hclee01
Nov 15, 06, 5:57 pm
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Just saw this news in a newspaper (http://www.todayonline.com) in Singapore. Thought that it will be useful info for single female travellers flying into/departing into BKK airport late in the night.
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BANGKOK - More than a dozen female Thai Airways employees have accused construction workers at Bangkok's new international airport of sexual
harassment, saying they were verbally or physically assaulted while working evening shifts, a union leader said yesterday.
Suvarnabhumi Airport opened in September, but remains partly under construction, with workers roaming its corridors through the night. Three female ground staff said they were molested late at night by workers who
groped them as they walked through dark and dimly-lit corridors, said Mr Somsak Srinual, the head of the union that represents Thai Airways employees.
Women staffers have complained of finding workers peering over the toilet stalls in restrooms.
About a dozen have reported incidents of verbal harassment, Mr Somsak said. One Thai Airways employee, Ms Santini Samiphakwiwatwej, told Channel 9 television on Tuesday that a construction worker appeared to be stalking her. "Sometimes, he follows me," she said, adding that on one occasion she spotted him and ran toward a security guard. "(But) when I turned back, he had disappeared."
The union has filed a complaint with the airport authorities, asking for more security and to have construction workers end their work day at 5pm,
Mr Somsak said. He said that the airport authorities have set up a hotline number and promised to tackle the problem
Just saw this news in a newspaper (http://www.todayonline.com) in Singapore. Thought that it will be useful info for single female travellers flying into/departing into BKK airport late in the night.
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BANGKOK - More than a dozen female Thai Airways employees have accused construction workers at Bangkok's new international airport of sexual
harassment, saying they were verbally or physically assaulted while working evening shifts, a union leader said yesterday.
Suvarnabhumi Airport opened in September, but remains partly under construction, with workers roaming its corridors through the night. Three female ground staff said they were molested late at night by workers who
groped them as they walked through dark and dimly-lit corridors, said Mr Somsak Srinual, the head of the union that represents Thai Airways employees.
Women staffers have complained of finding workers peering over the toilet stalls in restrooms.
About a dozen have reported incidents of verbal harassment, Mr Somsak said. One Thai Airways employee, Ms Santini Samiphakwiwatwej, told Channel 9 television on Tuesday that a construction worker appeared to be stalking her. "Sometimes, he follows me," she said, adding that on one occasion she spotted him and ran toward a security guard. "(But) when I turned back, he had disappeared."
The union has filed a complaint with the airport authorities, asking for more security and to have construction workers end their work day at 5pm,
Mr Somsak said. He said that the airport authorities have set up a hotline number and promised to tackle the problem