スポニチ
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/society/news/2006/08/21/03.html
カー容疑者 性転換手術を希望？
タイ捜査当局は２０日、米コロラド州でジョンベネ・ラムジちゃん＝当時（６）＝を誘拐、殺害したなどとして逮捕された米国人元教諭ジョン・マーク・カー容疑者を国外退去として米国側に引き渡し、同容疑者は同日夜の航空機でロサンゼルスに向かった。共同電によると、タイ警察は１６日、米捜査当局による殺人、誘拐、子供への性的暴行容疑の令状に基づきバンコク市内のアパートでカー容疑者を逮捕。同容疑者は過去２年間に５回タイに入国し、一時は私立校の教壇に立っていたとされる。
地元紙は２０日、カー容疑者が逮捕前に性別適合（性転換）手術を行うクリニックに通い、手術に必要なカウンセリングを受けていたと報じた。
[ 2006年08月21日付 紙面記事 ]
以下英文記事部分訳 byAJ
・バンコクのPratunam Polyclinicに通院していた。このクリニックは世界で最も有名なトランスセクシュアル美人コンテストのスポンサー。
・Pruksan Laser Centreで顔の脱毛も受けていた。
・Pratunam ClinicのDr. Thep Vechavisitのコメント。「かれは何度も通院していた。しかし治療の詳細についてはいえない。」
・ここの手術費は1600ドル。
・匿名を条件にかたった従業員の話。「彼はクリニックで医師と性転換手術の話をしていた」
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401489&in_page_id=1770
＞He was a patient at the Pratunam Polyclinic in Bangkok, which specialises in male-to-female sex-change operations. It also sponsors the sex-city's annual World's Most Beautiful Transsexual competition. And right up until his arrest, 41-year-old Karr was also undergoing a series of laser treatments to remove facial hair at the Pruksan Laser Centre, another clinic that helps transsexuals. As Karr left Bangkok, a spokesman for the Pratunam Clinic said: "He was our patient but we cannot give out any details of his treatment. He was treated here." Thai police said Karr seemed to pick the two clinics after a long quest for a sex-change surgeon.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003211822_karrchange20.html
BANGKOK, Thailand — The man who confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey had another bizarre secret up his sleeve in the months before his arrest: he was visiting a surgical center that specializes in sex-change operations.
Staff at the Pratunam Clinic, Thailand's top transgender center, said Saturday that John Mark Karr, 41, was a patient but wouldn't say how close he was to getting "sexual-reassignment" surgery.
"Yes, he had treatment here," a representative said. "He was our patient. He came a number of times. But we cannot give out details on his treatment as we are ethically bound to keep these things private."
The disclosure came a day after it was discovered that Karr sought cosmetic surgeons' help changing his face in Bangkok. In his nine months there, he made 12 phone calls from his hotel room, nine to plastic surgeons.
Two calls were to the Pratunam Clinic, which specializes in putting men under the knife to become "ladyboys," as they are called locally, and sponsors the annual World's Most Beautiful Transsexual competition. It charges $1,600 for the surgery, which could cost $25,000 in the West.
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27267821.shtml
"He was one of my patients," Dr. Thep Vechavisit of the Pratunam Polyclinic told AP. He refused to provide further details.
Another employee at the clinic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to the media, said Karr had talked with the doctor about a sex-change operation.
