6 Held For Looting 384-Room Luxury Hotel On Koh Samui

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TNR Staff

KOH SAMUI police arrested six suspects on the charges of looting a 384-room luxury hotel that was newly-constructed and decorated before the Covid-19 pandemic hit then remained shut as tourism took a downturn, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Sept. 5).

 

Mrs. Yomana Poolsawat, the owner of Chaweng Blue Lagoon Hotel, The Teak Wing, in Bophut subdistrict said she had been checking her property from time to time but did not think thieves would target a hotel this size.

 

When she came again after a gap of three months she was shocked that the thieves had ransacked the hotel on which an investment of 400-million baht had been made with losses amounting to 70 million baht.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/05/6-held-for-looting-384-room-luxury-hotel-on-koh-samui/

 

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[Mac Mickmanus]

Would have thought they would have kept a security guard on site at all times , would have cost 10 000 Baht per month, but would have saved 70 Million Baht 

[VinnieK]

  On 9/5/2022 at 8:36 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Would have thought they would have kept a security guard on site at all times , would have cost 10 000 Baht per month, but would have saved 70 Million Baht 

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3 shifts would have cost 30k ,with zero income and monthly debt servicing.

[steven100]

Thieves.....  it's in their genes  ????

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 9/5/2022 at 9:25 PM, VinnieK said:

3 shifts would have cost 30k ,with zero income and monthly debt servicing.

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Get a Burmese guy to put one shift a day in and insist that he sleeps on site 

[Jerno]

Checks only every 3 months?  Sheesh!  Moron anyone? 

[Iamfalang]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:58 PM, webfact said:

losses amounting to 70 million baht.

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picture doesn't look too luxurious.   70 million appears to be a guess.  

 

hire some burmese and patch things up for 300 baht.

 

solved.

[2baht]

  On 9/5/2022 at 8:36 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Would have thought they would have kept a security guard on site at all times , would have cost 10 000 Baht per month, but would have saved 70 Million Baht 

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Not necessarily, slip the guard 20,000 baht and I'm sure he would'nt see anything.

 

 

[orchis]

people with too much money.

[2baht]

  On 9/5/2022 at 9:48 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Get a Burmese guy to put one shift a day in and insist that he sleeps on site 

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.....and that's exactly what he'd do, sleep!

[ChrisY1]

"she came again after a gap of three months"

That's what she's said.....IMO, not too many people would invest 400 Million and never have that investment checked out regularly, or with full time security.

Insurance is my bet....

[ezzra]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:58 PM, webfact said:

had been checking her property from time to time but did not think thieves would target a hotel this size

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Why? do thieves have respect or fears from looting deserted 'luxury" hotels? on the contrary, the place is deserted and no one to stop them taking what hey like, what at least insured? i'm sure not...

[Tropicalevo]

  On 9/5/2022 at 8:36 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Would have thought they would have kept a security guard on site at all times , would have cost 10 000 Baht per month, but would have saved 70 Million Baht 

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Good luck on getting a half decent security guard for 10,000 baht per month here on Samui.

we are paying 17,000 baht per month!

Cheaper if you employ direct but then you need three guards. Day/Night and back up for days off, holidays and sickness.

[bendejo]

Seems she didn't have any friends among the locals, they might have contacted her.

 

 

[ThaiFelix]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:58 PM, webfact said:

did not think thieves would target a hotel this size.

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What hole have you had your head in all your life?

[loong]

  On 9/5/2022 at 10:59 PM, Iamfalang said:

picture doesn't look too luxurious.   70 million appears to be a guess.  

 

hire some burmese and patch things up for 300 baht.

 

solved.

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Of course, it doesn't look luxurious now.

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The criminals took everything including wires, light bulbs, plugs, tables, chairs, bathroom fixtures, water heaters, curtains, door frames,  wooden doors, windows, glass panels, air conditioners, water pumps and elevators.

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[ThailandRyan]

  On 9/5/2022 at 10:59 PM, Iamfalang said:

picture doesn't look too luxurious.   70 million appears to be a guess.  

 

hire some burmese and patch things up for 300 baht.

 

solved.

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Looks like the thieves stole the windows, the furniture etc.... Then I read the article and yes they did

 

The criminals took everything including wires, light bulbs, plugs, tables, chairs, bathroom fixtures, water heaters, curtains, door frames,  wooden doors, windows, glass panels, air conditioners, water pumps and elevators.

[kidneyw]

  On 9/5/2022 at 7:58 PM, webfact said:

but did not think thieves would target a hotel this size.

 

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How long has she lived in Thailand?

[mahjongguy]

elevators ??

[ThailandRyan]

  On 9/6/2022 at 1:58 AM, mahjongguy said:

elevators ??

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Pretty serious Thieves.  One wonders which new condo build they were sold too.

[RT555]

  On 9/5/2022 at 9:25 PM, VinnieK said:

3 shifts would have cost 30k ,with zero income and monthly debt servicing.

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You makeshift 1 unit and the live there...so 1 is all needed.

Glad ur not running my business.

[rwill]

They stole the elevators but I guess they forgot the security cameras.  How else would they have caught them?

 

[KannikaP]

  On 9/6/2022 at 1:45 AM, loong said:

Of course, it doesn't look luxurious now.

 

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How the <deleted> did they steal the elevators (lifts) ?

[Bangkok Barry]

  On 9/5/2022 at 8:36 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Would have thought they would have kept a security guard on site at all times , would have cost 10 000 Baht per month, but would have saved 70 Million Baht 

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Come on! This is Thailand. Any security guard would have been woken up by the looters and paid a few thousand baht to see nothing, and then he would have disappeared. Anyone who has lived here for more than five minutes knows that security guards are there on minimum wage just for show and are useless.

 

A perfect example are the MRT 'security guards' in Bangkok who shine a torch for half a second at your closed bag, or those at shopping centres who watch as people go in the exit door and avoid the scanners at the proper entrance - and then do nothing.

I read on here of one guard who showed up for work on his first night with a pillow and blanket and probably wonders until this day why the farang owner sacked him before he even started.

[Iamfalang]

OK, then put up 100 cameras....

 

come on people, I'm an online security consultant.

 

Put up cameras, access them via phone!!!

 

OK< my fee is 800,000 baht.  pay up!!!!!  saved you zillions

[crazykopite]

Where were the security guards when all this took place or did she not bother to have any and just left the place wide open if that was the case then that is an open invitation for anyone to walk around an unsecured building . 

[transam]

  On 9/5/2022 at 9:58 PM, Jerno said:

Checks only every 3 months?  Sheesh!  Moron anyone? 

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Not a moron to be worth a lot of money Jerno, more like she thought her own would not loot the place.

 

Seems a lesson learned by her, eh....????

[wombat]

  On 9/6/2022 at 1:45 AM, loong said:

Of course, it doesn't look luxurious now.

 

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daylight robbery ...lol

[jvs]

Nobody saw anything?

There must have been a few trucks going in and out the property.

Lots of second hand building material for sale or someone is building a whole new hotel?

One or two cameras could have taken care of this.

 

[Harveyboy]

  On 9/6/2022 at 1:51 AM, ThailandRyan said:

Looks like the thieves stole the windows, the furniture etc.... Then I read the article and yes they did

 

The criminals took everything including wires, light bulbs, plugs, tables, chairs, bathroom fixtures, water heaters, curtains, door frames,  wooden doors, windows, glass panels, air conditioners, water pumps and elevators.

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so basically left the Walls