webfact 78,927 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Police Hunt For Gibbon Selfie Hawker On Koh Samui By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter Photo: Arkadiy Kulev / Facebook KOH SAMUI — Island police are on the lookout for a repeat wildlife offender who farms tourists for money by charging them for photos with a gibbon. Koh Samui police were looking Wednesday for Ismail Thalang, 35, after someone posted a video clip of him approaching beach-goers with a small ape slung over his shoulder earlier in the week on Chaweng Beach. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2018/12/26/police-hunt-for-gibbon-selfie-hawker-on-koh-samui/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-12-26 Link to post Share on other sites
Briggsy 17,912 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Yeah, yeah, I am sure the cops have absolutely noooooooooo idea who this guy is. (but somebody who looks like him carrying a weird looking thing he calls a 'big Pekingese' comes around every Thursday and spots the sergeant a few grand) Link to post Share on other sites
NCC1701A 52,830 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, webfact said: with a small ape slung over his shoulder Link to post Share on other sites
observer90210 8,528 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I think that I see the ape smoking on the shoulder of his handler, on the beach !!! Link to post Share on other sites
AhFarangJa 11,965 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thongchana said he does not remember what Ismail was fined. Yeh, right...........just got mixed up with all the other "Fines" that day..... Link to post Share on other sites
Vacuum 14,704 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 17 hours ago, webfact said: Island police are on the lookout for a repeat wildlife offender They should apprehend the tourists who contribute to his 'services'. Link to post Share on other sites
Ponlamai 56 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 This guy looks familiar. Seen him on Lamai too with Gibbon baby and when approached to complain about the illegality of this, one is met with not so thinly veiled threats. Seen the same activity in other tourist spots such as Ao Nang, and feel quite sad for the poor victims. Link to post Share on other sites
Tchooptip 4,036 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Ponlamai said: This guy looks familiar. Seen him on Lamai too with Gibbon baby and when approached to complain about the illegality of this, one is met with not so thinly veiled threats. Seen the same activity in other tourist spots such as Ao Nang, and feel quite sad for the poor victims. Did you approach him to complain about the illegality of this? Link to post Share on other sites
ethaniel 136 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 According to the little muslim beard that he has, it’s better to never confront them directly. Unless you want him to go gibbon jihad on your ass. Link to post Share on other sites
Ponlamai 56 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 5:14 PM, Tchooptip said: Did you approach him to complain about the illegality of this? Mainly to tell his 'customers' of the story behind Gibbon baby exploitation. He's been doing this for years I believe. Link to post Share on other sites
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