Friday, January 09, 2009
Boracay PNP intensifies campaign on 'lady boys'
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL / Panay News
BORACAY - Five alleged “male prostitutes” were charged vagrancy cases by the Boracay Special Tourist Protection Office (BSTPO) on Wednesday before the Aklan Prosecutors Office.
PO1 Ariel Naral said the “lady boys” were apprehended at a popular beach bar and restaurant in Brgy. Balabag at 4 a.m. apparently with their Russian customers.
"Most gay commercial sex workers in the island of Boracay victimized male foreign tourists for robbery. Last year, the police received complaints from a British national that he was robbed male prostitutes," he said.
Naral said the offenders are residents of Kalibo and Makato in Aklan, Sebaste in Antique, and Puerto Galera, Palawan.
The 100-strong BSTPO, headed by Supt. Arnold Ardiente, has intensified its campaign against prostitution and vagrancy by deploying beat patrols and maximum police visibility on strategic areas of Boracay Island.
Ardiente said the offenders were detained at the Aklan Rehabilitation Center in Brgy. Nalook in Kalibo, Aklan.
At the Aklan Prosecutors Office, Senior Supt. Clarence Guinto checked the filing of vagrancy cases against the five “lady boys”. Theft and vagrancy cases are common among child offenders, the police said.
PO1 Ariel Naral said the “lady boys” were apprehended at a popular beach bar and restaurant in Brgy. Balabag at 4 a.m. apparently with their Russian customers.
"Most gay commercial sex workers in the island of Boracay victimized male foreign tourists for robbery. Last year, the police received complaints from a British national that he was robbed male prostitutes," he said.
Naral said the offenders are residents of Kalibo and Makato in Aklan, Sebaste in Antique, and Puerto Galera, Palawan.
The 100-strong BSTPO, headed by Supt. Arnold Ardiente, has intensified its campaign against prostitution and vagrancy by deploying beat patrols and maximum police visibility on strategic areas of Boracay Island.
Ardiente said the offenders were detained at the Aklan Rehabilitation Center in Brgy. Nalook in Kalibo, Aklan.
At the Aklan Prosecutors Office, Senior Supt. Clarence Guinto checked the filing of vagrancy cases against the five “lady boys”. Theft and vagrancy cases are common among child offenders, the police said.
Actually, I know of a lot of tourists that are robbed by both male and female sex workers. But very few ever attempt to report it other than as conversation in a bar the next night. I've heard of some resort operators taking the complaint but not forwarding it to the police because of the image it leaves their resort.
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