students selling sex online

[izzix]

Breakingnews » Breakingnews
Student web prostitution “not unusual”

Published: 31/01/2009 at 07:56 PM
bangkokpost.com
Assoc Prof Sukhum Chaloeysap of Suan Dusit Poll on Saturday said that he was not surprised with the report that Ministry of Culture had found more than 1,000 websites claiming to be by university students selling sex.

The quoted price ranges from 1,500-3,000 baht or higher for very good looking female students. When the ministry personnel phoned the published phone numbers, they could contact actual women claiming to be university students.

Mr Sukhum said he had been informed by Rajabhaet Suan Dusit students that some websites featured sex workers dressed in the uniform of Suan Dusit students as well. He wanted every university to discretely investigate sex-for-sale students whether it was true and if it were true, the students should receive psychological therapy as they were also human beings.

Mr Sukhum wondered why the concerned authorities did not take action to close down the offending websites or the issue was treated as normal.

He also revealed that female students selling sex were not confined to only websites but by peer-to-peer networking. One female student sex worker could offer a network of over 20 students with pictures album to be browsed by prospective clients.

1000 websites ?? thats a lot

[arjay]

Izzix, that's not doom and gloom!! :-"

[Laan Yaa Mo]

If you really want to grab and hold our attention on a topic outside your usual venue, you are going to have to start listing these websites...and fast !!!

[beer monkey]

Student web prostitution “not unusual”


Assoc Prof 'Sukhum' Chaloeysap of Suan Dusit

Mr 'Sukhum' said he had been informed by Rajabhaet Suan Dusit students that some websites featured sex workers dressed in the uniform of Suan Dusit students as well.

Mr 'Sukhum'
some text removed

Got the right man on the case...

[Aardvark]

The Website is Hi5.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Hi5...that's it?!? What kind of website is that? Does it come with a www. and a .com?

And aren't there a thousand or more of these very informative and enlightening websites available to browse carefully and slowly...very slowly? 55555

[beer monkey]

seems the one that gets mentioned is indeed 'Hi5 Thailand'...think there are a few with that name.

[cali4995]

Yes, they covered that story on "thaitv" this morning. Strange how the news works here, they don't
seem to actually do their own reporting, only review stories covered in thai papers? Whatever

They mentioned "hi5" and also "mthai" I guess they are similar to facebook in that you post pics or
build your own website. Of course this is "thai-on-thai" action and rather sad at that, students would
prefer not to get a part-time job. But this was happening long before the evil farangs got here.

[izzix]

so has the numbers of prossies gone up or gone down due to the global credit crunch ? or in LOS the pussy crunch .. from what i hear gals are going home to the farm ..no increased numbers in soi 4 and suk road ,same old hags . Thermae now a nippon enclave

[beer monkey]

Its possible the amount may have gone up as more turn to it to make ends meet.

[747man]

When I was last in Bangers ( 7 Weeks ago ) The Pavement on Sukhumvit,from Soi 3 right down to Soi 15 ( where our hotel is ) There WAS A HUGE line (Looked like some sort of Queue ) I am CERTAIN they werent ALL waiting for The Bus !!!And I did NOT see anything being given away for " Free "

[BKKSTAN]

When I was last in Bangers ( 7 Weeks ago ) The Pavement on Sukhumvit,from Soi 3 right down to Soi 15 ( where our hotel is ) There WAS A HUGE line (Looked like some sort of Queue ) I am CERTAIN they werent ALL waiting for The Bus !!!And I did NOT see anything being given away for " Free "

Just the Katoeys

[aznyron]

Stan I can not tell the difference some of them look stunning and yes some you can spot from the other side of the road any way back on topic my wife said they closed down the web site along with about 2000
other sites you know when teenage girls start getting in to selling there bodies it sad we can understand why some adult women do it some to support a drug habit and some just like the excitement and
some do make a lot of money

[747man]

When I was last in Bangers ( 7 Weeks ago ) The Pavement on Sukhumvit,from Soi 3 right down to Soi 15 ( where our hotel is ) There WAS A HUGE line (Looked like some sort of Queue ) I am CERTAIN they werent ALL waiting for The Bus !!!And I did NOT see anything being given away for " Free "

Just the Katoeys

Dont know Stan,Dont THEY charge YOU More ???

[jepp]

Thermae now a nippon enclave

Hopefully that means that the 'CLUBS' charging unimaginative membership fees are now suffering from the Nip recession.
e.g. Caribbean Club membership fee options 20,000 50,000 or 100,000 baht p.a.
I Intend to do bar crawl soi 33 the week after next, hopefully those "clubs" will have lowered their $$ expectations too.

[jepp]

unimaginative .

oops meant "unimaginable"

[panick]

Glad Wifey don't read this!
I'm down in Khon Kaen Uni for 6 weeks from the 16th doing a TEFL course So I'll keep y'all posted if its true or not

[izzix]

that long line at soi3 >>>> soi 15 , katoeys and hags- you wouldnt want to go with them if they were freebies .

[beer monkey]

But might be ok if they was giving you some money though..

[izzix]

things must be getting bad when students start muscling in on a hookers trade ,its hard enough for them at the moment to make an honest days earnings ....






Colleges in bid to halt student online flesh trade

BANGKOK / PHUKET: -- Colleges and universities need to act against students engaging in "direct-sale" prostitution via social-network websites like Hi5, according to a well-known academic.

Assoc Prof Sukhum Chaloeysap of Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, which has a campus in Phuket, said all institutes of higher learning should admit that the problem exists and join forces to combat it.

Some students are said to have touted sexual services on Hi5, which has links to more than 1,000 other websites that openly post students' pictures, many in uniform, and suggestive messages.

He urged the principals of colleges and universities to investigate. Many students' part-time jobs are affected by the economic slowdown, driving some to prostitution for extra money, he added.

Meanwhile, Culture Minister Theera Salukpetch yesterday said the ministry would write to the ICT Ministry, Education Ministry, Social Development and Human Security Ministry and Royal Thai Police as well as Internet service providers asking them to step up the watch for prostitution on the Web.

He blamed the online student sex trade on youth's "faulty values" and overspending on luxurious and unnecessary items that drove young people to such lengths to get quick cash.

Ramjitti Institute director Dr Amornwit Nakhonthap said the Internet flesh trade was a long-standing issue and he was not surprised that a popular website like Hi5 was used as a channel for it.

He said this reflected young people's idea that switching sexual partners was common, and it also changed the erstwhile perspective that only poor children sold themselves, citing a survey that found that most young people in the sex trade were not poor but just wanted money to buy things.

"Direct-sale" student prostitution came to light when Thais aboard urged the Culture Ministry to investigate after they found Thai students, both male and female, posting their pictures, vital statistics, universities and telephone numbers with a view to sexual favors priced between from 1,500 to 3,000 baht.

While the Phuket Gazette does receive reports from time to time of student prostitution in Phuket fueled by sites such as Hi-5, most of which offer user searches by province and/or city, such reports are not easy to substantiate.

The user profiles, including names and photos, posted on 'social networking' sites can be whatever the poster wants them to be. Thus, the 22-year-old Phuket "student" seen in cyber-space could well be a 44-year-old construction worker from Mukdahan.

-- Phuket Gazette 2009-02-02