Gambling addict teacher burns her father's teak house down because he wouldn't give her any more money

[webfact]

77kaoded Thai Caption: Mad teacher burns house down (Nan)

 

77kaoded reported from Ban Napha in the Kong Khwai sub-dsitrict of Nan, northern Thailand where firefighters battled for an hour at a blaze in a fire in a large teak house.

 

The whole place was razed to the ground. 

 

The media reported that the fire was set by the daughter of the owner of the house. She is a teacher at a downtown Nan school.

 

She set fire to it because her father wouldn't give her money.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Relatives explained to the media that the daughter had qualified as a teacher after gaining a Master's degree in Bangkok.

 

Later she decided to return to Nan to care for her aging dad, something that pleased relatives. The pair lived together at the house.

 

But she soon started taking all his money forcing him to sell land and an orchard.

 

She was addicted to online gambling, principally the card game baccarat.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

She got involved with loan sharks, lost her car and ran out of cash prompting the demands to her father.

 

Ultimately she threatened to kill him and burn his house down causing the old man to flee to a relative's property.

 

She then followed through on her arson threat watching the house burn to the ground at a relative's place. 

 

The media did not make any mention of what the police did though they had several pictures of a woman being dragged away and put in the back of a pick-up by officers.

 

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[greenmonkey]

poor guy, to have everything ripped away from you by your own flesh and blood! I'm guessing he paid for her to complete here studies in Bangkok only to be repaid like this.

[ezzra]

The scrooge of drugs and gambling and other vice's addiction enough to send people into the depth of desperation and do anything to get some money...

[kidneyw]

She's a keeper.

Yeh, keep her locked up in the nut house.

[kcpattaya]

A qualified legend with a master degree!
I pity the old man...so sad.

[chalawaan]

26 minutes ago, ezzra said:

The scrooge of drugs and gambling and other vice's addiction enough to send people into the depth of desperation and do anything to get some money...

So seeing that we can't put "gambling" into a needle and inject it, is the problem in the drug or the person?

 

Therefore if 3% are problem users, why deny the responsible 97% of recreational users their adult fun?

 

Also it's "scourge"

 

PS: no idea why it's typing in bold...????????

 

[Chelseafan]

1 hour ago, chalawaan said:

So seeing that we can't put "gambling" into a needle and inject it, is the problem in the drug or the person?

 

Therefore if 3% are problem users, why deny the responsible 97% of recreational users their adult fun?

 

Also it's "scourge"

 

PS: no idea why it's typing in bold...????????

 

 

Depends on the drug. I have no issues with weed, I don't use it myself but have friends that do.

Heroin on the other hand is a nasty business, my cousin is a shell of who he used to be and it took him years to get off that <deleted>

You also have to think about where these drugs come from, Coccaine for example principally comes from South America run by cartels who do untold damage to communities.  Anyhow that's my take on it.

 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, chalawaan said:

So seeing that we can't put "gambling" into a needle and inject it, is the problem in the drug or the person?

 

Therefore if 3% are problem users, why deny the responsible 97% of recreational users their adult fun?

 

Also it's "scourge"

 

PS: no idea why it's typing in bold...????????

 

I think you need to read and collect really information about gambling addiction in Thailand. It is far over 3 % of all players that have minor to severe problem with gambling.

[Aussieroaming]

Hey Teacher...leave your dad alone.

[shackleton]

Gambling is a big problem in Thailand especially when the lone sharks get involved

Feel sorry for the father 

His daughter  went out on a blaze of glory

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

She needs to be locked up, or taken out of her misery.

 

I have enough vices, and am so grateful gambling was never one of them. I find it so much more fun to spend money, than to lose money! 

 

I have a couple of friends who are very talented card players. One of them gambles once a year. He can count five decks of cards. He always wins $10,000 in an hour or so, then the family vacation is paid for. He is very good, and very disciplined. He goes up $10k, and walks away. Also helps him to avoid detection at the casinos, who keep an eye out for winners. They do not like winners. 

I once gambled 25 cents on a slot machine in Las Vegas, lost it and quit because I was on a losing streak.

[metisdead]

An off topic post trolling about Biden has been removed.

[Sparktrader]

1 hour ago, shackleton said:

Gambling is a big problem in Thailand especially when the lone sharks get involved

Feel sorry for the father 

His daughter  went out on a blaze of glory

Gambling isnt the problem. Self control.

[Mac Mickmanus]

14 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Gambling isnt the problem. Self control.

Its the mentality, rather than the self control .

The mentality that burning a house down is a correct way to behave in any given situation, let a long burning your Parents house down because they would give you any money .

   Its the mentality of having those thoughts, rather than trying to control them 

[Sparktrader]

8 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Its the mentality, rather than the self control .

The mentality that burning a house down is a correct way to behave in any given situation, let a long burning your Parents house down because they would give you any money .

   Its the mentality of having those thoughts, rather than trying to control them 

We all think bad things sometimes.

[Mac Mickmanus]

Just now, Sparktrader said:

We all think bad things sometimes.

Don't include me in that "we" 

I would never even consider setting fire to anything , let along a house , wouldn't even cross my mind 

[Thingamabob]

Chilling to think that this woman, as a teacher, should be setting a good example to her students. Teachers in Thailand seem to have more debt problems than mist sectors of society.

[metisdead]

Some off topic posts about gambling in the USA have been removed.

[jaywalker]

I went to Vegas once, as I was working nearby. Sounded like 4,000 people banging on a little kid's piano in the casino.

 

I consider myself a half decent poker player. I ordered a Jack & Coke and promptly lost $20 before it was half finished.

 

That was the end of my gambling days.

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Glad the old man wasn't in the house!

 

 

[JeffersLos]

Angry Bird Thailand. 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

She set fire to it because her father wouldn't give her money.

Now that's a real tantrum.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

She got involved with loan sharks, lost her car and ran out of cash prompting the demands to her father.

 

Ultimately she threatened to kill him and burn his house down causing the old man to flee to a relative's property.

So after her father put her trough University to get a decent job this is how she repays him.. I guess she didn't learn the meaning of the word "gratitude" while being educated.

[Sparktrader]

13 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Don't include me in that "we" 

I would never even consider setting fire to anything , let along a house , wouldn't even cross my mind 

Ok sure.

[phetphet]

She's a real bright spark that one. Burning what was possibly her own inheritance.

 

That is besides destroying a home possible filled with memories and sentimental items for her poor old dad.

 

I hope the old guy is left with enough to not have to suffer hardship for his remaining years. Or that the rest of the family step up to support him. Very unlikely he had home insurance.

 

 

 

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[Tarteso]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

She is a teacher..

21 hours ago, webfact said:

she decided to return to Nan to care for her aging dad

She just had a plan, an evil premeditated plan. 

[brianthainess]

It seems to me in Thailand it is more the women that get hooked on gambling, then turn to loan sharks thinking they'll win it all back. This teacher probably  only went to her dad's hoping to hide from them.

[Stargeezr]

Well I hope this teacher has lots of time in jail to actually teach something.

Being that Nan is a smaller place, likely every one there will know who she is.

  I feel sorry for her dad. If she gets over her gambling addiction, she will have the rest of her life to maybe pay back her father                                     for destroying his house and all that was in it. I doubt that will happen though.