HIV Facebook Rape Arrest. 43-YEAR-OLD soldier living with HIV has been arrested for raping 75 boys in Thailand, many of whom were aged under 15.
It is claimed he lured his victims by using the photo of a handsome youth as his own profile picture in a gay chat application and then Facebook.
The authorities are now trying to provide remedial measures for the victims and are urging anyone else who might have been a victim of the man to file complaints with police.
Former Master Sergeant Chakkrit Komsing allegedly used obscene pictures sent to him by the boys to coerce them into meeting him.
He is accused of then also recording the attacks on (a Bangkok Jack Report) video for the purposes of blackmail.
Using the man’s own notes about the attacks, police counted a total of 75 victims. 28 of them were aged 13-18.
They were clearly identified with names and home addresses in Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Kalasin and Maha Sarakham.
Police are now working with various authorities to locate and help the victims.
More victims and parents are urged to step forward and offer information that might be relevant to the inquiry.
Following his arrest Chakkrit was immediately sacked from the 3rd Cavalry Division at Premtinnasulanon Military Camp in Khon Kaen.
The 14-year-old boy who filed the first complaint claimed he had met a soldier after chatting with him online.
The boy said he tried to leave because the man was clearly not the youth he had seen in the man’s Facebook profile photo.
Howeve, Chakkrit allegedly threatened to release the boy’s obscene pictures online and raped him in the car.
Surachate said police had established that Chakkri had been diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2009, began treatment in 2015 and started working at the Khon Kaen military camp just eight months ago.
Chakkrit has been charged with six criminal charges, including raping a minor under 15.
Which is punishable with a jail term ranging from 4-20 years and a fine ranging Bt80,000-Bt400,000.
And for, molesting a minor under 15 with threat of assault, which is punishable with a maximum jail term of 10 years and/or a maximum fine of Bt200,000.
Taking away a minor under 15 from his parents for lewd acts, which carries a jail term ranging 3-15 years and a fine of Bt6,000-Bt30,000.
Deputy army spokeswoman Colonel Sirichan Ngathong said the army had handed the suspect over to police to let justice run its course as this was a case of individual wrongdoing.
She said Chakkrit was now in the custody of Khon Kaen’s Nam Pong Police and that Chakkrit’s former supervising agency.
They have set up a fact-finding committee into this allegation to run in parallel with the police probe>
The army said they will co-operate with the police investigation to ensure justice to the accused soldier and for his alleged victims.
She said if the soldier were found guilty as accused, he would face both disciplinary and criminal code punishments
