Police arresting the suspect in Uthai Thani. Photo: Matichon

 

by TNR Staff 

 

A MAN undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chonburi was attacked by four debt collectors who barged into his room and after roughing him up grabbed his car key and drove the vehicle away from the car park, Matichon newspaper said today (Dec. 2).

 

Police arrested a suspect, Mr. Witsarut Permwattana, or Ball, 27, in Uthai Thani province on the charges of ganging up to steal property and escaping arrest but he denied committing the crime.

 

The victim told police that he had borrowed 100,000 baht from a loan shark in Chonburi but later had a problem repaying it and was constantly asked to do so.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/12/02/debt-collectors-attack-hospitalised-patient-steal-his-car/

 

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He was dealing with a loan shark and couldn't repay the loan. What did he think was going to happen? He's lucky he's still breathing. Yeesh!!

Strange couple of charges against the one they nabbed though:

 

"... ganging up to steal property and escaping arrest".

 

Gives a new twist to sending in the bailiffs. They should be done for trespass with criminal intent by the hospital, and/or police. Thailand needs to regulate their nefarious businesses.

22 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Strange couple of charges against the one they nabbed though:

 

"... ganging up to steal property and escaping arrest".

 

Gives a new twist to sending in the bailiffs. They should be done for trespass with criminal intent by the hospital, and/or police. Thailand needs to regulate their nefarious businesses.

is that a real offence in Thailand, or are you just making it up, robbery seems to fit the facts for me, of just plain theft

1 hour ago, HuskerDo2 said:

He was dealing with a loan shark and couldn't repay the loan. What did he think was going to happen? He's lucky he's still breathing. Yeesh!!

Dealing with loan sharks is the last resort anyone in Thailand will go too, but they do and they hope that somehow, someway, they will mange and be ok which is in most times is a false hope, but to barge into a hospital rough the man up and take his car? this is stooping so low even a snake will not do it... 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The victim told police that he had borrowed 100,000 baht from a loan shark in Chonburi but later had a problem repaying it and was constantly asked to do so.

On a minimum wage that would be nearly a years wages here - no wonder he could not pay it back - with interest. Idiot

3 hours ago, steve187 said:

is that a real offence in Thailand, or are you just making it up, robbery seems to fit the facts for me, of just plain theft

How about simple assault.  The big problem is what actually happened

 

What's roughing him up and where was hospital security or staff if it was that violent.

Meanwhile Pattaya Plod were raiding more than 10 restaurants for serving beer after hours.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The victim told police that he had borrowed 100,000 baht from a loan shark in Chonburi but later had a problem repaying it and was constantly asked to do so.

 

But he didn't repay it, so what do you expect, I don't have much sympathy for this guy. His car was worth 600K and it sounds like he was in a private room/hospital. 

The loan sharks didn't attack a hospitalized patient. They attacked a person who then became a hospital patient if my understanding of the article was correct.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The victim told police that he had borrowed 100,000 baht from a loan shark in Chonburi but later had a problem repaying it and was constantly asked to do so

Seems fair to me.. 

57 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

The loan sharks didn't attack a hospitalized patient. They attacked a person who then became a hospital patient if my understanding of the article was correct.

I think you need to read the first post again. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital when they attacked him

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Dealing with loan sharks is the last resort anyone in Thailand will go too, but they do and they hope that somehow, someway, they will mange and be ok which is in most times is a false hope, but to barge into a hospital rough the man up and take his car? this is stooping so low even a snake will not do it... 

I do not quite agree to this. I've been dealing with all five big Thai banks on normal commercial business banking and can tell you, it is a tedious tiring affair. Apart from an absolutely unnecessary avalanche of papers, rubber stamps, copies of copies of copies etc. too many people are involved, have to initialize or sign off stacks of paper they don't even read. 

Given the limited education of most Thais once it comes to financing they opt to deal with the much easier loan shark. See all those offerings by all those motorbike vendors proclaiming to part with a brand new bike without down payment and it costs the buyer only 41 Baht a day? Work out the juicier details and you will see that you just got a very expensive loan and they throw in a bike for good measure. The average Thai cant work out interest rates ....... unlike the loan sharks. Latter gets a waterproof collateral (in most cases at least) and profits nicely in that niche between the holy banks and their rather uneducated customers.

Back in the 80s I remember a South Asian gentleman in a Patpong bar who came to collect nightly 20 Baht from their customers in payment of bed sheets he provided. Only he knew by how much he overcharged those girls .......... 

6 hours ago, steve187 said:

is that a real offence in Thailand, or are you just making it up, robbery seems to fit the facts for me, of just plain theft

I quoted from the OP. I was asking the same question.

2 hours ago, SatEng said:

I think you need to read the first post again. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital when they attacked him

For bad nerves?