Fake taxi driver suspected of rape Bangkok Post Learning

A man who posed as a motorcycle taxi driver and harassed drunk women every night has been arrested on suspicion of raping a Chinese woman he picked up at a Bangkok nightclub, police said.

The 35-year-old suspect, identified only as Thanapat, was arrested on his motorcycle on Royal City Avenue (RCA) in Huai Khwang district at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, police said.

When officers examined his cellphone, they found a video of his last victim drunkenly urinating and vomiting in bed. They also found similar videos of five other women and other people depicting child abuse.

The arrest was made following a complaint by a Chinese woman who told police that she woke up naked next to a man in a motel. She said she had been raped and had semen in her body.

Police found that the suspect was usually dressed like a motorcycle taxi driver and would search for drunk victims in nightclubs between 1 and 5 a.m.

According to police, the Chinese woman was waiting for a driver on the RCA on Monday after calling him via an app. The suspect approached her on his bicycle and pretended to be the driver she had called.

He then took her to a motel on Rang Nam Road, where he raped her for about two hours, police said.

Mr Thanapat denied all allegations and said he had the woman’s consent. He also said the other women recorded on his phone were sex workers.

The police did not believe the suspect and had evidence that he took advantage of drunk women every night in nightclubs.

Police also noted that the suspect had been prosecuted for two thefts in Phayao in 2008 and 2012, as well as illegal gambling in Huai Khwang district in 2018.