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### Viewing cable 05BANGKOK7242, PATTAYA: THAILAND'S EXTREME CITY

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05BANGKOK7242 | 2005-11-22 07:14 | 2011-06-15 00:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Bangkok
Appears in these articles: http://facthai.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/wikileaks-thailand-4/

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 05 BANGKOK 007242

    SIPDIS

    INFO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
    AMEMBASSY BERLIN
    AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
    AMEMBASSY LONDON
    AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
    AMEMBASSY OSLO
    AMEMBASSY SEOUL
    AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
    AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
    AMEMBASSY TOKYO
    AMCONSUL AMSTERDAM
    AMCONSUL FRANKFURT
    DIA WASHDC
    HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
    USARPAC DCSLOG FT SHAFTER HI
    NAVCRIMINVSERVRA SINGAPORE SN
    NAVFOR UTAPAO COBRA GOLD
    SENSITIVE

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/21/2015
    TAGS: PGOV TH
    SUBJECT: PATTAYA: THAILAND'S EXTREME CITY
    REF: A. 1992 BANGKOK 41165
    ¶B. 2004 BANGKOK 4819

    Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR SUSAN M. SUTTON FOR REASON 1.4(D)

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY. The sea-side port city of Pattaya is
    one of Thailand's major tourist destinations, second only to
    Bangkok, and a significant contributor to the Thai economy.
    Attracted to the 'anything goes' reputation that centers
    around Pattaya's sleazy nightlife, over 4 million foreigners
    and 10 million Thais visit the area each year, making it a
    hotbed for vice, police corruption and transnational crime.
    As one of Thailand's major tourist spots, Pattaya could be a
    'soft target' for terrorists, but local officials are taking
    steps to beef up security. With a sizable American ex-pat
    community living there year round, a primary port of call for
    U.S. Navy warships, and, unfortunately, the location of a
    significant number of non-natural Amcit deaths in Thailand,
    Pattaya remains a city of interest to Embassy Bangkok. END
    SUMMARY.

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    BACKGROUND: PATTAYA AND ITS SURREAL LURE
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    ¶2. (SBU) Pattaya is located in the province of Chonburi,
    which is home to a significant amount of industry and
    abundant in natural resources. Pattaya itself was a sleepy
    fishing town until the 1960's, when it became a major R&R
    point for US forces during the Vietnam War. Pattaya soon
    earned a reputation for its raucous nightlife, and as the
    local economy boomed from the sudden influx of tourism,
    significant foreign and domestic investment followed. Today
    Chonburi is one of the wealthiest provinces in Thailand,
    thanks to the presence of international industry, a natural
    deep water port, and sizable Air Force and Naval bases.
    ¶3. (SBU) At the heart of Chonburi's economy is Pattaya.
    Nearly 4 million foreigners come to Pattaya each year, along
    with 10 million Thais. Just two hours away from Bangkok,
    Pattaya has the closest beaches to the capital, making it an
    easier excursion than the beaches in the South. Pattaya is
    inexpensive compared to other locations in Thailand. Pattaya
    also prides itself on offering something for everyone,
    whether the tourists are retired couples or families seeking
    all-ages entertainment. Despite Pattaya's attempts to market
    themselves with broad appeal, the vast majority of Pattaya's
    tourists are single men seeking an extreme nightlife.
    Although only 5% the size of Bangkok, Pattaya's red-light
    district is larger than all of Bangkok's major red-light
    districts combined.

