Two Pattaya hotel maids were apprehended by police on Tuesday after they allegedly used a universal keycard to enter a tourist’s room to steal gold jewelry and cash worth 100,000 baht-over five years ago.

 

Pol. Col. Boonlue Phadungtin arrested 44-year-old suspect, Mrs. Aranya (last name withheld by police), under an arrest warrant No.1/2018 issued by the Pattaya Provincial Court on January 9th, 2018.

 

Aranya was arrested for committing a joint burglary and failing to report herself to the court, according to Pol. Col. Boonlue. Her 36-year-old accomplice Ms. Pratchalee was also arrested for allegedly partnering with Aranya to commit a burglary. Pratchalee was previously arrested under an arrest warrant issued on October 10th, 2017.

 

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Is there a statue of limitations on theft?

Or is only for murderers?

lowlifes .... everywhere in thailand. 

Dont leave cash or gold in room. Dont take gold overseas. That way they cant steal it!

9 minutes ago, steven100 said:

lowlifes .... everywhere in thailand. 

90% of Thais are good.

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

90% of Thais are good.

sorry, disagree .... but each to his own opinion yeah.  

24 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Dont leave cash or gold in room. Dont take gold overseas. That way they cant steal it!

Victim blaming.

30 minutes ago, steven100 said:

sorry, disagree .... but each to his own opinion yeah.  

Ive never had stuff stolen. Never been bashed. Never been murdered.

 

Been abused once by a Thai. Get abused daily in Oz on the roads by bad drivers in the wrong.

 

 

13 minutes ago, Non Immigrant said:

Victim blaming.

Common sense. Cleaners are poor. Maybe 99% are honest but why gold and 100k cash? Any travel agent will tell you not to do it.

 

 

I kind of want to know if the tourist was a foreigner or a Thai, this missing piece of information seems very relevant to me but it's not mentioned.

Edited November 16, 20223 yr by ukrules

8 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Never been murdered

I was murdered once,  but got better ????

Not victim blaming, but how unfair is it to put such overwhelming

temptation in front of a couple of poor persons earning peanuts?

 

It seems iniquitous to me!

40 minutes ago, allanos said:

Not victim blaming, but how unfair is it to put such overwhelming

temptation in front of a couple of poor persons earning peanuts?

 

It seems iniquitous to me!

That's not fair. an hotel employee has to be a trusted soul, someone to who you can leave your room and its contents without fear of theft. My proviso is that money and valuables should be locked away if possible or otherwise secreted. Temptation is a given - how it's coped with is the measure of the trustworthiness of the employee.

9 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Ive never had stuff stolen. Never been bashed. Never been murdered.

 

Been abused once by a Thai. Get abused daily in Oz on the roads by bad drivers in the wrong.

 

 

I was murdered once but I recovered.

Was expecting to read on that the maids were "from a neighbouring country" but no, it seems they are Thai. 

A few words of warning; never, ever, leave cash in a hotel room safety box. Not only do most hotel staff have access to the room, many also know the admin/overide codes to open the room safe box. Recently checked into a hotel and the safety box was already locked. Told the front desk and staff member came and opened the box using number from memory. I only ever leave laptop and passport in a box. Still a risk but less so than losing notes of cash. 

 

10 hours ago, Joe Farang said:

Is there a statue of limitations on theft?

Or is only for murderers?

A subsequent crime of failing to report to court too. 

Actually pleasing to see this was pursued....it would have been dropped in many countries. 

9 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Dont leave cash or gold in room. Dont take gold overseas. That way they cant steal it!

But my gold chains look so cool when I'm strolling along Beach Road, What's wrong with that? ????

2 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

A few words of warning; never, ever, leave cash in a hotel room safety box. Not only do most hotel staff have access to the room, many also know the admin/overide codes to open the room safe box. Recently checked into a hotel and the safety box was already locked. Told the front desk and staff member came and opened the box using number from memory. I only ever leave laptop and passport in a box. Still a risk but less so than losing notes of cash. 

 

Well I do and have so far had only a single minor instance in many years.....  I don't think taking all my cash, cards and passport out with me is a good solution.

It might be beneficial to accidently lock the safe and see how easy it is for them to come open it in front of you....! One time I did this and it was a right rigmarole!

have the guest heard of in room safes?

1 hour ago, Naamblar2014 said:

I was murdered once,  but got better ????

Must have been a good health insurance policy.

Certainly wouldn't be the first time.

I had valuables removed from the case while it was in baggage storage. 

No CCTV.

 

Hotel and police not interested. 

Edited November 16, 20223 yr by dallen52

When I see people leave there doors open and a real community spirit and if there is one bad dishonest person in our town the people are on to it straight away. The honesty here makes me feel very blessed to live here however that doesn't distract that in the more tourist area the dishonest are more likely to be. If you're stupid enough to leave high valuables in your room then it won't end well. 

10 minutes ago, malibukid said:

have the guest heard of in room safes?

Have you seen how fast they can be opened with a strong magnet. 

Even faster with the override code.

When I travel , I always have RFID wallet and passport cover wallets , that way even if they are locked in your safe they can’t use skimming devices whilst in the room or even just outside the door !

9 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Common sense. Cleaners are poor. Maybe 99% are honest but why gold and 100k cash? Any travel agent will tell you not to do it.

 

 

just because someone is poor doesn't give them the right to steal from your room.  

 

10 hours ago, steven100 said:

lowlifes .... everywhere in thailand. 

And some of them are Thai, some are farangs, some are from other countries.

And lowlifes exist all over the world.

Is that a surprise for you?

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

I kind of want to know if the tourist was a foreigner or a Thai, this missing piece of information seems very relevant to me but it's not mentioned.

What if he was Chinese? 

One of this, IMHO, totally useless news stories which could end with: Similar events happen every day probably thousands of times all over the world.

 

And then the speculation about the nationality of the victim.

And the question of the nationality of the accused.

And why did anybody steel lots of money and valuables?

And why did anybody leave money and valuables accessible to others?

And why did they bring money and valuables to Thailand at all?

 

We still need the question why they came to Pattaya at all, they obviously must be sex tourist and deserve to be victims.

 

And all that from a little boring everyday article. Interesting... 

Arrested for stealing only FIVE years ago - way to go police force. 

10 hours ago, steven100 said:

lowlifes .... everywhere in thailand. 

 No more than anywhere else.