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Thai police crack down on teen sex

by Rob Peters | February 13, 2008 at 09:19 am

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One of the many weird things about this story is that they're polling teens on Valentine's Day sexual habits in the first place. Also that they've identified parks, restaurants, and malls as "starting points" for sex.

"Hey baby, wanna go to the mall?"

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Alarmed by polls showing one in four Thai teens will celebrate St. Valentine's Day by having sex, police plan to swoop on motels, malls and parks to ensure youths behave themselves on the "Day of Love".

The annual campaign to ensure good behaviour on Feb. 14 will see city officials turn on all lights at public parks in the capital Bangkok, while parents are urged to make sure their teenagers come home early.

Police and "student inspectors" from the Education Ministry will be checking discrete "curtain" motels to make sure youths under the legal age of 18 are not using them for amorous interludes.

"We will send patrols to check out public parks, restaurants and shopping malls, which are the starting points for potential sexual activities that will be done at home or motels," Bangkok police spokesman Suporn Pansuea said.