Bang Saen mayor blows a fuse! Tourist vandals may have annoyed the wrong person

 

Thai caption: Hunt on for table vandals

 

Thai media reported that the mayor of Saen Suk district responsible for Bang Saen district had blown a fuse on social media after vandals damaged a number of tables and seats at the beach. 

 

He is part of an influential family well known in Thailand.

 

Narongchai Khunpluem said that the people responsible were probably drunk and lamented the fact that CCTV was not installed there yet. 

 

77kaoded suggested that tourists were responsible and went to the scene to investigate. Some repairs had been made and some damaged items had been taken away as evidence. 

 

Picture: 77kaoeded

 

Local seafood seller Patchamon, 44, reckoned those responsible had been drinking there at night. She had never seen the like of it. 

 

There were bottles of lao khao (a Thai white spirit) found smashed at the scene. 

 

The people responsible may have angered the wrong person. Mayor Narongchai is part of the family of former Saen Suk mayor Somchai Khunpluem known as "Kamnan Poh" or the "Godfather of Chonburi" who died last year. 

 

He was convicted in 2004 of having a man shot and later jumped bail. 

 

Another member of the family is Sontaya Khunpluem, the mayor of Pattaya since 2018 and a political adviser of Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha. 

 

Source: 77kaoeded

 

 

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A powerful fool then? Sick of all these somchais with bloated missguided egos.

 

Assuming they were tourists? Dont need to prove guilt here?

 

"TOURISTS"!! Off with their heads.

I wonder if this is a story to draw attention to the work of some vandals or if it is a story to remind anyone reading it that the 'mafia' family of Kamnan Poh are still in control of this area. 

Do tourist drink Lao Khao ?

I thought that rubbish was only drunk by Thais

Called white spirit, tastes even worse than white spirit !!

Lacking evidence of who did it, this seems like just further denial of the truth so close to home. It comes back to the "local people couldnt have done this," so it is automatic to lay the blame off on soneone else.

I see two damaged tables in the photo, those usually cost 300-500bht each including the 4 benches.

This appears to be part of the ongoing government/media campaign against foreigners.

It's too trivial to be news.

 

What next, foreigner lets dog poop on the sidewalk?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

There were bottles of lao khao (a Thai white spirit) found smashed at the scene.

Yeah! Ride on, dude! That´s definitely a sign of tourists. It tells me that this was done by the normal moronic bunch of Thai boys that can´t handle the liquer. I´ll bet they took selfies and pictures of each other while doing it too, so they after can look at it, laugh and fell like real men.

Edited January 14, 20206 yr by Matzzon

Another website says it was "Foreign tourists" and no mention of Laa Kow ( white spirit )

 

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44 year old Ms. Patchamon Saekuay who is a food vendor at Bangsaen Beach and a witness told The Pattaya News she saw in the early morning foreign tourists were sitting there and drinking heavily. She did not know where the tourists were from.

She is not sure if they had a physical altercation, she told officers. Nearby, Police found many broken alcohol bottles and signs of a potential fight. Other witnesses have allegedly come forward also stating a group of intoxicated foreign tourists were responsible.

Maybe  Burmese,Cambodian or Lao  toursits ???????

Edited January 14, 20206 yr by johng

28 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

What next, foreigner lets dog poop on the sidewalk?

Which sidewalk ?

Have you ever seen  a sidewalk in good condition in Thailand ?

Perhaps he means that it´s impossible that someone who is living in this area has done this, so it must be a tourist. For sure a Thai tourist because nobody else would drink Lao Khao.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He is part of an influential family well known in Thailand

should  be  irrelevant

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He was convicted in 2004 of having a man shot and later jumped bail. 

 

Another member of the family is Sontaya Khunpluem, the mayor of Pattaya since 2018 and a political adviser of Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha. 

so essentially they are  all the same from the vandal to the  govt

This is what happens when everyone is saturated in the "foreigners are criminals" rhetoric that flows through the media here everyday now. A crime is committed and the first thought is "Must be a foreigner"--and everybody else agrees. Hell, at one point they were blaming the Lopburi shooting on a foreigner.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

There were bottles of lao khao (a Thai white spirit) found smashed at the scene.

