Allegations fly as "stolen lottery ticket" story takes new twists

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The drama surrounding the story of the man who reported that his winning tickets worth 12 million baht in the national lottery had been stolen just got more interesting.

 

What at first looked like a simple matter of a man not cashing his 12 million baht winnings immediately and having his two winning tickets stolen from under his nose now looks anything but straightforward.

 

Earlier Phansak Seuakhumsaeng of Nang Rong district in Buriram had reported winning the lottery to police, as is the custom for big wins in Thailand. But within a couple of days he had lost his tickets.

 

So he went back to the cops to report the loss.

 

In the meantime another person or persons cashed them and claimed the 12 million from the lottery office, it is believed.

 

Though not revealed in the original story on Thaivisa, Phansak claimed that the person who stole them was the son of Jamlong Paochumsaeng, 38, whose family members are frequent visitors to his house.

 

Jamlong said that this is rubbish and the accusation has caused considerable trouble to his family, their reputation and caused a loss of face.

 

He said his son, aged just 14, stayed with Phansak Monday to Friday of the week the tickets went missing then went to Chonburi at the weekend. When contacted on the Line app and accused of theft he was completely confused because he said he had done nothing wrong.

 

Jamlong claimed that the man who cashed the tickets is a person from Roi-Et.

 

Meanwhile that man, Withaya Thanasapsin, told reporters following the case that he would go to Nang Rong police today, Thursday. He would not say if he had cashed the tickets or had the money but just said that he had news in the matter.

 

Police in the area are still trying to get to the bottom of the case amid accusations that Phansak may have not been the owner of the tickets in the first place and may have even colluded with the lottery vendor in claiming that he was.

 

Stay tuned for more news on the drama of the week later today.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-09-28

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

and caused a loss of face.

And no one was murdered ?

Now that IS surprising !

A caveat put on the cashed check / account 

Loss of face from being an idiot 

"Earlier Phansak Seuakhumsaeng of Nang Rong district in Buriram had reported winning the lottery to police, as is the custom for big wins in Thailand. But within a couple of days he had lost his tickets."

 

Seriously? Why? To share the winnings??

 

Cops to Phansak: "So, when are we going to get our share?" - "Ahem... I kinda must have, somehow, lost the tickets, sorry..."

 

Edited September 27, 20178 yr by StayinThailand2much

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

And no one was murdered ?

Now that IS surprising !

Never mind murder; causing 'loss of face' is the worst crime in Thailand!

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Jamlong said that this is rubbish and the accusation has caused considerable trouble to his family, their reputation and caused a loss of face.

If this kid did take the ticket and got someone to cash it in I'm sure the ' loss of face '  will not worry them for 12m.

Is this a case of the ole switcheroo??

I'll prosecute you back so nobody knows who to believe. 

The classic defense in Thailand. 

Bet the Thai soap writers are frantically bashing out a new script right now.

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

And no one was murdered ?

Now that IS surprising !

Not yet!  Give it another couple of days; they've got to figure-out how to hide the money first.

Stolen 12 million baht winning lottery ticket - more details emerge

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Yet more intriguing details have emerged in the case of a Buriram man who said someone stole and cashed his two winning lottery tickets worth 12 million baht.

 

The original investigating officers have been replaced with a new head. Phaisan Suwantha has been handed the responsibility.

 

It was confirmed yesterday that the lottery vendor called Suwat who was so sure earlier that he had sold the tickets to complainant Phansak has now changed his story.

 

This prompted Phansak's father Weera and aunt Bang-orn to say: "Now we're confused". But they still expressed confidence that the new police team investigating would get to the bottom of the drama that is gripping the nation.

 

Vendor Suwat refused to let the media take his picture yesterday saying it could affect the case.

 

Then came a further tidbit - the person who cashed the tickets and got the money is believed to be the wife of a rich man who owns a gas station in Roi-Et.

 

She has already been issued with two summonses. If she fails to respond to the third an arrest warrant will be issued for her, said investigator Phaisan.

 

The woman - not named in the Sanook article - said she was not yet ready to give evidence.

 

Phaisan said he had interviewed ten witnesses and there is a mountain of evidence in the case that he hopes to have resolved within the next week.

 

Phansak's winning tickets were for the national lottery drawn on August 16th. After reporting his win to police he realized that his tickets had been taken from his house.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-09-28

Is this a case of the ole switcheroo??

I'll prosecute you back so nobody knows who to believe. 

The classic defense in Thailand. 

There you have it, the person that cashed up is the wife of a           rich. ............. and declined to report to police. 

 

Its pretty clear the woman got the ticket by less than honest means 

So might it be that the vendor sells his tickets from the gas station of the wife who cashed the tickets?  Let's see, but me thinks so.

9 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

"Earlier Phansak Seuakhumsaeng of Nang Rong district in Buriram had reported winning the lottery to police, as is the custom for big wins in Thailand. But within a couple of days he had lost his tickets."

 

Seriously? Why? To share the winnings??

 

Cops to Phansak: "So, when are we going to get our share?" - "Ahem... I kinda must have, somehow, lost the tickets, sorry..."

 

Back during the war on drugs a couple who had won the lottery kept quiet about it. Their house was riddled with bullets by local BIB who suspected they were drug dealers.

This twisted story and the bad English written here completely de-rail me I am totally in the dark now. Can someone please enlighten me ? ( I sometimes wonder have those anglo-saxon forsaken their mother tongue? They no longer write proper good English anymore).

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