Purses at Dawn

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The following appears in the PATTAYA DAILY NEWS. See http://www.pattayadailynews.com/shownews.p...NEWS=0000003995 for photos.

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LADYBOYS BRAWL IN FRONT OF WAT CHAI, SOUTH PATTAYA

 

An older katoey hired four teenagers to beat up a younger ladyboy due to a previous dispute. They had both been working in the same area. The ladyboy that was beaten up asked her friend to help find the older ladyboy and beat her up as revenge.

 

On 9 October 2007, at 3:30 AM, Pattaya Police Lieutenant Aniwat Thicharn was notified that a group of katoeys were brawling in front of the entrance to Wat Chai Temple in South Pattaya. It was reported that there were injuries. Police officers, along with Sawang Boriboon Rescue, rushed to investigate.

 

At the scene, two younger katoeys were attacking an older katoey with a long club and a fluorescent tube. The older katoey was alone and had a box cutter in her hand. Although there were many bystanders, the katoeys were fighting ferociously. The two younger ones were pulling the older one’s hair and hitting her on the face. Police officers stopped the brawl, immediately, and confiscated the weapons.

 

The two younger katoeys were Mr. Athitaya Roongroj, nickname “Amy” (21), from Ubonrachathani Province, and and Mr. Praphan U-parn, nickname “Khing”, from Petchboon Province. They both had scrapes and fingernail scratches on their bodies. The older katoey, who got the worst of it, was Mr. Jakraphong Suriyasing, nickname “Ice” (31), from Ubonrachathani Province. She had scrapes and bruises all over her body and a large, open wound on her left cheekbone, which was bleeding profusely.

 

Police questioned all the combatants and determined that they all worked for a “service” along the beach. Earlier the same day, at around 1 AM, Ice got into a row with Amy and Khing. Later, Ice hired four teenagers to beat up Amy. Amy sustained head injuries and contacted the police, but her anger was not assuaged. Amy asked her close friend, Khing, to help her look for Ice. They eventually found Ice in the Walking Street area. Ice was alert to their presence and ran away. However, the other two caught up with her in front of Wat Chai and started to extract their revenge by attacking her.

 

Police detained Mr. Arthitaya or "Amy" and Mr. Praphan or "Khing and charged them with assault with injury to another person. Mr. Jakraphong or "Ice,” the “victim,” was sent to the hospital to have her wounds taken care of before further investigation.