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    TO LIVE AND DIE IN PATTAYA
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    ¶4. (C) POLOFF spoke with several Thai officials based in
    Pattaya, to include the Mayor of Pattaya, the Police Chief of
    Pattaya, the President of Pattaya's Business and Tourist
    Administration, and the Member of Parliament (MP)
    representing the people in Pattaya, as well as one of our
    local American wardens and a local newspaper reporter. All
    of the Thai officials were unanimously proud of their close
    coordination between themselves and Thai immigration
    officials, and feel they have a very solid grasp on the
    numbers of foreigners who live in and visit Pattaya. Their
    latest figures show that between 300-400 Americans live in
    Pattaya year round, although our warden believes this figure
    doubles if you include people who spend significant periods
    of the year (3 months) there. The Police Chief commented
    that the Americans were the fourth largest group of ex-pats
    living in Pattaya, after the Germans, Japanese, and the
    English. According to newspaper reporter Somphon Yotthasak
    from the Thai Rath (one of Thailand's largest newspapers),
    Russians and Scandinavians are also moving to Pattaya in
    increasing numbers and buying up significant amounts of real
    estate. Whereas the Japanese living in the area work in the
    industrialized sectors, the Germans, Brits, and Americans
    that live in the area are either retired or involved in the
    service industry. Most of the Americans living in Pattaya
    are retired-many of them Vietnam Veterans who fell in love
    with Thailand during the war-but there are also many Amcits
    operating small businesses in Pattaya, which range anywhere
    from chartering scuba dives to managing go-go bars. Thai
    officials believe that native-Pattayans number under 100,000,
    but migrant workers, mainly from the poor Northeast (Isaan)
    region of Thailand swell the population to roughly 500,000.
    The mayor of Pattaya also commented that several thousand
    Thai Muslims live peacefully in Pattaya, and they often
    receive visitors from the volatile South without incident.

    ¶5. (C) Apart from being a retirement destination, Pattaya
    is the place people go to party. The Thai police estimate
    that roughly 100,000 Americans visit Pattaya each year, and
    DoD personnel assigned to Embassy Bangkok place the number of
    service members visiting Pattaya for a port call at up to
    10,000 per year. The Thai police believe that the largest
    numbers of tourists are from Taiwan, Germany, and the
    Scandinavian countries. There is also much talk about the
    rise of Russians visiting Pattaya. Although only 50,000
    Russians visit each year, they charter 100 flights a year
    directly from Moscow to Pattaya, and Thai officials estimate
    that their numbers are increasing by 15% a year (by
    comparison, most nationalities are increasing their visitors
    by 3-4% a year). The Russians and the Scandinavians come to
    escape the long winters at affordable prices. Other large
    groups of visitors include Indians (75,000 / year) and
    Middle-Easterners (70,000 / year), as well as increasing
    numbers from Korea and Vietnam.

    ¶6. (SBU) Embassy Bangkok's American Citizen Services (ACS)
    unit is intimately familiar with Pattaya. According to the
    ACS Chief, Thailand has one of the highest rates in the world
    of death by non-natural causes for Amcits. After Bangkok
    itself, most Amcit deaths in Thailand occur in Pattaya: this
    year 21 of the 106 non-natural Amcit deaths in Thailand have
    occurred there. The leading causes of death are traffic
    accidents (usually involving alcohol), drug overdoses
    (ranging from laced cocaine to using Viagra without a
    prescription), suicides (from heartbroken loners) and
    homicides. An increasing number of crimes against U.S.
    service members are committed by transvestites. There are a
    number of arrests of Amcits each year, mostly involving
    immigration violations for overstaying their visas, but also
    a pedophile or two. Many American fugitives have taken up
    residence in Pattaya over the years, along with people who
    should be getting treatment for mental illness, but are not.

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    VICE CENTRAL: WHEN THE SOLUTION IS PART OF THE PROBLEM
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    ¶7. (C) According to local police and politicians, the most
    common crimes in Pattaya are petty thefts committed by local
    youths. When it comes to safety for foreigners, there were
    universal concurrences from our warden, the Thai Rath
    reporter, and Thai officials that Pattaya is generally safe
    for tourists, and that all of the police elements are sincere
    in keeping things orderly. The one exception to this,
    however, is a big one: staying away from the 'dark
    businesses.' This reference to Pattaya's infamous nightlife
    centers around prostitution, which inevitably attracts drugs,
    extortion, the mafia, and possibly trafficking in persons.
    The Thai police claim they only arrest 30-35 people a month
    in Pattaya, with 4-5 of them being foreigners. Police claim
    that the most common crime committed by foreigners involves
    drunk and disorderly conduct, but that a few times a year
    they arrest a pedophile.

