Pornsite owners arrested in Thailand
 

http://www.pattayadailynews.com/sho...EWS=0000002665#

PATTAYA PORNO WEBSITE CLOSED DOWN AND FILM MAKERS ARRESTED
The Pattaya Constabulary are in the process of investigating and collecting evidence on sex websites being operated in the Pattaya area. One in particular that is being run as a joint Thai-farang operation was raided at 00.30 am, on 6th.April.

The previous day, the police had obtained an arrest warrant and proceeded to check out an apartment in Argyle Apartments, located at 338, opposite to Pratumnak Soi 5. On entering the apartment, they found pornography and video equipment for making porn and all kinds of sex equipments, as well as VCDs and photos.

The police also found three men in the room: Mr.John Gilbert Bowen (60) from America, Mr.Kyle Mark Micgram (30) American-Canadian and a Mr. Paul Sangsuwan (25) a Thai-American. The police, upon further exploration of another two rooms, found one room had been decorated as a large, fully equipped, studio with lights, flash equipment and a big video camera for taking movies and photos. They also found sexy dresses, black leather hot pants etc. to clothe their actors and actresses.

Significantly, the porno filmmakers had placed Buddha images in the corner of every room to make sure that every photo or video they took would show the Buddha images in them. They also made the actresses dress up in Thai costumes which they made them take off, piece by piece, while taking the video.

The police, on checking some video movies, found that the filmmakers were using katueys dressed up as woman (as shown in the photo). These had starred in some very raunchy, sadistic and wild movies, which had then been uploaded to the internet (the website cannot be mentioned here for legal reasons)

Following the securing of the evidence, the police then arrested the three men, and took them to the police station. Mr.John Gilbert Bowen admitted that he had rented the apartment in question some 5 months ago and confessed that he had set it up as a large, sophisticated studio to make X-rated movies and also to set up a website, mainly to run it as a large business with his friend. He had hired Mr. Kyle Mark Micgram, who is also his closest friend and a specialist in photography, to operate the business together.

They had then hired bar girls or katueys to act in the movies. They had also made short film clips as examples of the movies and had advertised them on the website, so that if people were interested, they could order the movie. Mr. Paul, who is Thai-American and speaks fluent English, is in charge of looking for girls to star in the movie and to be the interpreter during the operation.

Mr.John Gilbert Bowen said that his was not only the website that is dedicated to the porn business; there are literally thousands of them. As most of the customers of these porn sites are foreigners, Bowen considered they should not be illegal. If the police want to arrest him, he continued, then they should arrest those who run every other porn website, as well.

However, the police were not of the same opinion, and informed the porn makers that the practice is completely against the Thai law and was especially offensive to the Thai people and its culture.

The porn makers will be charged with making videos of an offensive and sexually explicit nature, sent to court and will then be passed on to the Immigration Department who would deport them to their own countries.

The police added that they are fully aware that there are many similar porno websites in Pattaya, operated by both Thai and farang, which will be cleaned up as soon as sufficient evidence is amassed.

No Suprise, Thailand is funny like that, fuck all the whores you want, just don't film it... :pimp

Some one just got really fucked.

Just wait Costa Rica is next. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Wow... That really sucks :(

Farang! Farang! Farang!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

somnom'na..! ;)

Step 1> Talk to a local lawyer
Step 2> Cease and desist

isn't kat young thai? :upsidedow

i like how he tries to justify shooting there by tryin to take down all his buddies. what a friend. damn.

sucks to be them

Am I the only one who was surprised to find out who was arrested?

http://www.xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=22156

PATTAYA, THAILAND — Local police arrested British pornographer John Gilbert Bowen, aka John T. Bone, along with two associates, today in Thailand. According to the Pattaya Daily News, the trio will be charged with various offenses in relation to the production and sale of pornography and could face deportation.

Bowen has directed hundreds of DVD lines for companies including Platinum Blue, Metro, Heatwave, Zane and others. He is best known for directing Annabel Chong in “The World’s Biggest Gang Bang.”

They are dead now.

You'd be amazed how many low life rat sluts there are in this business.

And I'm sure the cops coerced him into talking over a 24 hour period of no sleep or whatever.

By hey...if you move overseas & set up shop. Spend 5 minutes a day mentally preparing yourself for a possible eventuality such as this.

