Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Walking Street attackers tell their side of the story as Pattaya police dish out 2,500 baht fine The men who attacked a foreigner outside Linda Beer Bar in Walking Street have been arrested and have told their side of the story to Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch. It was all over two bottles of beer. The Thais have given some wais and apologized to society and Pattaya. Pattaya cops moved swiftly to arrest Thanawat Khonyang, 38 and his buddy Nakorn Khamsuk, 35 who are CD sellers in Walking Street. Earlier the clip of the fight - two on one - caused a large amount of comment on social media as once again the image of Pattaya came under the spotlight. This time the Thais had plenty to say in their defense - the crux was that the foreigner started it even though they admitted assault and going over the top due to anger. Image: Daily News Here is Thanawat's story: He said that he sells CDs outside Family Mart. The foreigner and his Thai girlfriend emerged from the shop with a beer each. They had not finished their beverage and asked to leave the bottles by his stall and they would come back for them. He said the bottles were in the way of the stall so he moved them next to a power pole. Next the Thai female came back alone and removed the bottles and disappeared. Then the foreigner came back and said "Where's my beer?" Thanawat said that the woman had taken them off with her and this was when the foreigner lost his rag. "He wanted me to buy him more beer," said Thanawat, who added that he was not going to do that as it was hardly his responsibility. This enraged the foreigner more and he pushed the Thai and poked him in the eye. Then a fight broke out with Thanawat's friend helping him out as the foreigner was bigger than him. "I'm sorry for what I did," said Thanawat, "but he started it". Further apologies to society and Pattaya, in that order, followed along with assurances that he would not do such a thing again. A fine of 2,500 baht was given, half of what was possible under the law as an admission had been forthcoming. The Daily News report did not make it clear whether both men were fined or just Thanawat. The Pattaya cops want to speak to the foreigner and his girlfriend - neither of whom have been named. Further charges could follow but Pol Col Apichai promised "justice for all concerned" no matter what. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-03-21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post juice777 Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 " Pol Col Apichai promised "justice for all concerned" no matter what. "ClassicSent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigBadGeordie Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 So we have: A cheap charlie buying beer at the Family Mart for him and his bar fine. Puts the beers down and asks a chap selling copy cd out side a ladyboy bar to take care of them. Bar fine returns, collects beers. Farang looks for beer (note not now looking for bar fine, sorry girlfriend). Gets angry as ladyboy (sorry girlfriend/barfine) has taken the beers. Pokes copy cd seller in the eye. Fight commences. Thai chap kicks guy in the head. Guy gets up and leaves. Copy cd seller fined 50% of max as he admitted it was him ( bit hard not to considering the video). Apologises to Thailand for bringing Pattaya into disrepute ( the irony is not lost on me). Heads off back to work, selling copy cds. Farang goes home. . Just another day in a tropical paradise. 11 4 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Expensive night for the two Thais hope they learn and think again before they lose their rag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TVGerry Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) You can tell that the police are getting tough on this kind of behavior! They're meting out 2500 baht fines instead of the usual 500! Edited March 21, 2018 by TVGerry 3 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Territorial Thais,defending their illegal enterprise...entreprenours.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 Hopefully the tourists who started it will be fined too. Maybe they'll also wai for the cameras.Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henrik Andersen Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 Half of the fine come on police Not get fine for selling CD copies And to the foreign man take care your own beer you tourist not king but it seems you can't even take care your lady 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thian Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said: Hopefully the tourists who started it will be fined too. Maybe they'll also wai for the cameras. Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Hopefully he also apologises to all us farang in thailand for giving us a bad reputation. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: He said the bottles were in the way of the stall so he moved them next to a power pole. Next the Thai female came back alone and removed the bottles and disappeared. So all this because some lady of the night stole 2 half empty bottles of beer..... 1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Further apologies to society and Pattaya, in that order, followed along with assurances that he would not do such a thing again. A fine of 2,500 baht was given, half of what was possible under the law as an admission had been forthcoming. How can you not love this country? Perfect solution...!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overherebc Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, nev said: Expensive night for the two Thais hope they learn and think again before they lose their rag. Hope the stupid expat never comes back. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) ultra low class scum get their 15 minutes of fame. I'm off to the Intercontinental Hotel here in Hua Hin for a glass of wine at their beach side restaurant. Edited March 21, 2018 by NCC1701A 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 Another video has emerged of the incident . 