{"id":22719,"date":"2026-07-03T15:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/in-pattaya-sex-and-life-come-cheap-but-the-cost-can-be-deadly\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:40:41","slug":"in-pattaya-sex-and-life-come-cheap-but-the-cost-can-be-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/in-pattaya-sex-and-life-come-cheap-but-the-cost-can-be-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pattaya, sex and life come cheap. But the cost can be deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"sc-6c4043fd-0 eKWkVq sc-13344c9c-2 jwvfKN\">\n<div class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-0 kbEYga\" readability=\"6.3137254901961\"><button aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Save article to read later\" role=\"switch\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-1 ikojFo\"><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" class=\"sc-d1b14060-0 TUyao\"><path d=\"M5.75 4C5.75 3.86193 5.86193 3.75 6 3.75H18C18.1381 3.75 18.25 3.86193 18.25 4L18.25 19.7709L12.8004 16.9682C12.2981 16.7099 11.7019 16.7099 11.1996 16.9682L5.75 19.7709L5.75 4Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-2 tyHWF\">Save<\/span><\/button>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sc-ba6ddcd9-0 yEdFV sc-d1b14060-3 cpmcTK\" role=\"tooltip\" readability=\"8.0816326530612\">\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your saved list to add more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Set font size to normal\" aria-pressed=\"true\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 yiNod\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to larger\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 frqtnv\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to very large\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 frqrHP\">A<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"41\">\n<p><strong>Pattaya, Thailand: <\/strong>Walking Street is heaving with half-naked bodies and men flogging sex shows at cut-price rates <em>just for you.<\/em> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is another realm. A freak show of vice. Mates on trips &ndash; Indians, Europeans and Australians &ndash; shuffle straight-faced, taking in the tumult of girls, lights and thumping music. Bewildered children wander with regretful parents who read only the official marketing. Packs of middle-aged Chinese follow the tour leader&rsquo;s raised little flag.<\/p>\n<p>Not far away on Soi (street) 6, possibly bawdier still, at least 1000 bikini and lingerie-wrapped young women pose in jiggling, fleshy rows, beckoning men into bars where unwritten menus hold more than drinks and nibbles. And this is the low season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The curious come, and the degenerate. For the right price, which probably isn&rsquo;t much, you can find just about anything a liquored-up and lustful heart desires. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s the sex capital of the world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.211%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.211%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.211%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.211%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bar girls in Pattaya waiting for customers.  \" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.211,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.211%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.211%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/ef0cdc2f5f41f2dcb434d08610a40b48aa013761 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Bar girls in Pattaya waiting for customers.  <\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Chanakarn Laosarakham<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t happen anywhere &ndash; only Thailand, and only Pattaya,&rdquo; says Pankaj, from India, on his seventh trip.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran Englishman summarises the scene as &ldquo;just f&mdash;ing mad&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-13344c9c-3 fepRQx\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hJILsT adWrapper noPrint sc-3f16ee48-9 sc-13344c9c-4 xHsUt efZfmU\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"35.906178489703\">\n<p>It was into this that 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla arrived in mid-June, from 600 kilometres away in Thailand&rsquo;s north-east. She came alone, police believe, possibly on a holiday, to meet friends.<\/p>\n<p>Photos show a petite, pretty child, the only offspring of Thongchai Donhomla. He took his daughter&rsquo;s body home on Monday. Cake, as she was known, was strangled and stuffed inside a suitcase found discarded in long grass by the railway.<\/p>\n<p>Thai police claim the killer is an Australian: Ballarat-born Simon Peter Carman, 45.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Australian Simon Peter Carman, 45, after his arrest in Thailand.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.289,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/b4c2ba4f3baff7e09bd21a42290011c5d03a5baa 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Australian Simon Peter Carman, 45, after his arrest in Thailand.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">TPBS via AP<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Neighbours at his long-term accommodation describe him as slow-talking, slow-moving, slow-staring; amiable enough, but someone who liked his own way. He could be aggressive at drunks making nuisances of themselves in the building, but &ldquo;drunk people can be very rude, so that [reaction] is just normal,&rdquo; says a woman who spoke with him regularly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.092%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.092%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.092%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.092%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thanchanok Donhomla, whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_1.092,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.092%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.092%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Thanchanok Donhomla, whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Pattaya Police<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His alleged crime has shocked Thailand, thrusting the nation&rsquo;s rampant sex tourism industry and its grey laws into the spotlight. Pimping and brothels are illegal. Selling sex &ndash; so long as it is not &ldquo;committed openly and shamelessly or causes nuisance to the public&rdquo; &ndash; is not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-13344c9c-3 fepRQx\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hJILsT adWrapper noPrint sc-3f16ee48-9 sc-13344c9c-4 xHsUt efZfmU\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"40\">\n<p>&ldquo;The tragedy is that there are virtually no safeguards for people in that profession,&rdquo; says Tunyawaj Kamolwongwat, a former member of parliament who now advocates for sex workers and other marginalised communities.<\/p>\n<p>Kamolwongwat wants laws changed to allow safe spaces and accountability. &ldquo;A worker&rsquo;s workplace would be known, colleagues would know who they had left with, and there would be records showing where they had gone,&rdquo; she says.<\/p>\n<p>Cake&rsquo;s individual circumstances remain unclear, but it is known that thousands of Thailand&rsquo;s sex workers come from crushing poverty in the provinces or surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. Kamolwongwat says studies have shown they are often a family&rsquo;s main breadwinner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bar signs along Walking Street in Pattaya.