    ¶8. (C) Pattaya's night life lends itself to a significant
    amount of organized crime. At the forefront of crime in
    Pattaya is extortion, and at the forefront of the extortion
    racket are the police. With the exception of the Police
    themselves, all of the Thai officials acknowledged that
    police corruption is widespread, although the officials
    downplayed its impact upon business. Thai Rath reporter
    Somphon said that police make between 3000 baht ($75 USD) and
    10,000 baht ($250 USD) a month from each establishment so
    that they can operate unimpeded, depending on the size of the
    establishment and the laws they are breaking. Nearly all of
    the bars involve some degree of facilitating prostitution,
    but the fee can also vary based on the legality of the
    business registration to how much after the 1 am closing
    times the bars stay open. The President of Pattaya's
    Business and Tourist Administration acknowledged these
    figures were accurate, albeit reluctantly. When asked to go
    into further detail, he hesitated and replied \"its not an
    easy thing for me to talk about.\" It's not hard to imagine
    why: on November 2nd, the editor of the local Pattaya Post
    newspaper was found dead in his BMW, shot in the back of the
    head. The editor had recently exposed local police
    involvement with prostitution, and had been working on a
    larger expose' on police extortion when he was killed by
    unknown assailants. Interestingly enough, Somphon claims
    that the police use some of their extortion money to fund
    their own operations, as they are not budgeted enough to do
    their jobs fully. The Pattaya City mayor disputes this
    claim, though he is likely on the receiving end of the
    process. Despite having four separate types of police units
    operating in Pattaya, the market is large enough for all of
    them to receive significant funds and for all of them to be
    satisfied with their intake.

    ¶9. (C) It is difficult to assess the true level of
    trans-national mafias in Pattaya due to conflicting
    statements from officials, inadequate evidence of crimes, and
    a difference in defining what organized crime actually is.
    Reporter Somphon and Chonburi-based Thai Rak Thai MP Sa-nga
    Thanasanguanwong believe that organized crime exists from
    foreign elements, though even they disagree as to which
    countries they came from. Somphon believes the largest
    groups are German, Russian, and Scandinavian; MP Sa-nga
    believes they are Korean, Dutch, and German, while a recent
    article in the newspaper The Nation also referenced mafias
    from Pakistan, Australia, and Canada. Conversely, the mayor
    and the police both say that there is virtually no
    trans-national crime at all. (Comment: neither our contacts
    nor any of the newspapers mentioned the presence of organized
    crime figures from the US. End Comment.) Part of the
    problem is simply defining whether or not crimes committed by
    foreigners can be classified as organized crime. According
    to the MP, the mayor, and the police, a lot of the ex-pat on
    ex-pat crimes are individual and personal, and not the work
    of larger criminal gangs. Many of the newly reported crimes
    include real-estate fraud, but that has been linked to
    individuals instead of organized criminal groups. Even
    reporter Somphon believes that violence among the ex-pats
    isn't about mafias competing for territory or business
    related, but a breakdown in relationships among friends.
    However, the November 7th killing of Dutch underworld figure
    John Mieremet is widely seen as a revenge killing for the
    murder of another Dutch underworld figure back in the
    Netherlands, causing police to rethink how Pattaya may be
    linked with trans-national crime.

    ¶10. (C) The main businesses of the organized crimes are
    believed to be extortion and drugs. On the extortion side,
    ex-pat businessmen in the 'dark businesses' face a second
    level of payments to crime figures from their native
    countries, but not to anyone else. The drug problems involve
    ex-pat residents of Pattaya selling drugs, mainly ecstasy, to
    their visiting countrymen. The police are also closely
    watching the rise of Russian-speaking prostitutes appearing
    more openly in Pattaya. According to the police, most women
    enter Thailand legally on an entertainment visa, knowing full
    well that they will engage in prostitution and knowingly
    accept it; therefore the police do not believe this rises to
    the level of trafficking. All of the aforementioned parties
    believe that many organized crime figures on the run from
    their own countries hide out in Pattaya.

