Chatcharo Lek-Awut, 50, and his wife, Ms Praphada, 43, the owners of the stable, in Moo 4, Soi Bang Sai, Pa Khlok, first reported the ongoing incidents with Thalang Police last month.
The report, on Feb 5, was received by Thalang Police Chief Pol Col Nikorn Chuthong and Deputy Chief Pol Lt Col Yuttaphon Watthaseth.
The couple explained that they knew the young man from seeing him in the area. They thought he just loved horses and first saw him interacting with them when they took the horses into a nearby rubber plantation to graze last year.
However, he was seen inserting his hand into the vagina of the horse Nong Mali, a dwarf horse that was nine months pregnant at the time. Nong Mali appeared to have contracted an infection and the unborn foal was aborted last year.
The second horse the American is accused of interfering with is Nong Gina. The incident happened last month, but Nong Gina was not pregnant and there appeared to be no physical effect from the incident.
Most recently, the third horse to be subjected to the indecent act was Nong Noon last Sunday (Mar 10). Nong Noon is more than four months pregnant, and the couple are concerned that she too will suffer a miscarriage.
On Sunday, the man was seen entering the stable at about 4pm to 5pm, said Mr Chatcharo.
CCTV footage showed the man interacting with horses in the stable, and on at least two occasions inserting his hand into the female horse’s vagina.
“What are we supposed to do?” Ms Praphada asked reporters yesterday.
Pol Lt Col Yuttaphon Watthaseth of the Thalang Police, fellow investigators and officials from the Phuket Tourist Assistance Center (TAC) yesterday evening visited the home of the man and spoke with his father, who was shocked when shown the CCTV footage.
Through the father, an appointment was made for the son to come to Thalang Police Station this Saturday (Mar 16).