Aussie tourist robbed at gunpoint after dumped by Phuket taxi driver

[marko kok prong]

A fine specimen of a young adult Aussie.

[Vacuum]

15 minutes ago, thurien said:

the shirt can be picked up in Patong - a girl called Ting (or Daeng or Moo) keeps it for him

Doubt that he had any when he arrived to Thailand.

Edited November 26, 2018 by Vacuum

[Destiny1990]

Should give him 100,000 bht fine for smoking.

[malcoml]

I lived there five years and was drunk most of the time. Was robbed a few times by bar girls helping themselves to my wallet contents but that was about it.

[Snow Leopard]

6 hours ago, zyphodb said:

Ha, TV is incredible, here you have an Auzzie robbed at gunpoint by a scumbag taxi driver & his mates, & all the TV wags can do is moan about him not having a shirt on...

Words fail me ???? 

Dead right. How dare they. Especially when he is in Aussie national dress. Seriously not funny is it. Especially when guns are involved. 

[balo]

5 hours ago, seancbk said:

Don't you carry cash with you?

No , I carry 2 bank cards with me , one ATM , one Visa. I have never more than 1000 baht in my pockets. 

 

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, hobz said:

10000 is nothing in Phuket. 

A small fortune for many Thai families in rural Isaan!

[Peterw42]

2 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

Dead right. How dare they. Especially when he is in Aussie national dress. Seriously not funny is it. Especially when guns are involved. 

Maybe you haven't read the update, there were no guns or a robbery, the guy made it all up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[davidst01]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

Lets' just say if I did nothing for then next 43 years I could survive a very comfortable life here in Thailand.

 

That said, I won't toss you, not a gambling man, although do invest heavily in the ASX which makes the tax free returns here worth living here.

 

Good luck to you, 5 is better than 4, but I like to keep my feet on the ground, to remind me where I came from as opposed to beating my chest.....lol

'although do invest heavily in the ASX which makes the tax free returns here worth living here.'

except when the market goes to shit and prices come tumbling down along with dividends

[hobobo]

5 hours ago, hobz said:

10000 is nothing in Phuket. 

One lousy taxi ride cost more (iPhone) 

[balo]

Yes the guy was broke and made up the story .

 

If he was a smart guy he would just start a go fund me page, make up a sobering story  and would get money in no time. 

 

[Snow Leopard]

4 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Maybe you haven't read the update, there were no guns or a robbery, the guy made it all up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, I didn't see the update. Insurance job to buy a new wardrobe was it?

[Peterw42]

4 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

No, I didn't see the update. Insurance job to buy a new wardrobe was it?

Drunken Aussie tourist admits he wasn’t robbed at gun point in Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

An Australian tourist, who had claimed he was robbed at gunpoint after being dropped off by a taxi, finally admitted that he was drunk and lost his belongings.

 

On Saturday an Australian male tourist, 19 year old Terrance John White from New South Wales, notified the receptionist at a hotel in Nai Yang where he was staying that he had been robbed at gunpoint by 4-5 suspects after being dropped by taxi near the hotel.

 

He says he gave his wallet with 20,000 baht cash to the alleged robbers brandishing firearms. The receptionist called police. Terrance was taken to the Thalang Police Station.

[Kerryd]

I knew it.
When the original story was posted I was ready to start tearing holes in it and after writing 2 paragraphs I decided, why bother ?

Most people wouldn't have believed it as they WANT to believe the guy was robbed. That he was set up. That is was all the "evil Thais" in collusion to rob every foreigner (yadda yadda yadda).

I should have posted it just to see all the flak it would have drawn - only to see that I was right a couple hours later.

My main surprise in the whole story was that it didn't appear first in the Sun or Mirror. Maybe the lad didn't know he could have gotten paid for his BS.

[Peterw42]

4 hours ago, Crustyhk said:

So all those stories plastered around the planet about JetSki operators in Phuket and Pattaya pointing very large handguns at customers are all made up?

“robbed at gunpoint” is probable the most real part of the story. 

 

Turns out it was the least probable part of the whole made up story.

Not sure why you would  be pushing a narrative that armed robbery of tourists is a common thing and very probable when its never actually happend.

 

Drunken Aussie tourist admits he wasn’t robbed at gun point in Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

An Australian tourist, who had claimed he was robbed at gunpoint after being dropped off by a taxi, finally admitted that he was drunk and lost his belongings.

 

On Saturday an Australian male tourist, 19 year old Terrance John White from New South Wales, notified the receptionist at a hotel in Nai Yang where he was staying that he had been robbed at gunpoint by 4-5 suspects after being dropped by taxi near the hotel.

