Huge transsexual prostitute fight sees a mob of a hundred ‘ladyboys’ fighting a turf war in Bangkok, with escorts climbing over each other to rip off their rivals’ clothes and throw punches

This is the shocking moment police were caught up in a massive brawl between Filipino transgender prostitutes and Thai ladyboys over a turf war in Bangkok’s red-light district.

Officers were called Monday night when more than 100 local sex workers gathered at a hotel used by Philippine sex workers on the city’s Sukhumvit Street, part of a sprawling area of ​​gogo bars, street workers and lounges. massages.

Footage shows the first sex worker being dragged out of the Citin Sukhumvit 11 hotel, accused of being part of a group that clashed with locals and robbed their clients the night before.

However, local ladyboys erupted in fury when they saw their alleged attackers, causing chaotic scenes that led to a massive brawl.

In the video, stilettos fly as local transgender women are seen punching police, climbing buildings, trampling other girls, throwing objects and even ripping off their clothes.

The standoff reportedly continued at the Lumpini local district police station, where Filipino transgender women were detained for working without the necessary visas and permits.

Police Colonel Yingyot Suwanno, superintendent of Lumpini Police Station, said: ‘Upon receiving a report that a large number of transgender workers were gathering, police were dispatched to provide security at the location on Soi Sukhumvit 11 to prevent more violence.

‘The officers were armed as is normal procedure. They handled the situation well and kept the crowd under control.

‘Those involved were summoned to the police station to be questioned. We assure everyone that there will be justice and that we will make decisions accordingly.

‘We are currently questioning the suspects, some of those who complained, and will call any other people who have been identified, for further questioning.

‘We will also check their immigration status to determine if they are allowed to work. In the case of those from the Philippines, there is no visa for what they were doing.

“We asked the group of transgender women who gathered at the station to return home, and they finally agreed.”

Bangkok has been home to the world’s cheapest and most colorful red light zones since the 1960s, when American troops had military bases in Thailand. Many soldiers opened bars in the Patpong district and the city now has tens of thousands of strip clubs, gogo bars, massage shops and street prostitutes.

Despite claiming that prostitution is “illegal”, those within the industry – including many British expats who run bars – operate with impunity due to regular payments to the police, while sex workers from around the world now converge on the city to take advantage of horny tourists. .

Thailand ranked 108th out of 180 countries in the latest Transparency International index.

They found that a quarter of state workers had received a bribe in the previous 12 months and 88 percent of residents perceived “government corruption as a big problem.”