A woman walked into a police station in northern Bangkok with an unusual request: she wanted to be arrested.
Police at the Patunam Chulalongkorn Police Station said the woman, 40, walked in on Sunday holding a yaba tablet and asked officers to take her into custody so she could escape an abusive relationship, according to this report from Khaosod English:
“Two days ago, my girlfriend and her friends forced me to take drug. I said no. But they beat me and I complied,” Tassanee told police yesterday. “Then I made an escape.”
She told police officers she would rather live in prison, where she would be fed daily and be protected from her girlfriend.
“I want to go to jail,” Tassanee said. “I don’t want to get involved with narcotics circles. And I don’t have any money at all. At least in prison, there’s food for me, and I can be away from my girlfriend and her friends. They cannot harm me.”
A police official said they charged her with possession and will send her to rehab if tests find any drugs in her system.
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