Limping farang

[Guest]

Community shuns farang over HIV fear

 

CHAIYAPHUM: -- A community has warned residents and schoolgirls in this Northeastern province to shun a ?dangerous, limping? German man who allegedly infected his former Thai wife and possibly other women in the province with HIV.

 

Tambon Nai Muang community issued the warning following a disclosure from Somrak (not her real name), 30, who alleged she contracted HIV from her former husband, a veteran of the German army.

 

Udom Saengnak, a community leader, sent a statement to all schools in the province, asking them to warn their students not to have sex with the man.

 

Udom said his community did not want the man living there.

 

He said he had learned from Somrak that the man liked to have unprotected sex with school girls, whom he allegedly paid between Bt2,000 and Bt3,000. He had allegedly slept with many girls ? that was why a warning was issued.

 

Somrak said she had lived with the German man for five years and decided to separate from him because she could not tolerate his behaviour.

 

She alleged he would often go out at night to seek schoolgirls selling sexual services.

 

After the couple parted, Somrak said she discovered she was HIV positive. She is now very sick and being cared for by her community.

 

?I would like to warn all women and schoolgirls in Chaiyaphum to shun a tall, white Westerner who drives a green car and uses a walking stick,? she said.

 

?He is an army veteran and about 54 years old. Don?t accept money to sleep with him, otherwise you might get HIV/Aids,? she claimed.

 

Udom said he would lead a campaign to have the man deported from Thailand, adding that people in the community alleged they had seen the man beat Somrak regularly before the pair broke up.

 

Dr Sura Wiseksak, acting chief public health officer in Chaiyaphum, said the authorities could not take any action against the man, but might warn him against buying sex.

 

Chaiyaphum Muang district police chief Colonel Dusit Techarakpong said police were closely monitoring the man?s behaviour. But he said legal action could not be taken against him.

 

?The other party agreed to have sex with him, so he can?t be charged if the sex worker gets HIV from him,? Dusit said.

 

He noted that it had not yet been confirmed whether the man was indeed HIV positive.

 

?No one has dared to force him to undergo a HIV test,? the policeman said.

 

A 21yearold sex worker, who said she worked in a karaoke bar in Muang district, said she had unprotected sex with several Western patrons, because they insisted on not wearing a condom.

 

?I am scared by the news, but I can?t force big farang guys to wear a condom. I fear they won?t pay me,? she said.

 

--The Nation 2004-09-22

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------

 

:: Heard about this last night from gf. Was on Thai TV. Appearently quite a few school girls involved. Many were not for money, TV said.

 

HT

[Zaad]

That guy deserves the death penalty.

[elef]

Hi guys,

 

that was yesterday - today it continues, but it would be interesting to know if he's HIV+ or it's just a smart way of get her exhusband kicked out from LOS?

 

--------------------

 

 

CHAIYAPHUM : German in Aids-scare saga held

 

Published on Sep 23, 2004

 

 

Man accused of infecting his wife to be deported for visa violations

 

Chaiyaphum police said yesterday that the German accused of infecting his former wife and other women with HIV would be deported for overstaying his visa.

 

The German, whose visa expired three years ago, was arrested at his house and would be sent to Muang district police for further processing, said Major Thanomsak Intabutr, chief of the provincial tourist police.

 

The man has not been confirmed by a medical doctor of having HIV.

 

All schools in the province had been alerted to the man after his ex-wife warned that he had the habit of buying sex from students, said Udom Sangnak, a community leader.

 

The police action and the community?s reaction to avoid the suspected carrier came under criticism from Aids activists who said such measures were ineffective at protecting people from infection.

 

Worse still, the shunning of the man was a violation of human dignity, said Bangkok Senator Jon Ungpakorn, a leading advocate.

 

?His right to live with others in the community should be respected, whether he is HIV-positive or not,? Jon said, adding that the reports of discrimination were discouraging and did not bode well for the global effort to fight HIV/Aids and the stigmatisation that it brings.

 

Every province has people living with HIV/Aids. Rather than ostracise them, other people should be informed about risky behaviour, such as engaging in unprotected sex, he said.

 

Nimit Thien-udom, director of the Aids Access Foundation, said the problem was not about having foreign partners.

 

?There are many local men and women who have unprotected sex,? he said.

 

?We can?t tell people not to have sex. We can tell them, however, to practice safe sex.?

 

Nimit said his organisation would organise a public discussion on Sunday to educate the public on the subject.

 

Provincial authorities have pledged to step up public campaigns for safe sex as statistics show young people account for the majority of HIV-positive cases upcountry, with rising incidence among high-school and college students.

 

The Nation

[jasmine]

[color:"red"] that was yesterday - today it continues, but it would be interesting to know if he's HIV+ or it's just a smart way of get her exhusband kicked out from LOS?

 

[/color]

 

Also a smart way to get rid of "fooling around" husband. I have heard a couple cases of Thai women getting even with their Thai husbands that way too. Also, I don't see anything wrong with cautioning other women, do you?

 

Jasmine

[elef]

Hi Jasmine,

 

if he's not Hiv+ I don't think this was a good way of cautioning other women.

 

Who will get his house and other assets, maybe his ex is splitting with police?

 

elef

[SUZIBANDIT]

Until it is confirmed he is HIV+, it is a tricky thing warning other women. Perhaps if it is done privately, not publicly.

 

However, it is absolutley disgraceful that it was plastered on the front page of the Nation. It appearing in that paper, did that help anyone in Chaiyaphum? Of course not, it simply fed the flames of the anti-farang movement here and humilated a man who they could not yet prove had done anything wrong.

[whosyourdaddy]

saw the guy on the news last night. Easy to spot. One leg and white.

[Nervous_Dog]

Hmmmm - now lets contrast this with the case of the HIV women, and do we tell the new boy friend, (Most say yes by the way)

 

And here is a guy, no proof other than a vindictive wife (He;s probably a pervert, but is he HIV+?

 

DOG - Ball licker bare none

[New Petchburi Pete]

Yes,

 

I believe the world is ready for pay per view executions!

... method of demise to be voted on (in a poll) beforehand!

 

I'll cast my vote for the guy being drawn and quartered. Any other thoughts on this?

[Guest]

Everybody should have their day in court.... and not the kangaroo court. All coins have 3 sides, top, bottom and the side so do not believe everything one side of the story says. Besides, how would you feel if all the allegations against this man were wrong, and how would you feel if you found out after throwing the last rock at him which put his life to closure?