 

That isn't exactly the tourist drink of choice.....  

1 hour ago, Joinaman said:

Do tourist drink Lao Khao ?

I thought that rubbish was only drunk by Thais

Called white spirit, tastes even worse than white spirit !!

I think this story is referring to Thai Tourists ?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

There were bottles of lao khao (a Thai white spirit) found smashed at the scene. 

Have the police checked the bottles for fingerprints?

Surely they can compare them with the fingerprints on the Thai ID system or those on the biometric passport system - assuming they have any?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

and lamented the fact that CCTV was not installed there yet. 

Probably the money has been spent on other things

3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Lacking evidence of who did it, this seems like just further denial of the truth so close to home. It comes back to the "local people couldnt have done this," so it is automatic to lay the blame off on soneone else.

Have many people see them.

witness= evidence right 

 

44 year old Ms. Patchamon Saekuay who is a food vendor at Bangsaen Beach and a witness told The Pattaya News she saw in the early morning foreign tourists were sitting there and drinking heavily. She did not know where the tourists were from.

She is not sure if they had a physical altercation, she told officers. Nearby, Police found many broken alcohol bottles and signs of a potential fight. Other witnesses have allegedly come forward also stating a group of intoxicated foreign tourists were responsible.

 

 

But should believe the TVF who not witness, not there, only imagine, and say it must be thai people right? 

Because foreigner never do vandalism, graffiti temple wall, smash ATM machines, woman shop, McDonald’s clown right?

 

I think I believe the witness.

 

 

Seems he thinks he lost face.. Revenge. 

4 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Which sidewalk ?

Have you ever seen  a sidewalk in good condition in Thailand ?

We dont have any where we live

Are they referring to Farang tourist? cant imagine many Farangs in that area drinking that lao khao can clean your paint brushes with that

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

she saw in the early morning foreign tourists were sitting there and drinking heavily

Guess she got 500 Bahts to say so..

This is a message to the Mayor, and his family, from the Chinese mafia.

 

It means, "we are going to turn the tables on you."  ????

All that's missing from this story is a horses head brick top and a sty full of pigs????

9 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

A powerful fool then? Sick of all these somchais with bloated missguided egos.

 

Assuming they were tourists? Dont need to prove guilt here?

 

"TOURISTS"!! Off with their heads.

Yes loads of tourists come to Thailand these days to drink lao kao and sit on a concrete bench at the parking lot....they call them quality tourists and they always get a warm welcome from the local soidogs..

Probably just sat on the edge of the concrete table and the whole lot collapsed.

Hope they think to check the local CCTV at nearby convenience stores, where that liquor is sold.

Looks like a Russian 'pub' but I've never seen them smashing things up as that's a job reserved for my fellow Brits,. 

8 hours ago, Yinn said:

Have many people see them.

witness= evidence right 

 

44 year old Ms. Patchamon Saekuay who is a food vendor at Bangsaen Beach and a witness told The Pattaya News she saw in the early morning foreign tourists were sitting there and drinking heavily. She did not know where the tourists were from.

She is not sure if they had a physical altercation, she told officers. Nearby, Police found many broken alcohol bottles and signs of a potential fight. Other witnesses have allegedly come forward also stating a group of intoxicated foreign tourists were responsible.

 

 

But should believe the TVF who not witness, not there, only imagine, and say it must be thai people right? 

Because foreigner never do vandalism, graffiti temple wall, smash ATM machines, woman shop, McDonald’s clown right?

 

I think I believe the witness.

 

 

If I understood that I would agree with it. ????

18 hours ago, Joinaman said:

Do tourist drink Lao Khao ?

I thought that rubbish was only drunk by Thais

Called white spirit, tastes even worse than white spirit !!

Took one sip once ...same taste as Chinese <deleted>...IMO . one would have way desperate to drink it...