Thai man arrested for raping his Thai-British half-sister

Police in the Isaan province of Khon Kaen arrested a Thai man who raped his younger half-sister in February last year. He subsequently went into hiding, evading arrest, after the despicable deed.

Banped Police Station officers arrested the 29 year old rapist, Manop, and temporarily detained him at the police station to prevent him from fleeing again. He was arrested for sexually assaulting his half-sister, who was born to his mother’s British ex-husband.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Suphon Loyda told Channel 7 that Manop’s mother, 47 year old Ko, accompanied her daughter Gift to the police station in February last year to file a rape complaint.

Ko explained that her daughter lived with her older sister, the girl’s aunt, in Khon Kaen. Manop later moved into the same house after losing his job at a construction site.

Manop raped his half-sister, who was 12 at the time, and the girl asked her mother and her aunt to help her file a complaint against the rapist. Manop then escaped arrest and has not contacted the family since.

Manop was charged under Section 277 of the Penal Code: sexual assault of a minor under the age of 13. The penalty is seven to 20 years of imprisonment, a fine of 140,000 to 400,000 baht, or life imprisonment.

Sadly, several reports of sexual assault by family members have hit the headlines. Last week, a half-Thai, half-German man was sentenced to 25 years and six months in prison for sexually assaulting his biological daughter and distributing explicit videos online.

Two weeks ago, police in Phuket arrested a Thai man for raping his nine year old stepdaughter and 11 year old niece. Phuket Hotnews reported that his wife allegedly knew about the sexual assaults for a long time but urged the victims not to take legal action against her husband.

Another Thai man was arrested in January for raping both his biological daughter and stepdaughter for over 10 years. His biological daughter later became pregnant, prompting another victim to seek police help to save her sister and the baby.