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Not just mongers it appears...
from [i]bangkok post (22/09/08)[/i]
[url]http://www.bangkokpost.net/220908_news/22sep2008_news21.php[/url]
[b]nude pictures: when private photos go public[/b]
bpolice have warned women to be careful if they sleep with men, as they could end up an unwitting porn star on social networking site hi5.
worapong thongpaiboon, of the suppression of crimes against children, juveniles and women division, advised women not to get carried away if their boyfriends have a video camera or a mobile phone with built-in camera. ''if you refuse to pose, that means you don't love me,'' some men tell their girlfriends. ''it is just for fun. i will erase it later,'' others say. ''come on ... i want the photo for when i miss you'' is another common line.
videos or cameras are sometimes hidden in rooms, the policeman said, and one way to tell is if the man keeps looking in one direction or suspiciously positions a woman in a certain direction.
the chief of the division's 10th operations unit, now dubbed the ''hi5 detective'', said spreading nude photos around may not be a serious crime, but each month four or five women gathered enough courage to file complaints with police over explicit pictures or videos taken of them without their knowledge.
''it is alarming. the victims come from all walks of life _ high school students, civil servants, teachers, doctors, pharmacists, even corrections officers. some victims are celebrities,'' pol col worapong said. the trend is on the rise and he says he is concerned. the people who post pictures and videos on the internet are mostly the ones behind the lens. he said the main reason people posted nude photos on the hi5 social network site was men taking revenge on women who had dumped them. the nude photos were their trump cards when talking to them did not work, he said.
pol col worapong arrested graduate student krit luangchaichaweng in sept 12, for posting nude photos of his former girlfriend on hi5. pol col worapong said the 23-year-old man admitted he posted 11 photos of his former girlfriend on the site to force her to meet him. she did meet him, but insisted on leaving him, so he posted another three nude photos. mr krit was charged with forcing the woman to act against her will and spreading pornographic images by computer. he is liable to a maximum of a three-year jail term on the first charge and up to five years for the second charge.
on aug 9 police arrested grocery store owner thitichai singhanat, 23, in nonthaburi, and charged him with [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord125][CodeWord125][/url] a 28-year-old female office worker and taking photos of her naked. he met her through hi5. he sent her pictures of a good-looking man when she asked what he looked like. when they actually met, she found he was not who he claimed to be and it was too late for her to back off. he raped her and used the photos to extort money from her. mr thitichai faced similar charges as mr krit, plus a charge of extortion, which carries a five-year sentence.
''the punishment is harsh, especially under the new computer act. [this is because] the damage was done to the victim and her entire family,'' said the police officer. in most cases, he tracks the men by checking their log-ins and ip addresses. he warned women not to allow their boyfriends to take ''secret'' photos of them. ''i cannot stop couples having sex. i can only warn them that by the time their nude photos are exposed on a public network, it is already too late,'' he said.
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Sunday Night on Soi Cowboy
Spent a pleasant warm September evening last night with a buddy along Sukhumvit Rd. drinking beers and visiting clubs. There were lots of people out and about and best of all, [i]no rain![/i] At Soi Cowboy enjoyed some time in Baccara GoGo watching pretty girls shaking their skinny booties. Finished the night sitting with some girls outside Afterskool watching the world stumble by. My buddy pulled a sweet one for the early morning hours and I took a sleepy taxi ride home to the Mrs.
Ahhh, Bangkok!