HIV-Infected Soldier Rapes 70 Minors

A HIV-contaminated trooper has been captured in Thailand after he extorted and assaulted in excess of 70 youngsters, specialists said.

Sgt. Maj. Jakkrit Khomsing, 43, was captured on Wednesday in the northeastern region of Khon Kaen.

Amid the capture, police said they found prescription for treating HIV at Jakkrit's home.

Tests affirmed the suspect was contaminated with HIV, the Associated Press revealed.

There were supposedly in excess of 70 unfortunate casualties, between the ages of 13 and 18, police said.

Specialists said they got a grievance that the trooper was utilizing counterfeit profiles on Facebook and on the gay dating application Blued to meet and win the trust of his exploited people.

Jakkrit at that point had the youngsters send him bare photographs previously consenting to meet him, police said.

He at that point would utilize the naked photographs to debilitate the young men on the off chance that they declined to engage in sexual relations with him. "We have proof that he assaulted the young men, around 75 of them," Surachate Hakparn, appointee leader of the innovation wrongdoing team, told AFP on Thursday.

Surachate said Jakkrit had been captured and charged on Wednesday. "We have clear proof of this and he admitted," Surachate included.

The supposed rapes had been continuing for a long time. Police trusted that the episodes could return further and have more extensive ramifications, Surachate said. "He has done this to young men since he served in Bangkok and kept doing it in Khon Kaen," Surachate said.Even however the suspect is a trooper, this conduct—and I've counseled with armed force commandants—is an individual issue, not a hierarchical one," Surachate stated, as per the AP.

The suspect had been deprived of his military rank, in any case.

Jakkrit was accused of six offenses, incorporating sex with a minor under 15 with or without their assent; foul strike of a minor under 15 utilizing dangers; isolating a minor under 15 from their folks without reason; shakedown; and pressuring minors to direct wrong acts. Youngster assault in Thailand is culpable with a most extreme sentence of 20 years in prison, AFP detailed.