I am reminded of the story of the fellow sitting in casualty, escorted by a policeman, with dramatic and bloody if not life threatening facial injuries.

 

"What happened to you?" asked the doctor.

 

"I was involved in a ram raid."

 

"Well, your face is a mess"

 

"You should see the state of the bloke driving the moped!"

47 minutes ago, SteveK said:

Who does? If you go to Koh Tao, take a boat trip in Phuket, or live in a high rise building in Pattaya then you're as good as dead!

I agree with you. 

 

The Thai tourism engine (and regular, average Thais all over the country) conspire to avoid the hard truth that Thailand is not nearly as safe as they pretend. 

 

Ask a Thai of any description about crime here, and he/she will mostly likely avoid any negative realities. 

 

Ask a Londoner, and you'll most likely get something much closer to the truth. 

 

This is difference between reality and disclosure is what makes Thailand so dangerous. 

9 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Not seen the latest one on Thai Visa yet of the Norwegian (I believe) eating in a bar in Udon and getting his bag snatched from a motorcyclist. 

 

Was on on the TV news channels.

Seems rife at the moment. 

Saw it as well. Looks like this is the new style of thieving now. 

Just now, holy cow cm said:

Saw it as well. Looks like this is the new style of thieving now. 

I know the bar. When you see how and where he did it, it’s  hard to imagine anyone having the balls. 

No plates and helmet probably means they won’t find him despite the CCTV. 

11 hours ago, steven100 said:

Be careful when sitting down for lunch.  Keep an eye on all your belongings.

And the bill. 

2 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Sad.  Guess what, robbery is a crime of theft.

Robbery is when you steal something using violence. Stealing something with no use of violence is called theft.

I own a pair of pickpocket proof pants. The manufacturer has a web page showing testimonials from customers who thwarted attempts at pickpocketing. Of a total of 153, 29 were from Paris, 26 from Rome and 15 from Barcelona, plus more in other cities in those countries. Just 1 was in Thailand (Chiang Mai). Based on that, I’d say that Thailand is way safer than several first world European countries.

women need to be especially careful about these "snatch thieves"

28 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said:

And the bill. 

yes .....   but your automatically robbed once you pay that anyway.

Edited October 8, 20196 yr by steven100

5 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Yawn......yes rife

Rife means common or widespread, the scarcity of news items suggests that this kind of

criminal activity is not actually rife.

Thailand is safe in my opinion 

6 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Rife?  You're commenting on the second reported incident, yes?  Hardly "rife".

Yes the second reported on english news... you know There is more crime happening that thai visa and bangkok post does not report right? But i know you are the biggest thai apologist and There is no crime in thailand. Funny that you think that all the crimes you see here is the only ones existing

4 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Saw it as well. Looks like this is the new style of thieving now. 

New?? seems to me that you are new to Thailand, you now thai Visa news only posts a few crime news of thai news a day right? Most robberies and other crimes does not even make it to thai news..

 

 

what is up with the comments on crime news on thai Visa news saying

" Thailand is becoming  like Europe/the west" "this is new type of crime"  "Thailand is safe and little violence" (based on what they have seen)   " this _ European city/country is worse"

 

1. Thailand has always have had problems with bag/gold/phone snatchings.

 

2. Thailand has always had violence and murders.

 

3. Thailand has more murders and shootings than Germany,france,uk,Spain, Italy togheter 

 

4. Most shootings,murders,stabbings,robberies does not make it to English news such as Bangkok post and thai visa news, and same case where robberies and other crimes does not even make it to news in thai.

 

5. Some say Thailand is dangerous or very dangerous, it has its downsides but compared to real dangerous places like Brazil,Mexico,south Africa, USA, Thailand is safe.

 

 

Edited October 8, 20196 yr by ta158

3 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

I own a pair of pickpocket proof pants. The manufacturer has a web page showing testimonials from customers who thwarted attempts at pickpocketing. Of a total of 153, 29 were from Paris, 26 from Rome and 15 from Barcelona, plus more in other cities in those countries. Just 1 was in Thailand (Chiang Mai). Based on that, I’d say that Thailand is way safer than several first world European countries.

Hahaha judging safety of a country based on that ????????.

 

Isnt It just easier to compare murder rates, gun violence, violence against tourists etc, try searching tourist shot in thailand or tourists stabbed in Thailand VS tourists stabbed in Paris, Barcelona etc

setup? Or just laying in wait with eagle eyes to notice the bag laying between the two?  In this day and age, with smart phones, face time, instachat or whatever, I would not be surprised that x number of people are just lurking out there ready to notify their accomplices if they see an opportunity. 

