webfact Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Korean "footballer" assaulted and robbed by snatch thieves in Chonburi Picture: Sanook Sanook reported that Saen Suk police and a foundation rescue team went to a convenience store on Won Napha beach, Muang, Chonburi on Sunday morning after reports that a Korean man had been assaulted and robbed. At the scene they found Young, 24, with bloodied cuts to his face, body and leg. He had been robbed of 5,000 baht while standing talking on the phone outside the store. He was unable to converse in Thai. He was taken to Burapha University Hospital. Witnesses said that he closely resembled a well known Korean footballer who plays for a Thai professional team. Further evidence emerged that two men on a motorcycle had assaulted Yong and a fist fight developed. They then stole his money and a 50,000 baht phone that he managed to snatch back in the melee though it was damaged. Thai friends who arrived at the hospital to pick up the Korean said he was not a footballer and had been on holiday in Bang Saen for a week. They said he did not want to press charges and would be going back to Bangkok with them. As the friends left they repeated their denial that he was a footballer, reported Sanook. Thaivisa notes that a man called Lee Won-young plays for Pattaya United. After being implicated in a betting scandal in South Korea in 2011 he moved to Saudi Arabia to play. He later moved back to South Korea after being exonerated in the scandal. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-12-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 "Snatch thieves".......never heard of them before....but someone stole my 1st wife..is that similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Maybe a distant relative to Son? I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 6 hours ago, ChrisY1 said: "Snatch thieves".......never heard of them before....but someone stole my 1st wife..is that similar? Which part of your 1st wife was stolen may i ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Ah Ha! match fixing in South Korea - well he met his match here!!! Quote: "betting scandal in South Korea in 2011 he moved to Saudi Arabia to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Have to be more and more and more careful in sin city. Sounds more and more like in the USA cities where you get a punch and your phone snatched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtlger Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Land of Smiles...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Apparently all Koreans look the same to Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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