    ¶11. (C) In addition to the police and foreign criminal
    elements, it is worth mentioning that Thailand's most famous
    crime lord, Kamnan Poh, lives in Chonburi just a few miles
    away from Pattaya. Kamnan Poh has been a figure in politics
    and organized crime for decades, but was convicted of
    ordering the murder of a business rival last year (reftels).
    Currently free on bail while his case remains on appeal,
    reporter Somphon says that Kamnan Poh approves every
    construction contract in central Chonburi and receives a cut
    from each. As Kamnan Poh faces the prospect of spending the
    rest of his life in jail, Somphon warns that his removal from
    the picture will create a huge power vacuum among criminal
    elements that will extend far beyond Pattaya city. Three of
    Kamnan Poh's sons are active in the TRT; two of them are
    MP's. Chonburi MP Sa-nga is a close friend and the personal
    attorney of Kamnan Poh, while the mayor of Pattaya is his
    protg.

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    A PRIME TERRORIST TARGET?
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    ¶12. (C) As one of Thailand's major tourism sites, Pattaya
    could provide a very ripe 'soft' target for any terrorist
    attack. Pattaya shares many of the same characteristics as
    Bali. There is the large number of foreigners, including
    many from the Middle East and other areas of concern, making
    it easy for would-be terrorists to blend into the crowds.
    During the high season, the streets are overflowing with
    pedestrians, creating an environment vulnerable to attacks on
    innocent civilians. The large foreign tourist presence and
    Pattaya's reputation for being a 'city of sin' add to its
    attractiveness as a target by religious fanatics.

    ¶13. (C) Thai officials contend that other factors make
    Pattaya an unlikely target for terrorists. They believe that
    the violence from the three southern, ethnic
    Malay/Muslim-majority provinces will be contained in the
    south and will not bleed over to Pattaya. They also point
    out that Pattaya has been a safe place for members of terror
    groups traveling in the region to shelter temporarily, and
    they believe that terror groups would not want to jeopardize
    this satisfactory arrangement by launching a terror attack
    there. But in any case, local officials have stepped up
    their security efforts. The Thai police work closely with
    immigration officials and locals to track foreigners living
    in Pattaya. The mayor claims that the police have trained
    hotel staffs and taxi drivers about watching for suspicious
    activities, and what to do should a bomb go off. The Royal
    Thai Navy has EOD teams that routinely patrol the harbor.
    Most recently, Pattaya has installed 85 closed-circuit
    television (CCTV) cameras throughout the city, with 4
    separate command centers to track activities around the
    clock. The Thai police mentioned they would like to work
    even more closely with American contacts at the Embassy,
    noting also that previous coordinations have gone well. (In
    July RSO Bangkok conducted document fraud training with the
    Pattaya Police. RSO Bangkok is also coordinating a similar
    training session with Thai immigration officials based in
    Pattaya.)

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    PATTAYA'S FUTURE
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    ¶14. (SBU) The tsunami had an indirect and positive effect
    on Pattaya, as many tourists afraid to visit the South head
    to the beaches of Pattaya. The opening of Thailand's new
    Suvarnabhumi airport will also benefit Pattaya, as Thailand's
    largest international travel hub moves from a location on the
    opposite side of Bangkok to a location nearest to Pattaya.
    The president of Pattaya's Business and Tourist
    Administration says that Pattaya will add another 2000-3000
    hotel rooms-an increase of 10% over current levels-in the
    next two years. Even at current levels, several officials
    believe that Pattaya can accommodate over 200,000 additional
    workers to meet the tourist demand.

    ¶15. (SBU) Comment. As Pattaya continues to grow, so will
    the numbers of American citizens that go there to work, play,
    retire, and die. So, too, will grow the amount of criminal
    activities and risks associated with visiting there, though
    the Thais appear to be making genuine efforts to combat most
    of this (with the exception of their own extortion of local
    businesses). Though Thailand will continue to place a high
    priority on the safety and security of Pattaya's residents
    and tourists, it will always remain vulnerable and a target
    to a potential attack, though none are foreseeable at this
    time. For certain, the nightlife and illicit activities in
    Pattaya are still in full swing, probably due to the
    crackdown on nightlife in Bangkok (and specifically shrewd
    enforcement of the 1 am closing time) and the increased
    numbers of foreigners visiting the city. End Comment.
    BOYCE

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