SURAT THANI, May 13 (TNA) – Police are hunting for an Asian man, who allegedly raped a Norwegian tourist on Pha-ngan Island after she returned from the Half Moon Party on May 12.
Chief of Surat Thani police, Pol Maj Gen Apichart Boonsriroj and investigation and forensic teams today inspected the scene to gather evidence after the 26-year-old Norwegian tourist filed a complaint that she was raped by a motorcyclist on May 12.
The tourist said after returning to her hotel from the Half Moon party, she found that she lost her wallet.
She and her male friend went out to look for the wallet but they failed to find it. Her friend went back to the hotel while she decided to walk back alone to the beach to the party site.
About 100 metres from her hotel, she met an Asian man on a motorcycle, who offered her a ride to look for her wallet. The man rode into a small alley, attacked her and raped her.
The police found the image of the suspect on CCTV camera footage and are hunting for the man. (TNA)
