Jail problem for hermaphrodite

Bangkok - Prison authorities in Thailand are debating where to house a suspected drugs offender found to have both male and female…

Bangkok - Prison authorities in Thailand are debating where to house a suspected drugs offender found to have both male and female sexual organs.

Police initially sent the 22year-old to the women's wing of the prison in the central province of Lop Buri to be held pending trial, but a doctor there certified that the prisoner was a man. To avoid further confusion, the prisoner has been placed for the time being in the prison's medical quarter.

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