 

He says he gave his wallet with 20,000 baht cash to the alleged robbers brandishing firearms. The receptionist called police. Terrance was taken to the Thalang Police Station.

[roo860]

Because the Aussie is the scumbag instead of the Thais: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/drunken-aussie-tourist-admits-he-wasnt-robbed-at-gun-point-in-phuket?fbclid=IwAR3P_mr3gNOz8T6vau2695GSrAg8wqGv-1x-YAPCSfy3Sg-S4qfZsNIJ0E4
 

Apparently he's told a few porkies?
Never mind, nice try.

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[Darkside Gray]

6 hours ago, elgenon said:

HE was carrying 10,000THB?????? Nothing personal but....

Why not? Its not a large sum of money!

[dabhand]

Shame that TV hasn't changed the topic headline to reflect the real story. Or even create a new topic with the true circumstances and close this one. But, hey, there's money to be made in pandering to their target audience.....

[NextStationBangkok]

OH dude!

[Peterw42]

24 minutes ago, dabhand said:

Shame that TV hasn't changed the topic headline to reflect the real story. Or even create a new topic with the true circumstances and close this one. But, hey, there's money to be made in pandering to their target audience.....

The sad thing is, many will just take on the original story and perpetuate it, it will go from barstool to barstool in the next few days, 5 guys were kidnapped by a mad taxi driver and robbed tortured and beaten by 20 armed Thais, lol

A guy in a bar told me !!!!

Edited November 26, 2018 by Peterw42

[4MyEgo]

44 minutes ago, davidst01 said:

'although do invest heavily in the ASX which makes the tax free returns here worth living here.'

except when the market goes to shit and prices come tumbling down along with dividends

It all depends how much you have in reserves and how you play the market, and I am not going to give away what works for me, suffice to say, if you buy and sell daily and only buy dividend paying shares in there if the market goes south, then you won't really lose, although you might have to wait for the shares that dropped to pick up again, i.e. a year or two, in the meantime receive between 5%-6% tax free for your troubles while waiting ????

 

Each to their own of course

[JimmyJ]

5 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

 

Those of us that have money, know that we don't carry that kind of cash on us at anytime of the day in any country, especially in Thailand.

 

 

Speak for yourself.

 

What a narcissistic statement.

[4MyEgo]

 

2 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

Speak for yourself.

 

What a narcissistic statement.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time. ENJOY ????

[KKr]

5 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Those of us that have money, know that we don't carry that kind of cash on us at anytime of the day in any country, especially in Thailand.

hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I do not have money, but carry more than that usually, repairing a flat tire or two, getting fuel, see something attractively priced,  whatever, cash is king in Thailand.
Unfortunately, or maybe not, other than some, I do not have a secretary with me all the time that takes care of minor inconveniences like cash.

Edited November 26, 2018 by KKr

[zaZa9]

Why are so many Aussie idiots/criminals/<deleted>  named Terence ??

[Odysseus123]

57 minutes ago, balo said:

Yes the guy was broke and made up the story .

 

If he was a smart guy he would just start a go fund me page, make up a sobering story  and would get money in no time. 

 

It really is quite unbelievable.

 

The bloke has no moral compass whatsoever.

[Cheops]

2 hours ago, alex8912 said:

I doubt your BIL story. If he just went out for a quick walk why would he take much with him. Also about “10 years ago “ is hardly worth mentioning and on Thai Visa forum I have found that usually means 1999 or sometime before that. So now there are 2 more urban myth reports from Phuket and Bangkok 20 odd years ago. 

You doubt my post??? You think I'm lying??? <deleted> is wrong with you? Why would I lie? 

 

And where did I wrote that my BIL took a lot of money with him? I wrote that he was robbed at gunpoint. They got his wallet with some cards and about 1000 baht in cash. 

 

About 10 years ago means 1999 for you???

What, you can't count either? 

 

You better refrain from commenting any further!

[phantomfiddler]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Fortunately, for all of us, this type of event is rare here. I just do not hear about alot of violent crimes against foreigners, like in many other countries, such as the PI, and Cambodia. Hopefully, it will stay that way. 

 

Hope they catch the goons who did this. And hope they are able to find a judge willing to lock them up. Not an easy thing to find. 

But there were no goons, it didn,t happen, the Aussie made it all up !

[Peterw42]

3 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

It really is quite unbelievable.

 

The bloke has no moral compass whatsoever.

His compass was stolen by some armed Thai men

[LivinginKata]

33 minutes ago, dabhand said:

Shame that TV hasn't changed the topic headline to reflect the real story. Or even create a new topic with the true circumstances and close this one. But, hey, there's money to be made in pandering to their target audience.....

 

Thaivisa cannot change news headline as published by the news media.