Qatari tourist arrested for male rape

Police have arrested a Qatari man for allegedly raping an 18-year-old male employee of a fastfood shop at a hospital in Wattahana district last week.

Police said the tourist, aged 23, was arrested at the hospital on Tuesday. He denied the charge.

The arrest followed a complaint by a teenage employee of a fastfood shop at the hospital.

The 18-year-old  told police the suspect had come to the fastfood shop and asked for directions to a toilet late at night on Oct 6.  He led the man to the nearby toilet.

Once there, the man allegedly forced him to go inside the toilet with him, locked the door and raped him.

Lumpini police checked security camera recordings, saw and identified the suspect and obtained…