Popular Post webfact Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 Thai man arrested for refusing to return tourist’s lost smartphone By The Nation A Thai man was arrested on Wednesday for refusing to return a smartphone to a Russian tourist who dropped it on a South Pattaya road three days ago. Pattaya police chief Pol Colonel Apichai Krobphet said Niyom Sukcharoen, 64, faced a theft charge for refusing to report finding the Xiaomi Mi8 smartphone. Apichai said police tracked down and arrested Niyom after Mikhail Sizov, 29, filed a complaint with police late on Sunday night that he dropped his phone in front of a restaurant at the entrance to Soi Sinsoi 7 in South Pattaya and someone took it. Witnesses told police that they saw a taxi motorcyclist pick up the phone and drive off. Niyom said someone made a call to the phone after he picked it up but chose not to answer it and took it home before being arrested. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30360733 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-19 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PremiumLane Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 He must be guilty, he is doing a double finger point 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmen Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 What happened to finders keepers? Looks like moto taxi not good heart like taxi drivers who always return all lost items 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 Oh, one of those nice taxi driver stories in reverse! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phuketshrew Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 If he wasn't Russian so much he might not have dropped it. 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post balo Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) I'm surprised they managed to catch him , good job by the police this time. Try to drop your phone in London or Paris and report it to the police. Your chances of getting it back is 0.0001 % . Edited December 19, 2018 by balo 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mok199 Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Just rewind the tape and he actually returns the phone.. Edited December 19, 2018 by mok199 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madusa Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 hour ago, balo said: I'm surprised they managed to catch him , good job by the police this time. Try to drop your phone in London or Paris and report it to the police. Your chances of getting it back is 0.0001 % . For London and Paris it all depends on your luck really. I wouldn't say it's 0.0001 percent. I had a wrong number call on my HP in London and we had a chat then we decided to meet for coffee. That was exciting however she was overweight so I had to let go. We did had a good chat though but I didn't do any follow up. A wrong number in London can be good for you, I don't know about dropping your phone. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Niyom's Orville the duck impersonation needs a bit more work .. and a glove to be really convincing .. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted December 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2018 4 hours ago, webfact said: Pattaya police chief Pol Colonel Apichai Krobphet said Niyom Sukcharoen, 64, faced a theft charge for refusing to report finding the Xiaomi Mi8 smartphone. I'm guessing this smartphone had the Find A Dumbass app pre-installed. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsamui Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I seriously adore this nation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumLane Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 6 hours ago, madmen said: What happened to finders keepers? I think that law was only applicable at school ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyk Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 11 hours ago, balo said: I'm surprised they managed to catch him , good job by the police this time. Try to drop your phone in London or Paris and report it to the police. Your chances of getting it back is 0.0001 % . Na, the .0001% is the quality of life living in either one of those cities. Loosing your phone there is more like a casualty of war, not vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie999 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 14 hours ago, madmen said: What happened to finders keepers? Looks like moto taxi not good heart like taxi drivers who always return all lost items Just wait a few days... a taxi driver will return a lost wallet, etc, left behind by a tourist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie999 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, balo said: I'm surprised they managed to catch him , good job by the police this time. Try to drop your phone in London or Paris and report it to the police. Your chances of getting it back is 0.0001 % . You obviously do not understand the technology, if turned on, they can be track by the imei number, also there are tracking apps available, that you can install, eg, for android phone, wheresmydroid. Edited December 19, 2018 by Aussie999 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairieboy Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 15 hours ago, webfact said: he dropped his phone in front of a restaurant If he would have left it in a taxi for sure he would have had it returned! 5555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazySlipper Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 What kind of handcuffs does he have on? Diaper rash edition? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunFred Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 15 hours ago, Phuketshrew said: If he wasn't Russian so much he might not have dropped it. Or to use a favourite Thai maxim: "if he had not been in Thailand the problem would never have happened." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 15 hours ago, balo said: I'm surprised they managed to catch him , good job by the police this time. Try to drop your phone in London or Paris and report it to the police. Your chances of getting it back is 0.0001 % . In London or Paris, police is not waiting for extra money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Was the phone really lost if the Russian could find it pretty much at will ? Perhaps the taxi driver should be commended for safe keeping of the phone until the rightful owner came for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 21 hours ago, PremiumLane said: He must be guilty, he is doing a double finger point sorry to disagree (lol).... it's always foreigners who are responsible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsw53 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I love the thought that went into this photo. Do the reconstruction to show him picking up the phone. Oh hang on, we can't show a photo of someone with his hands tied. Cover the handcuffs and we are good to go. Publish and ( don't ) be damned !! Smiles and pointing all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 The RTP will use the reward money to buy handcuffs so that the current hand towels can be used in the washrooms..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 7:45 PM, madmen said: What happened to finders keepers? Looks like moto taxi not good heart like taxi drivers who always return all lost items In australia the offence is theft by finding. If you don't take all reasonable steps to find the owner you will be charged with theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 23 hours ago, Aussie999 said: You obviously do not understand the technology, if turned on, they can be track by the imei number, also there are tracking apps available, that you can install, eg, for android phone, wheresmydroid. I am aware of the technology but there is nothing in the news story that suggest that was what happened. Not all phones have tracking apps installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, balo said: I am aware of the technology but there is nothing in the news story that suggest that was what happened. Not all phones have tracking apps installed. Well actually one can simply use Android device manager which simply requires a Google Account on the phone and the location services turned on too. No specific App. Not sure about Russian phones but I believe many US ones location services are always running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadude Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 7:00 AM, Aussie999 said: You obviously do not understand the technology, if turned on, they can be track by the imei number, also there are tracking apps available, that you can install, eg, for android phone, wheresmydroid. Of course not.he still clings to his Motorola brick phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinmelvin Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/19/2018 at 11:02 AM, balo said: I'm surprised they managed to catch him , good job by the police this time. Try to drop your phone in London or Paris and report it to the police. Your chances of getting it back is 0.0001 % . drop it anywhere in Japan, chances of getting it back is HIGH once dropped a phone in CH - got it back, same same in NOR once dropped a phone at Don Muang - bye bye, bought new one in SIN a few hours later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 10 hours ago, melvinmelvin said: drop it anywhere in Japan, chances of getting it back is HIGH once dropped a phone in CH - got it back, same same in NOR once dropped a phone at Don Muang - bye bye, bought new one in SIN a few hours later Are you missing a few fingers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Sometimes one can really wonder if these stories are not staged...to make some look real good (and obviously, a few to look bad) !!! ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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