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Culture of shame silences abuse victims

This picture taken in April shows a coalition of activists involved in a protest organised amid the sex scandal facing ex-Democrat deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The scandal involving the former deputy leader of a political party accused of sex crimes against multiple women and the child human trafficking case in Surat Thani province in which a suspect is a local politician's son share one distinct similarity -- both men have faced similar accusations in the past.

The implication is, of course, that a combination of Thailand's justice system and social values continue to put sex-crime survivors at a disadvantage in more than one way.

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