sukanya Pakdeerattanamitr, 22, of Tambon Nong Preu, Banglamung District. Complaining that a foreign tourist had sexually molested her, the woman demanded police come and arrest the man. When officers arrived at her place of work, a vendor’s stall in front of the Henry Tailor Shop on the Walking Street, K. Sukanya explained that she had been selling souvenirs as usual when a foreign man approached to look at her wares. But it must have been mammaries and not mementos that really interested the young man, for without warning he suddenly leaned over and simultaneously squeezed both of the young woman’s breasts while exclaiming “Bin! Bin!” Then he walked away. He did not go very far, however. When police arrived at the scene, K. Sukanya was easily able to point out the man, who was sitting on the opposite side of the road drinking a beer. Taking the offender into custody, police learned that his name was Amil Detkaharn, a 23-year-old from the Islamic Republic of Iran, a place where boobs are seldom,if ever, seen in public, let alone palpated by complete strangers. Amil was taken to the Pattaya District Police Station, where Pol Lt Col Omsin Sukankha charged him with sexually molesting a female over the age of 15. He also informed him that the victim was demanding 400,000 baht in damages. Upon hearing this, the young Iranian fainted, collapsing into a heap on the white-tiled floor. Police called Pattaya Memorial Hospital, asking that an ambulance be sent to pick up Amil, take him to the hospital for revivification, and then return him to the station to face the charges.
