Thai Police Warn Teens: No Sex On Valentine's Day

Alarmed by polls showing one in four Thai teens will celebrate Valentine's Day by having sex, police plan to swoop on motels, malls and parks to make sure teens behave themselves.

The annual campaign to ensure good behaviour on Feb. 14 will see city officials turn on all lights at public parks in the capital Bangkok, while parents are urged to make sure their teenagers come home early.

But that's not all, police and "student inspectors" from the Education Ministry will be checking discrete "curtain" motels to make sure youths under the age of 18 are not using them.

This is a big undertaking in the country: "We will send patrols to check out public parks, restaurants and shopping malls, which are the starting points for potential sexual activities that will be done at home or motels," Bangkok police spokesman Suporn Pansuea says.

Despite Bangkok's reputation as one of the world's sex industry centres, predominately Buddhist Thailand is generally a conservative country.

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