Vietnamese thieves and pickpockets blamed for damaging Thai tourism

 

 

Thai Rath columnist Plueng Payak wrote about the arrest of two female Vietnamese slash thieves and pickpockets who were nabbed in operations led by crime buster "Big Joke" Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal.

 

The columnist said that the Vietnamese were arrested in front of Yim Yim Place in Din Daeng.

 

They were named as Ngian Tee Hoei, 56, and Lei Tee Tu Hian, 34. 

 

They targeted tourists at sites in Bangkok because visitors to Thailand were less likely to report theft and would go home before they could press charges. 

 

Hian did the stealing and Hoei did the fencing and provided accommodation to the gang.

 

The names are likely to be false. Both women had been arrested before but simply went back home to Vietnam and changed their names and returned to continue their thieving ways. 

 

Pleung Payak said their actions were damaging for Thai tourism as the victims of such crime would post negative things about Thailand on social media and cause the country's image to be tarnished. 

 

Maj Gen Surachet has blamed gangs from several neighboring countries for preying on tourists in Thailand.

 

Source: https://www.thairath.co.th/content/1310787

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-6-19

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Maj Gen Surachet has blamed gangs from several neighboring countries for preying on tourists in Thailand.

He should take a visit to some of the local jails where he will find Thais arrested for theft far, far outnumber the foreigners. Very typical though to blame all the countries woes on the neighbours. Maybe that is why he is called a big joke. Thais never do anything to offend tourists do they?

Edited June 19, 20188 yr by ThreeEyedRaven

Pathetic at best.

This story explains the origin of that popular saying "Don't Vietnam to me".

The headline is true, but it’s like a fish in the ocean compared to the number of Thai taxi drivers, scammers and general street scum (who batter farangs on the ratio of 6-1

Thailand is for Thai scammers 

fair enough 

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai Rath columnist Plueng Payak wrote about the arrest of two female Vietnamese slash thieves and pickpockets

One on the left seems an incredibly 'butch' female to me ! 

Are they pixilating water bottles now?

 

 

Thainess as always: blame others!

Just look the robbing and stealing of thais to tourists, the rip off on tourists by thais ..and that happens every day under the control of the thai police!!!!!!!!!!!

15 hours ago, Darcula said:

This story explains the origin of that popular saying "Don't Vietnam to me".

I thought the saying was 'don't Thai to me'.

 

'Big Joke' needs to stuck into his own country's perpetrators of every Tourist Scam ever imagined and thought up by the 'Innovative' idea's of his own countrymen.   I've been to more than 100 countries and can say without doubt that Thai's are some of the worst thieves and scammers on the Planet. 

 

While he's at it he perhaps he would like to instill some shame into them too about the way they trash their own country in every way possible for a Human Being to do so !

Edited June 20, 20188 yr by trainman34014

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the victims of such crime would post negative things about Thailand on social media and cause the country's image to be tarnished. 

I hope TAT reads this article. The country's image is already very tarnished.

 

16 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Thailand is for Thai scammers 

fair enough 

 

Restricted profession is it not?

Are these Vietnamese 'WORSE' than Thai 'lady-boys' and Thai Taxi drivers (some of them) or JET-SKI operators????????? Or maybe even an un-nerving number of Thai Cops??????(just to mention a few --- LOL)

These pesky foreigners are at it again............

that's a great picture. loving those dirty looks. they're getting good at these pics. practice makes perfect

Heading should have read Vietnamese arrested for working without work permits 

On 6/19/2018 at 6:23 PM, snoop1130 said:

Vietnamese thieves and pickpockets blamed for damaging Thai tourism

Is it a job reserved for Thais? I have had several things stolen from me in Thailand over the years. In some cases it was proven by the tourist police that the perpetrator (was) Thai, in other incidents I either know, or strongly suspect that the perpetrators were Thai. Not once, in 20 years, (most probably) have I had things stolen from me by foreign thieves.

12 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

One on the left seems an incredibly 'butch' female to me ! 

LOL, I was wondering that too. I

19 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

One on the left seems an incredibly 'butch' female to me ! 

I thought it was a young man.

On 6/19/2018 at 10:05 PM, Darcula said:

This story explains the origin of that popular saying "Don't Vietnam to me".

Huh?

21 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

One on the left seems an incredibly 'butch' female to me ! 

It's a man. Looks like mother and son.

Thailand - The hub of Vietnamese pickpocketers damaging Thai tourism.