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Familyonthemove Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) And if the Police had done their job in the first place and removed the illegal street hawker selling fake cd's and infringing copyrights - then the foreign yob could have left his beer outside in peace. Nobody came out of this one looking good. Edited March 21, 2018 by Familyonthemove 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post H1w4yR1da Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 2:47 PM, Birdbrain said: Cool Thai 1 Cocky Farang 0 5 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said: So we have: A cheap charlie buying beer at the Family Mart for him and his bar fine. Puts the beers down and asks a chap selling copy cd out side a ladyboy bar to take care of them. Bar fine returns, collects beers. Farang looks for beer (note not now looking for bar fine, sorry girlfriend). Gets angry as ladyboy (sorry girlfriend/barfine) has taken the beers. Pokes copy cd seller in the eye. Fight commences. Thai chap kicks guy in the head. Guy gets up and leaves. Copy cd seller fined 50% of max as he admitted it was him ( bit hard not to considering the video). Apologises to Thailand for bringing Pattaya into disrepute ( the irony is not lost on me). Heads off back to work, selling copy cds. Farang goes home. . Just another day in a tropical paradise. And you actually believe the Thais BS story? SMH! 7 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lemonjelly Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 Only one side (the Thai version) of the story seems all that the Pattaya RTP need to pass judgement and give a paltry fine for ABH against tourists.... nice.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Another farang makes a good PR for himself, dragging the status of other with him. To me this story has a new name. "Drunk barstool farang looses his beer to bargirl, and pokes an innocent mans eye." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickymouse1 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 LOL?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaxLee Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 11 hours ago, TVGerry said: You can tell that the police are getting tough on this kind of behavior! They're meting out 2500 baht fines instead of the usual 500! Well that’s 500 Baht plus 2,000 Baht FALANG surcharge 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simoh1490 Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 11 hours ago, mok199 said: Territorial Thais,defending their illegal enterprise...entreprenours.. Did you even bother to read any of the OP or are you just seizing the opportunity to bash! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Pattaya cops moved swiftly to arrest Thanawat Khonyang, 38 and his buddy Nakorn Khamsuk, 35 who are CD sellers in Walking Street. Luckily their CDs are all legit, otherwise they would've been fined an additional 10 baht reduced to 5 baht for admission of guilt. Edited March 22, 2018 by Darcula 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crealy22 Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 Now the fake CD seller can release a legitimate copy of the video footage onto DVD and sell it.Sent from my SM-A700FD using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emster23 Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 I would guess cops didn't bust him for selling CD copies as he already pays monthly "fines" to them 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 I call his explanation bullshit. He needs stop sell illegal cds and find job at burger King. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a977 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Wasn't long ago after American and watch sellers had an disagreement that the army stated they were going to clean up the people selling fake watches and other material, Well done army I still see the same fake watch seller come into bar 2-3 times a day in space of 4 hours I'm there, he even supplies other watch sellers got a bike full of the crap 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post torrzent Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, NCC1701A said: ultra low class scum get their 15 minutes of fame. I'm off to the Intercontinental Hotel here in Hua Hin for a glass of wine at their beach side restaurant. Ooooh big name dropping. So impressive. Slow clap......... Watch out for any CD sellers while enjoying your fruit juice/wine. Be sure to post updates of this impressive activity on facebook as we all eagerly await with baited breath. Edited March 22, 2018 by torrzent 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 11 hours ago, overherebc said: Hope the stupid expat never comes back. Would you? Nor will any of his mates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fullcave Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 13 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said: So we have: A cheap charlie buying beer at the Family Mart for him and his bar fine. So we have: a story and an assumption from the peanut gallery. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperobi Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 With the "Magic Wai" excuses for everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post torrzent Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 10 minutes ago, fullcave said: 13 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said: So we have: A cheap charlie buying beer at the Family Mart for him and his bar fine. Hold on with the cheap charlie thing. We need to first know what kind of beer was it, Archa or Hoegaarden. It's all in the evidence. The fight could be over 100 baht, not 30 baht! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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