According to Phuket Gazette the Royal Thai Police are about to implement a crackdown on criminal Thai ladyboys in Phuket. Yes I did say ladyboys, that’s kathoey, kathoeys or third gender call them what you will and not the recently publicised jet ski scammers whose sexual orientation is irrelevant. Now since Thailand is usually quite accepting of Kathoeys I wonder what has prompted the sudden apparent change in the status quo? Well it seems the US Navy is at least partly to blame, actually