Aussie bar owner assault: Thai media cite "foreign mafia" involvement

 

Picture: TNA

 

Thai News Agency mentioned foreign mafia involvement in the early morning assault of an Australian bar owner.

 

Chris, 45, the owner of Good Goat Bar in Soi Bua Khao was left bruised and bloodied after he was kicked and punched by two men - one Thai and one foreign after returning to his bar.

 

TNA TV reported the story and wrote that foreign mafia were involved in a headline on social media.

 

Chris had been drinking in Soi LK Metro before returning in the early hours to tell his staff there had been trouble at a Go Go bar.

 

Two men arrived on a motorbike and knocked him unconscious. They left saying it wasn't over.

 

Pictures showed the victim with blood spatter on his t-shirt being escorted to hospital.

 

Source: TNA

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-03-20

 

Mafia?  Sounds like typical Thai media xenaphobia towards foreigners. If the rebels or bandidos had come calling to serve out punishment i doubt if he would of walked out, albeit groggily.

He's pissed off some local  soi  bar  farangs  & Thais.

Well obviously!  it can't be a Thai as they are full of goodness, love and empathy. 

Maybe not paid tea money, sadly one reason I would not open a bar or other buissness in the major tourist area's.

Edited March 20, 20188 yr by nev

7 minutes ago, nev said:

Maybe not paid tea money, sadly one reason I would not open a bar or other buissness in the major tourist area's.

Or a minor one.

Hope to see a photo of this particular 'mafia' type.

Safe bet he will look nothing like anyone on The Godfather.

 

BiB just find a way to shut you down if you don't pay.

Sounds like he has a history with someone.

Lot of foreigners doing whatever they want in this town under the delusion of "protection" from some Thai.

 

Lk metro is still controlled by a certain type of foreigner, police cleared it out a few years ago after a friend of mine , who had a business in Lk metro had a fall out with another business owner. My friend (Australian) was shopping at Thepisit market and as he was on his way back to his car , was approached by a group of Thai guys who bundled him into the rear of a car . However as the car slowed and turned into Sukumvit he threw himself from the Car onto the road and escaped . A week later after further problems he flew back to Australia with his family and left his business. 

3 hours ago, HLover said:

Hope to see a photo of this particular 'mafia' type.

Safe bet he will look nothing like anyone on The Godfather.

 

Much too warm for suits and ties?

So with the polluted sea and the night life happenings everything is just fine and dandy.

Interesting to see how this develops. Maybe he was pissed and got into a silly argument with someone who don't take kindly to such things. Maybe it's more. Ah, the pond life of Pattaya!

 

Btw: what happened in the case of the American killer who killed the Aussie recently? Or the guy having trouble with Aussie bikers up North? Not seen any reports for sometime.

 

 

I guess the moral is the same as a bar girl, use it but don't own it !

Drain the pond!

Just now, cardinalblue said:

Drain the pond!

Milk the Goat!

6 minutes ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

So with the polluted sea and the night life happenings everything is just fine and dandy.

 

Polluted sea had a BIG effect here. Clearly somebody had been out swimming. But there could be more--much more.

 

In all news threads reporting any negative incident, it's best to go ahead and get it ALL out there ASAP to avoid piecemeal repetitions that leave out most of the good stuff. Here ya go:

 

 

'mafia'

were they Italians then? 

 

Whenever a crime is committed in my Thai locale I am told that some "mafia" have been at work.

 

I think it's just easier for them to say than "criminal" and is a convenient "catch all".

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 20188 yr by Enoon

Aside from teenagers, the only men I see regularly riding 2 up on motorbikes in Thailand are the police.  

22 minutes ago, akirasan said:

Aside from teenagers, the only men I see regularly riding 2 up on motorbikes in Thailand are the police.  

yesterdays report on this said they were on 2 motorcycles. don't expect fantastic reporting here ; )

1 hour ago, car720 said:

same old protection racket.  They tell me it happens a lot in the USA.

This is about Thailand...Pattaya to be more exact. What is the direct connection to the USA?

5 hours ago, lanista said:

Thai media xenaphobia towards foreigners

sometimes it feels more like jealousy to me

5 hours ago, webfact said:

foreign mafia involvement

Jesus, a guy gets a <deleted> punch in the <deleted> face and drops <deleted>.
Thai news media  <deleted> jumps on it <deleted> with 'mafia' <deleted> suggestions.
They would have <deleted> shot him - if that would be the <deleted> case... <deleted>

1 hour ago, Easy Come Easy Go said:

'mafia'

were they Italians then? 

Thais always like to exaggerate. Small-time hoodlums (now there's a word you don't see used much these days) are mafia, any model is a supermodel, any pop singer is a superstar. In their own mind they are. Better than acknowledging the reality of being a small fish in a small pond.

8 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Thais always like to exaggerate. Small-time hoodlums (now there's a word you don't see used much these days) are mafia, any model is a supermodel, any pop singer is a superstar. In their own mind they are. Better than acknowledging the reality of being a small fish in a small pond.

And it's not an exclusive Thai trait by any stretch. 

All over the world it seems that something out of the ordinary is now ' surreal' and instead of simply saying yes people now feel the need to say ' absolutely '.

 

No idea what they will say when confronted with something absolutely surreal in the real sense.  Fall back on gobsmacked I suppose. 

Edited March 20, 20188 yr by tryasimight

Always entertaining to read comments here on TVF :)

Guy probably shoots his mouth off all the time. 

Never a good thing to upset Thais in a bar.never know what will happen.no matter who you are

It seems the victim has no problems buying his four 'n twenties in Pattaya!!

Chris had been drinking in Soi LK Metro before returning in the early hours to tell his staff there had been trouble at a Go Go bar. "enough said"

Foreign mafia haha more like the local  Thai and Russian mafia. 

Having a Bussiness in a tourist area is ok but not a go go bar or a freelance bar asking for trouble 

Rule number 1 once you  have half naked ladies and a shelf full of booze in your shop your <deleted>....