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.133,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/913647ee61091d150f22d65b9e3f8176e056547f 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Bar signs along Walking Street in Pattaya.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Chanakarn&nbsp;Laosarakham<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This case is especially heartbreaking because she was only 17, and it reflects the economic pressures facing many families, where poverty pushes young women into work that doesn&rsquo;t just expose them to exploitation but can put their lives at risk,&rdquo; she says.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s impossible to know how many of the 4.5 million foreigners who visited Chonburi province in the first half of this year indulged in paid Pattaya sex. Few will admit such a thing. Part of the lure is anonymity, the chance to buy sex far from neighbours and spouses as just another man in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The metro area holds an estimated 50,000 sex workers, though. They are getting paid somehow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-13344c9c-3 fepRQx\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hJILsT adWrapper noPrint sc-3f16ee48-9 sc-13344c9c-4 xHsUt efZfmU\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"44\">\n<p>&ldquo;Englishmen,&rdquo; says Lulu, 30, of her most common client profile, adding quickly, &ldquo;But Aussies are good!&rdquo; They are rarely old men, but in their 30s and early 40s, she says.<\/p>\n<p>Lulu, which is not her real name, is a bar girl on Walking Street and employed ostensibly to keep guests company at the tables so they keep buying drinks. This is how bars circumvent legal entanglements. That and powerful, vested interests, according to Kamolwongwat.<\/p>\n<p>Lulu takes clients into rooms on or near the premises of the bar, charging the equivalent of $130 for a session. With three or four clients a week, it is decent money, almost all of which she sends home to her family in Laos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.122%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.122%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.122%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.122%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pattaya&rsquo;s vice strips heave with thousands of the sex workers.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.122,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.122%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.122%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/91a9f722cd259319a88caaf3b09cc6e776425ec6 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Pattaya&rsquo;s vice strips heave with thousands of the sex workers.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Chanakarn Laosarakham<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lulu needs no explanation or details about the case of Cake and the Australian. All the girls are talking about it. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s so scary,&rdquo; she says, briskly rubbing her bare shoulders, mimicking a chill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was another one. A Chinese guy did it. He &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She pauses, then swipes her fingers across her neck and pulls at imaginary intestines, unable or unwilling to put words to the violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-13344c9c-3 fepRQx\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hJILsT adWrapper noPrint sc-3f16ee48-9 sc-13344c9c-4 xHsUt efZfmU\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"35.470997679814\">\n<p>&ldquo;You know?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lulu is referring to the case of 42-year-old Chinese welder Fu Tongyuen, who, according to local reports, admitted to killing Thai transgender woman Woranun Pannacha inside a rented Pattaya room in April last year. She had supposedly pulled out of their sex deal, so Fu strangled her and cut out her breast implants and heart. Like Carman, he was arrested at Bangkok&rsquo;s Suvarnabhumi airport attempting to leave the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.097%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.097%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.097%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.097%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The beach at Jomtien, not far from where Simon Peter Carman lived. One neighbour says he liked to take late-night walks here when he couldn&rsquo;t sleep.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.097,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.097%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.097%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/4872df32ccf55498047470160f017a94b5a9908a 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>The beach at Jomtien, not far from where Simon Peter Carman lived. One neighbour says he liked to take late-night walks here when he couldn&rsquo;t sleep.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Chanakarn Laosarakham<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;You just never know,&rdquo; Lulu says. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve been lucky. Everyone has just been nice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Like most sex workers in Pattaya, she has the protection of her bar and its security. But those who work independently underneath the coconut trees by the beach, surveying the passing men, locking eyes, smiling, stroking chests like a familiar lover, have to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.089%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.089%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.089%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.089%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&ldquo;Annie&rdquo; has been working in Pattaya for 25 years. \" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.089,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.089%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.089%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a055a55b9f42d219ef33a046f487eb71e0a16458 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>&ldquo;Annie&rdquo; has been working in Pattaya for 25 years. <\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Chanakarn Laosarakham <\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The people who get into trouble are usually the ones who go to condos,&rdquo; says Annie, a 57-year-old transgender woman who self-identifies as a &ldquo;lady boy&rdquo;, a category of sex worker born male, but presenting outwardly as female.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-13344c9c-3 fepRQx\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 hJILsT adWrapper noPrint sc-3f16ee48-9 sc-13344c9c-4 xHsUt efZfmU\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"116.40269797652\">\n<p>&ldquo;The hotels I go to know their regular customers. There can still be problems sometimes, but they&rsquo;re rare. Usually, I&rsquo;m there for no more than one or two hours. But going to a client&rsquo;s own place is dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Annie, also a pseudonym, has worked in Pattaya for 25 years, first as one of the bar girls, then, since the COVID-19 pandemic, when competing with the younger workers became too difficult, on her own. She has been robbed by clients several times, but never physically attacked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One reason is that I offer my services openly as a lady boy &ndash; I don&rsquo;t pretend to be a woman,&rdquo; she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CCTV allegedly shows Carman walking hand in hand through his hotel lobby with 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla at 3.34am local time on Thursday.