The motorbike driver also grabbed the woman between her legs during the incident.
A formal complaint was filed at Phuket City Police Station at 4:26am. Pol Lt Col Thapapon Phaengphimlo, the head of the Investigation Division at Phuket City Police, received the complaint.
The woman explained that she had visited the ‘Walking Street’ market in the Phuket Old Town area and at 00:45am hailed a motorbike taxi to take her back to her hotel, in Moo 1, Ratsada.
The motorbike taxi driver called the hotel to confirm its address, then she got on the motorbike.
Along the way, the motorbike taxi driver turned to her and asked her her name. He then kissed her on the cheek then grabbed her hand and forced her to touch his penis.
When the woman pulled her hand away, the motorbike taxi driver grabbed her hand and repeated the action. He then used his hand to grab her genitals, the police report noted.
The woman tourist, afraid of what might happen next, jumped off the motorbike and suffered a minor injury in the fall.
The motorbike taxi driver stopped and was approaching her, but by that time a “good citizen” was already coming to her aid, the report noted.
The motorbike taxi driver turned and fled the scene.
Police are using the number of the phone that the motorbike taxi driver used to call the hotel to track him down with the intent of pressing charges, police confirmed.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, local residents have voiced their outrage over two foreigners having sex in plain view on Patong Beach.
The couple were caught in the act, up against a stack of sunloungers, and recorded on video, which has been shared on social media. Patong Police have yet to comment on that incident.