And have a fucking lawyer on staff.

Yeah,wouldnt want to be inside a Thai Prison:helpme

a lawyer isn't going to do them too much good here in don't believe if a lot of those details are in fact true (displaying buddha images in porn films is really pushing things), and cant say i'm sorry to see them get busted either. i hope they stick them as hard as the australians who got popped here in patong a few years back, their still in the "monkey house" today... filming and producing is totally against the law here so anyone who wants to gamble w/ their freedom in this fashion, well... have fun w/ that..

with all those Buddha's around the place, maybe someone should have rubbed the bellys more for luck :(

-Loki-

damn... too bad

Isn't this the same county that has no problem with allowing 10 year old girls to be sex slaves?

lawyers mean jack shit in thailand... wild wild west... (sang to kool mo dee tune) :ticking:

Loved Thailand when I was there for the Phuket Gathering,you can check out the pics here:winkwink:
http://www.fubarwebmasters.com/events.php?id=3

That's probably one of the reasons this whole thing happened. Who in their right mind would attend a porn industry gathering in a country where porn is not only illegal, but actively hunted down by the police?

Its OK to sell porn, just not shoot it... :pimp

I'm fairly sure you understood what I meant with my last post.

yeah right....... it was a gathering..........people getting together, we were not there to shoot:2 cents:

We can play semantics games all day long. I'm just saying that the police isn't stupid.

I am amazed that no one has simply stated that the right people must not have gotten paid the appropriate amounts of 'insurance' money.

wanna bet?

aren't :helpme :winkwink:

Hey leave JFK alone... At the gathering there was no porn being shot, look at his pics and stop being a dickhead...

All of us have the right to attend a gathering in any free country in the world and there is nothing wrong with that bro...

Pull you head out of your arse....

(BTW HERE IS A AN ENGLISH LESSON)
it's the police aren't stupid not isn't...

Sorry if I have offended you but I respect JFK and he has been in the business way longer than me and is a good guy so if anyone fucks with him he has my back!


Thebossxxx

Why would anyone be so fucking stupid?

why do people think they can produce porn where they arent wanted? It baffles me really

too bad...:)

You're not the sharpest tool in the shed either. :2 cents:

Thanks:thumbsup

Sorry, English is my fourth language and it is not so great.

I'm not trying to beat on anyone here. I'm just saying that while you guys hide behind the technicalities of it being a "gathering", the Thai police are getting their homework done.

I ignore the names of the people who were at the Phucket gathering and I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I'm saying that some of the people who attended the gathering, and it may or it may not include JFK, have ties in Thailand and that's exactly what the police was looking for.

In any case, have a great time! JFK and thebossxxx, this isn't targeted at you or at people you know. I'm speaking in a very general manner.

Thanks for the explanation:thumbsup

Kindly note that in English, when speaking metalinguistically, you must enclose the correct terms in quotation marks so that others can understand what you're trying to say. :2 cents:

No problem. I'm glad you didn't take it the wrong way. :)

I hope a porn industry will be legal everywhere in the future

althought its a real bummer, it should not have came as a big surprise. that news article stated they would be deported. is that before or after serving time, because in this thread someone also claimed aussies were still sitting in the clink.

Looks like they have accused me for calling the cops on them. LOL

Lukeisback.com, someone wrote I set them up AND I shoot underage models.

Give me a fucking break. Those of you who deal with me know my IDs are tight.

That's LAME trying to bring anyone else in on this matter or even tell about others websites.

I didn't make the connection until you pointed it out. I also heard that one of the other guy's arrested directs Hustler's Asian Fever videos under the name of Vin Cross.

At first I thought this was just some amateur shooters, but these guys were actually shooting for big studios...

ADG Webmaster

Yup. :warning

You definitely need some pro PR consulting.:2 cents:

(BTW HERE IS A AN ENGLISH LESSON)

Learn how to punctuate idiot !

Yep, I'm going for the al-quaida gathering in May in Albania. Totally legal :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I'm not worried about it. My business is solid, I only do biz with a select few and they know it's legit. Everyone else can fuck off and think what they want. :2 cents:

If someone wants to smear my name, have it. It won't change my bottom line either way.

:2 cents: !! Don't mess with the DWB !!