Phuket shop staff admits to stealing Chinese tourist’s possessions

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Phuket shop staff admits to stealing Chinese tourist’s possessions

The Phuket News

 

The clothes shop / barbers on Soi Ta-iad in Chalong where the theft took place. Photo: Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: A female shop worker yesterday admitted to police that she stole a bag containing various valuables from a Chinese tourists whilst in the shop on Phuket’s famed Muay Thai street Soi Ta-iad.

 

Lt Col Thada Sodarak of the Chalong Police was notified of an incident by Phuket Tourist Police at 3pm yesterday (Jan 23) where it was reported that a Chinese woman named only as Ms Tangqin, 29, had had her bag stolen from a shop on Soi Ta-iad in Chalong.

 

Lt Col Thada said, “Ms Tangqin told us that she and her friend(s) have been staying at a resort in Soi Ta-iad. She went to a clothes shop / barbers and hung up her Adidas bag, which had an iPhone8 Plus (cost B35,000), 900 yuan in cash (B4,484), about B900 in cash, ATM card(s), ID card, hotel key(s) and a hotel deposit card, whilst she looked around the shop.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-shop-staff-admits-to-stealing-chinese-tourist-possessions-65701.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-01-24

[petermik]

It was a mistake...wai and 500 baht fine  

[Old Croc]

They retrieved the cash but not the very expensive phone and other items.

Fine her the cost of the missing goods. 

[Bangkok Barry]

This idiot stole the bag but denied it, fogetting that her shop had CCTV to catch thieves. Oh the irony, and a special kind of stupid.

[zzidenn]

 wasn‘t there a story about a guy who stole cheap crap and got deported for it? but of course its different if ur not thai....

Edited January 24, 2018 by zzidenn
typo

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, zzidenn said:

 wasn‘t there a story about a guy who stole cheap crap and got deported for it? but of course its different if ur not thai....

Sure is, Thais cannot be deported from their own country.

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, zzidenn said:

 wasn‘t there a story about a guy who stole cheap crap and got deported for it? but of course its different if ur not thai....

Yes, one is a bad guest/tourist, the other  a bad host! They are both bad.

One gets punished, the other gets away with it.

Edited January 24, 2018 by jacko45k

[steven100]

don't think i'll get my hair cut at her shop ....

[stevenl]

20 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, one is a bad guest/tourist, the other  a bad host! They are both bad.

One gets punished, the other gets away with it.

Look at Thai jails, full of bad Thai.

 

Your comment shows you have no idea.

Edited January 25, 2018 by stevenl

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Look at Thai jail's, full of bad Thai.

 

Your comment shoes you have no idea.

Sandals old chap!

Not full enough obviously.

Your comment is hard to decypher.

Edited January 25, 2018 by jacko45k

[zzidenn]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, one is a bad guest/tourist, the other  a bad host! They are both bad.

One gets punished, the other gets away with it.

Yes that’s what I was getting at

[Sir Dude]

Thieves everywhere now. Many simply don't want to work and put in the time for stuff now as they feel entitled to it for nothing plus are under pressure from all sorts of sources like social media and peers to have it all (keeping up with the neighbours is an understatement now). And on top of that, the punishments for this sort of behaviour is so light now it's ludicrous, hence so many are happy to cross-the-line. 

Edited January 25, 2018 by Sir Dude

[stevenl]

55 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

Thieves everywhere now. Many simply don't want to work and put in the time for stuff now as they feel entitled to it for nothing plus are under pressure from all sorts of sources like social media and peers to have it all (keeping up with the neighbours is an understatement now). And on top of that, the punishments for this sort of behaviour is so light now it's ludicrous, hence so many are happy to cross-the-line. 

So what is the punishment for this sort of behaviour?

[Sir Dude]

13 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So what is the punishment for this sort of behaviour?

500 baht and a wai.

Edited January 25, 2018 by Sir Dude

[stevenl]

30 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

500 baht and a wai.

So you really have no idea. More like 3 years.

[Sir Dude]

3 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So you really have no idea. More like 3 years.

Called sarcasm...guess that's something you know nothing of. Why so serious if you're not trolling?. 

[LivinginKata]

25 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So you really have no idea. More like 3 years.

 

I very much doubt it. Some sort of compensation to victim and 500 baht to police.

[stevenl]

15 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

 

I very much doubt it. Some sort of compensation to victim and 500 baht to police.

Check the jails in Thailand, full of convicts for similar crimes.

[LivinginKata]

9 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Check the jails in Thailand, full of convicts for similar crimes.

 

Maybe - but those are very poor, unconnected, and uneducated. Come on Steven you know how it works here with BiB. Mostly all dealt with at the police station and most never get to the court system. Once out of Police control the BiB can't make any money.  I can tell you me and my wife have been there, done that for building code violations. BiB tried hard to shake us down for big Bahts, we pushed to go to court. BiB got nothing, court tried to shake us down - and got nothing. Yes - I know theft is a different and more serious case. But the system is the same - corrupt.

[stevenl]

17 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

 

Maybe - but those are very poor, unconnected, and uneducated. Come on Steven you know how it works here with BiB. Mostly all dealt with at the police station and most never get to the court system. Once out of Police control the BiB can't make any money.  I can tell you me and my wife have been there, done that for building code violations. BiB tried hard to shake us down for big Bahts, we pushed to go to court. BiB got nothing, court tried to shake us down - and got nothing. Yes - I know theft is a different and more serious case. But the system is the same - corrupt.

And what is your experience with thieving?

[LivinginKata]

22 minutes ago, stevenl said:

And what is your experience with thieving?

 

None ...

[stevenl]

2 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

 

None ...

Thanks.

[White Christmas13]

12 hours ago, stevenl said:

Look at Thai jails, full of bad Thai.

 

Your comment shows you have no idea.

So how many years have you spend in a Thai jail to post some thing like that

[stevenl]

15 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

So how many years have you spend in a Thai jail to post some thing like that

Unfortunately I have had to visit a few due to relatives there. And the wait is always long, plenty of time to interact with other relatives.

[White Christmas13]

3 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Unfortunately I have had to visit a few due to relatives there. And the wait is always long, plenty of time to interact with other relatives.

So you had to visit a few relatives and had to wait, can you explain what the other relatives are?

Are your whole family in jail ?

[stevenl]

Just now, White Christmas13 said:

So you had to visit a few relatives and had to wait, can you explain what the other relatives are?

Are your whole family in jail ?

Relatives of other inmates.

 

Thai, therefore extended family.

[White Christmas13]

2 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Relatives of other inmates.

 

Thai, therefore extended family.

Well of course there would be more Thais in prison then farangs this is Thailand don't forget

In Australia would be more Aussies in prison than Thais so in the USA or Great Briton

[stevenl]

9 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

Well of course there would be more Thais in prison then farangs this is Thailand don't forget

In Australia would be more Aussies in prison than Thais so in the USA or Great Briton

Which has nothing to do with my comments.

 

Have fun entertaining others here, I'm not reacting to you anymore.

[White Christmas13]

Just to remind you this is your comment

 

Look at Thai jails, full of bad Thai.

[stevenl]

8 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

Just to remind you this is your comment

 

Look at Thai jails, full of bad Thai.

Yes, and now look at the post that was the response to.

And that really is the end for me with you here.

Edited January 25, 2018 by stevenl