&nbsp;\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.773,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_10,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>CCTV allegedly shows Carman walking hand in hand through his hotel lobby with 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla at 3.34am local time on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Some people who are lady boys tell clients they&rsquo;re women, and they end up being assaulted because of that. If a man likes lady boys, he&rsquo;ll come to me, and that&rsquo;s fine. If he&rsquo;s looking for a woman, then he should find a woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thanchanok, or Cake, was female and presented as such. It&rsquo;s unclear if she came to Chonburi province intending to do sex work, or if, with the appearance of Carman at 3am, the opportunity for quick cash presented itself by chance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official police report, seen by this masthead, &ldquo;both parties agreed to engage in sexual services&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was near Soi 7 and the beach, at Jomtien, a 20-minute drive south from Walking Street and its surrounding alleys of vice. Though liberally sprinkled with bars, Jomtien is quieter and more family friendly than the city proper. It is not the natural stop for a girl from the provinces seeking a stint as a sex worker, nor for a sex tourist seeking options.<\/p>\n<p>Carman lived a 30-minute walk, by his pace, from where he met Cake, in Jomtien. Video taken by her friend shows the pair walking off, hand in hand, in the direction of his squalid $ 330-a-month room at the Rimhad Jomtien, a multi-tower condominium where he had lived among scores of expats for about eight months.<\/p>\n<p>Security cameras get the last images of Cake alive when the pair arrives, still holding hands, at the Rimhad foyer at 3.34am on Thursday. Then, they disappear into the elevator for the 15th floor.<\/p>\n<p>Only one person is alive to give their version of what happens next.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.426%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_2%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.426%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_2%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.426%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_2%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.426%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_2%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The inside of Simon Peter Carman&rsquo;s Thailand apartment.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.426,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_2,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.426%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_2%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.426%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_2%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/17a8a616152d090f342cd1985c5956d37b6e8ad8 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>The inside of Simon Peter Carman&rsquo;s Thailand apartment.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Pattaya Police <\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At 9.16pm on Thursday &ndash; about 18 hours after bringing Cake home &ndash; Carman is seen leaving with a suitcase. At 9.58pm, he returns without it.<\/p>\n<p>When Cake failed to show on Friday, her friend, who knew where she went and with whom, confronted Carman at his unit, later filing a report with Pattaya police and triggering a rapid review of CCTV. The big Australian was arrested at the airport only minutes before he was due to board a flight home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When he was being detained by immigration officers at the airport, they noticed the [apparent scratch] injuries,&rdquo; Pattaya City Police Colonel Anek Srathongyoo says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.754%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.754%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.754%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.754%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vision allegedly showed Carman leaving his hotel with a black suitcase, before strapping it to a scooter and riding to a railway line about 10 minutes away.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.754,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_5,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.754%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.754%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a604e454ce91753c90d08c50bf97fcc398b42050 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Vision allegedly showed Carman leaving his hotel with a black suitcase, before strapping it to a scooter and riding to a railway line about 10 minutes away.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;He explained that he&rsquo;d been out for the night and had gotten into a fight with a friend. It wasn&rsquo;t until he was with us, and we showed him the evidence, starting with the footage of him dragging the suitcase, loading it on the back of his motorbike and riding away for around 10 to 20 minutes &ndash; and then returning without the suitcase &ndash; that he began to admit what had happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Carman&rsquo;s claim, according to Srathongyoo, is that Cake came at him with a knife in a dispute over money.<\/p>\n<p>Thai media claims the amount to be the equivalent of just $20.<\/p>\n<p>In Pattaya, life, like the sex, can be cheap.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-5119f468-1 guPQLf\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.178%2C$multiply_1.0648%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.178%2C$multiply_2.1296%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.178%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.178%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pattaya has an estimated 50,000-plus sex workers. \" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.178,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.178%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.178%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/eb252dbd1cfce5c658ad03e22971729a654c1bc3 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Pattaya has an estimated 50,000-plus sex workers. <\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Chanakarn Laosarakham<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Support is available at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Get a note directly from our foreign <\/i><\/b><b><i>correspondents <\/i><\/b><b><i>on what&rsquo;s making headlines around the world. <\/i><\/b><b><i>Sign up for our weekly What in the World newsletter<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>In Pattaya, sex and life come cheap. But the cost can be deadly<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Pattaya, Thailand: Walking Street is heaving with half-naked bodies and men flogging sex shows at cut-price rates just for you. It is another realm. A freak show of vice. Mates on trips &ndash; Indians, Europeans&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/in-pattaya-sex-and-life-come-cheap-but-the-cost-can-be-deadly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;In Pattaya, sex and life come cheap. 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