Tourist police have begun a campaign to prevent transgender people preying on tourists along Pattaya beaches ahead of the high season for tourism.
The campaign started at 10pm on Tuesday at Walking Street in South Pattaya, with patrols of tourist police and volunteers scouring Pattaya beaches for transgender people.
The patrols round up 36 people. Their personal information was taken and put on record. They were then warned against gathering in groups along the beaches and tourist spots to target tourists with aggressive offers of sex services and committing other crimes.
Police said the campaign was intended to protect both Thai and foreign tourists against being assaulted and robbed.
The patrols would be deployed on a daily basis, and legal action would be taken against those found defying the warning, police said.
