snoop1130 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Phuket woman arrested for stealing car she rented to Chinese woman By Eakkapop Thongtub Rungthiwa Khummit (left, seated), 38, presented herself at Wichit Police Station today (Jan 21). Photo: Wichit Police PHUKET:-- A 38-year-old Thai woman has been charged with theft and fraud after she rented a car and then rented the same car out to a Chinese woman living on the island – and then stole the car from the Chinese woman, while the car contained personal items valued at more than B100,000. The Thai woman, Phuket native Rungthiwa Khummit, 38, presented herself at Wichit Police Station, at 10am today (Jan 21), explained Lt Col Narong Muangdueng of the Wichit Police. Lt Col Narong said that police first became aware of the case last Friday (Jan 17) when the Chinese woman, who he named in Thai as Zhen Xiaoxian, filed a report to Wichit Police that a grey Phuket-registered Toyota Yaris that she had rented for four months had been stolen. Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-woman-arrested-for-stealing-car-she-rented-to-chinese-woman-74478.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-01-21 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: and then stole the car from the Chinese woman, while the car contained personal items valued at more than B100,000. I'm trying to think what personal items worth 100,000bht I may have left in my car tonight. Nope, 6,000bht phone is about the worst I could forget, but that's usually glued to the end of my arm so hard to forget. Edited January 21, 2020 by BritManToo 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PingRoundTheWorld Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 100,000 baht, rented for 4 months? This story has more holes than a bar girl on an Indian holiday. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post car720 Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 and they wonder why tourism is falling. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 11 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: 100,000 baht, rented for 4 months? This story has more holes than a bar girl on an Indian holiday. Try reading the link in the OP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 11 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: 100,000 baht, rented for 4 months? This story has more holes than a bar girl on an Indian holiday. OK, I'll bite, what personal items worth 100,000bht do you leave in your parked car overnight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 This is a new scam to me. I'm impressed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Interesting racket by the Thai lady. In the car hire business without owning a vehicle herself. she was re-renting a hire car, presumably at a higher rate than she had paid, She rented it out to the Chinese lady for a year, but stole it back after 4 months because she wanted it for another customer. Intriguing is what the Chinese lady may have had in the car worth 108,500. Perhaps wedding photography equipment? (pure speculation) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 The re-renting bit ... how creative and enterprising of the woman lol ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Been going on for years down here in Phuket, infact I knew a Thai guy who wouldn't rent to Thais' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtmartens Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 6:25 AM, ChipButty said: Been going on for years down here in Phuket, infact I knew a Thai guy who wouldn't rent to Thais' Same here. My wife (Thai) tried to rent a car in Phuket and we had to put it under my passport instead. I was confused as to why they wouldn't rent to another Thai ... until now. (A lot of the bike shops were the same.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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