A French couple in their 20s have allegedly been arrested after they were overheard by locals and then filmed while getting intimate a picturesque Thai beach
A French couple who sparked outrage when they allegedly were seen having sex on a remote Thai beach have been arrested.
The pair, named by officers as Halan, 24, and Nadia, 24, were reportedly seen romping on the sand at Rayee Beach on the holiday island of Phuket on April 10.
Footage appears to shows the naked Parisian woman on top of her partner as they moved vigorously in full view of several stunned passers-by. Shocked locals said the pair showed no regard for other visitors, claiming they were moaning loudly enough to be heard across the beach during the brazen public sex act.
Residents also slammed police for not patrolling the area to prevent such incidents. One local said: ‘Great, go for it. Because in our country, there are no rules or regulations. It’s shameful. You can do whatever you want. The laws aren’t strict enough.’
Another added: ‘So many foreigners do this when they come here. They are like animals. I would rather be poor, without any tourists visiting, than live in this environment.’
Following public outrage, officers began searching for the pair. They were tracked down to a hotel in the Kathu district of Phuket and arrested. Pictures taken at the station show Halan and Nadia covering their faces.
They both reportedly admitted it was them in the video, and they were fined 5,000 baht (£115) each for ‘committing an indecent act in public by being naked or exposing the body, or committing other obscene acts’.
Police Colonel Anurak Parinyasathirakul said: ‘Officers explained to the two tourists why it was illegal to do what they did. They said they did not know it was an offence. They said they were relaxed because they are on holiday and became carried away in the moment.
‘Both of the tourists admitted what they did and accepted a fine. Their details were taken, and the immigration officers were notified of the case for consideration of their visas.’
Public sex is punishable by a fine of up to 5,000 baht under Thai law. But the threat has seemingly done little to deter holidaymakers from engaging in outdoor nudity.
On February 27, last year, another tourist couple had sex on the back of a driver’s tuk-tuk. He dropped them off at a hotel in the Karon area as they refused to listen to his warnings.
A few weeks later on April 23, a couple were caught having sex in a hotel room with the windows open. Afterwards, the woman stepped onto the balcony naked and smoked in full view of shocked passers-by.
While in September of the same year, Russian national Georgii Dzugkoev, 23, was seen having sex on a moving black Ford pickup, holding the waist of a Thai woman who gripped a rope tied to the truck bed. He was arrested the next day at Suvarnabhumi Airport, while the driver, Alex, 25, turned himself in on September 26.
On January 2 this year, a taxi driver kicked out a Russian couple who were having sex in his car. The pair refused to stop when asked and allegedly tried to attack the cabbie.
Two days later on January 4, two drunk men were caught having oral sex on a pavement near Patong Beach. Police arrested Saudi national Abdulmalik Hassan Alharbi, 33, at Zag Club and were tracking down his partner.
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