Edited October 8, 20196 yr by gk10002000

4 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

I own a pair of pickpocket proof pants. The manufacturer has a web page showing testimonials from customers who thwarted attempts at pickpocketing. Of a total of 153, 29 were from Paris, 26 from Rome and 15 from Barcelona, plus more in other cities in those countries. Just 1 was in Thailand (Chiang Mai). Based on that, I’d say that Thailand is way safer than several first world European countries.

I would agree.  The largest pick probably comes from the ladyboy hug and distraction and grope.  Everything else seems small in comparison to the picks I hear about in Europe.

Some off topic posts and replies have been removed. 

20 hours ago, steven100 said:

I just watched that video,  and I think the guy should have ran to the bike a lot quicker …  

but easy to say sitting here ...

Looks like he was wearing flip flops - not trainers.

13 hours ago, Falcon said:

I take it that you’ve just arrived in Thailand @kevin612? Or was it meant as a joke? If It was an intent to make a serious comment about ‘the robber is probably arrested’, you really should learn the way of Thailand and the police actions. The police will do very little, if anything to even try to find this criminal as it would mean that they have to get up and do some police work to find him/her. However, now that it’s been made public aware and on social media, maybe, just maybe, they might look in to it.

Same in the UK - police have no time or given the resources to address petty crime - they just do the admin for insurance claims.

8 hours ago, ta158 said:

New?? seems to me that you are new to Thailand, you now thai Visa news only posts a few crime news of thai news a day right? Most robberies and other crimes does not even make it to thai news..

 

 

And your mouth and fingers stroking your keyboard seemed to run faster than your brain.

 

Just one example. One of my Thai friends in CM about 13 years ago had her purse snagged from her while riding her motorcycle to work in the morning, and she wrecked. Got some road rash and was shaken up. Was a normal occurrence back then, and it just happened recently to one of my wife's acquaintances. But it is less prevalent up here now.. Snag and run is not new and Pattaya is the Capital on the Gold snag and run via motorcycle rider. Otherwise it is being accosted by a team of Lady boys.. But it seems like the snag at table and then running is a bit new. Did you see the video that me and another poster are referring to??? Have you ever had something stolen in Thailand or just like to run your opinions without basis? I have!

 

With your comments you probably will not make a lot of allies here on TV. You are probably not all knowing and seeing, and most of us LONG timers know the real for what is going on.

 

Oh, and BTW, Seems to me you are the new in Thailand. 

19 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Thailand is a VERY dangerous country 

Give me a break.  Over 25 years here and nary a problem.

They get less sentence for not acting like  vanpires and committing  the crime in the hour of darkness lol

No video 

 

What happened to Saun O'Neil i used to like video  updates 

On 10/8/2019 at 5:42 AM, Terek said:

I think, it's normal to have jewelry and expensive things at public.

Nah, not really. It is more of a tacky East European style, or people who come from poor backgrounds, got hold of some money, and now feel the need to display it. Zero class.

Walking around a third-world country with a year's wages in the form of a gold necklace around your neck is sheer stupidity and, yet, I see it all the time. It never makes the wearer seem classy, just dumb.
 

 

On 10/8/2019 at 5:42 AM, Terek said:

not normal is crime.

And, yet, it is a universal reality.
 

 

On 10/8/2019 at 5:42 AM, Terek said:

crime should be punished so hard, so no one even think to do it...

Sounds good in theory, but there's a reason why we like to spend time in gentle countries such as Thailand rather than Saudi Arabia.

 

 

Edited October 9, 20196 yr by donnacha

On 10/8/2019 at 10:12 AM, steven100 said:

Be careful when sitting down for lunch.  Keep an eye on all your belongings.

And for breakfast and dinner as well. 

Never sit with your back to the door, or in this case, the entire front of the restaurant. 

On 10/8/2019 at 5:42 AM, rkidlad said:

People resort to desperate measures in a terrible economy. 

Did they just wait for the economy to go bad to become criminals ???

23 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Thailand is a VERY dangerous country 

Ridiculous statement! This sort of thing happens in a lot of countries.

4 hours ago, tominbkk said:

Give me a break.  Over 25 years here and nary a problem.

Well, I've almost died a dozen times here. 

 

So who is right, me or you?