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April 7th, 2007, 15:32
THAILAND: Red faces after porn comics ordered off shelves-Asia Media
Organizers of Bangkok International Book Fair unable to check content of all books sold by over 800 vendors
Bangkok Post
Friday, April 6, 2007
By Anjira Assavanonda
A book distributor was ordered to take pornographic comic books off the shelf at the Bangkok International Book Fair yesterday following complaints from parents.
Deputy Prime Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham went to the booth of Rung Wattana Panich, which sells a variety of used books at cheap prices, and found hundreds of translated Japanese cartoon books with pornographic images inside, many showing the characters having sex.
Members of the Foundation of Family Networks lodged a complaint with the deputy prime minister when they met him at the Family Day event.
They said they were shocked to find their children reading porn comics bought from the national book fair.
Pranee Chaloeyjitratham, 49, said her 18-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter had bought dozens of the used comic books on Wednesday. They sold for 10 baht each, and customers buying 10 books would get one free. All the books were wrapped in plastic.
"At first I thought they were just common cartoon books until I saw my children engrossed in reading them for the whole day," said Mrs Panee.
"When I interrupted, they looked upset. So I flipped over some pages after they put the books down and found this pornography inside."
She had not expected such material to be sold at the national book fair, which is said to help promote reading for children.
Another parent, who did not give her name, said her seven-year-old son asked her what the characters were doing after reading one of the comics. She was shocked when he showed it to her.
the rest at http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-s ... ntid=67135 (http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=67135)
Organizers of Bangkok International Book Fair unable to check content of all books sold by over 800 vendors
Bangkok Post
Friday, April 6, 2007
By Anjira Assavanonda
A book distributor was ordered to take pornographic comic books off the shelf at the Bangkok International Book Fair yesterday following complaints from parents.
Deputy Prime Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham went to the booth of Rung Wattana Panich, which sells a variety of used books at cheap prices, and found hundreds of translated Japanese cartoon books with pornographic images inside, many showing the characters having sex.
Members of the Foundation of Family Networks lodged a complaint with the deputy prime minister when they met him at the Family Day event.
They said they were shocked to find their children reading porn comics bought from the national book fair.
Pranee Chaloeyjitratham, 49, said her 18-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter had bought dozens of the used comic books on Wednesday. They sold for 10 baht each, and customers buying 10 books would get one free. All the books were wrapped in plastic.
"At first I thought they were just common cartoon books until I saw my children engrossed in reading them for the whole day," said Mrs Panee.
"When I interrupted, they looked upset. So I flipped over some pages after they put the books down and found this pornography inside."
She had not expected such material to be sold at the national book fair, which is said to help promote reading for children.
Another parent, who did not give her name, said her seven-year-old son asked her what the characters were doing after reading one of the comics. She was shocked when he showed it to her.
the rest at http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-s ... ntid=67135 (http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=67135)