Oops! "Person of influence" among four in custody after botched temple abduction

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A dash cam video posted to Facebook showed the moment four armed men went to a temple in Bangkok and abducted a man. 

 

But they got the wrong person. Later they tried to pay off the family of the man but they wouldn't accept the money. 

 

Now four men are in custody. One is an influential former volunteer believed to be involved in loan sharking. 

 

The one minute video was posted on "Hi So Shop" where comment was rife. 

 

The four men arrived in a white pick-up and grabbed a man who is the son of the owner of a seafood restaurant. He was named only as "Tae".

 

He had been attending the ordination of a friend at the temple of Wat Noi Nai in Taling Chan district of Bangkok. 

 

As the men made good their getaway they pointed guns at people and fired into the air. "Tae" was roughed up and suffered head injuries, reported Daily News. 

 

However, Facebook chat soon revealed that the armed men had got the wrong person. 

 

They attempted to buy off the relatives with 40,000 baht but the relatives went to Taling Chan police. 

 

Now four men are in custody charged with abduction, assault, threatening behavior and weapons violations. 

 

One is said to be an influential former volunteer official who is mixed up in a loan shark business.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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ah! a Thai version of a Prushka Fast Debt Recovery (1 and a half percenter) goon

Just about the worst 'Getaway' i've ever seen...useless Plonkers !

This place is going down the pan have we not seen enough violence?? this week

20 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Just about the worst 'Getaway' i've ever seen...useless Plonkers !

That was my first thought... not the best vehicle type (sliding door people carrier better)... and the guys swinging their arms around weren't even looking in the direction they were pointing. No attempt at disguise. Whoever hired them perhaps didn't do a rehearsal to see how (in)effective they were.

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

They attempted to buy off the relatives with 40,000 baht but the relatives went to Taling Chan police. 

So they kidnapped the wrong man....then wanted to pay 40,000 THB

to man's family,not to report to police and give him back ?, surely

this would only happen in Thailand, Kidnappers paying to give victim back,

I could see that happening if they ever kidnapped my wife !

regards Worgeordie

13 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

This place is going down the pan have we not seen enough violence?? this week

Always room for more. ???? ???? ???? 

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

One is an influential former volunteer

what does that even mean ?? 

Volunteer what is kind of essential to make any sense of that no ??

 

Abduction, assault, threatening behavior and weapons violations. 

Mobster Gangsters of the worst kind.

 

Guess influential means 500 baht penalty and soon free on bail.

 

Edited February 11, 20206 yr by tomacht8

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

This place is going down the pan have we not seen enough violence?? this week

That's exactly what I was saying, but been criticized for saying that. The violence is getting out of control and it happens way too often. People are just going mental for whatever reasons they have. It's a sad state of matters.

Thailands version of The 3 Stooges? But not as funny.

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

So they kidnapped the wrong man....then wanted to pay 40,000 THB

to man's family,not to report to police and give him back ?, surely

this would only happen in Thailand, Kidnappers paying to give victim back,

I could see that happening if they ever kidnapped my wife !

regards Worgeordie

Agreed WG.  With that level of intelligence, they'd probably have set the intended victime back with the ransom note!

The “Good“,  the Bad, the Ugly and the Driver In Thai version. 

In broad daylight, no masks, with all the CCTV in 2020.  What a funny getaway.    How did they imagine they would get away with this. 

12 hours ago, Thunder26 said:

15 hours ago, ChipButty said:

This place is going down the pan have we not seen enough violence?? this week

That's exactly what I was saying, but been criticized for saying that. The violence is getting out of control and it happens way too often. People are just going mental for whatever reasons they have. It's a sad state of matters.

 

The violence has always been there.  The difference is the proliferation of dash cams, CCTV and online video channels.

 

Not necessarily a bad thing if even "influential volunteers" can't buy or intimidate themselves out of trouble because the evidence is so in your face.

 

16 hours ago, Elkski said:

In broad daylight, no masks, with all the CCTV in 2020. 

It wasn't caught on CCTV!

On 2/11/2020 at 9:56 AM, LivinLOS said:

what does that even mean ?? 

Volunteer what is kind of essential to make any sense of that no ??

 

"four men are in custody one of whom is said to be an influential former volunteer official" means "three men were charged."