NE man takes an afternoon snooze in the park.....goodbye 80K that he needed for his brother's brain tumor

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Daily News Thai Caption: He lost it all

 

Muang Udon Thani police responded after receiving word that a man had been robbed in the Nong Prajak Park opposite the medical center in the downtown area.

 

They found 52 year old Adisorn Ornmasai in floods of tears.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

He had been looking after his brother who has been in the hospital since March 16th with a brain tumor.

 

He was due to have surgery on Thursday this week so he had brought 81,500 baht of his savings along in a bag.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

After visiting his brother he went to the park, called his wife, put the bag containing the money on his side and promptly fell asleep.

 

He woke to find the bag and money and his and his brother's Thai ID missing as well as his telephone.

 

 

He borrowed a local's phone to call his wife who also burst into tears on hearing the news.

 

Adisorn tried to console her advising her to calm down lest her blood pressure rise.

 

He called on the thief to give him back his money, reported Daily News.

 

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[VinnieK]

Maybe true..maybe a brazen lie.

80k can buy a lot of lao khao.

[brianthainess]

And the victim blaming is off to a great start. I hope they catch the perb. although i expect the money is gone by now.

[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed. 

[proton]

81k would not have gone far even in a government hospital these days

[ikke1959]

very smart going to sleep in a public area with a lot of money next to you....Why not get rid of it first??

[Eloquent pilgrim]

 

 

What a strange story;  he had just been to visit his brother in the hospital, so why didn’t he deposit the money with the hospital cashier.

[IvorBiggun2]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

I hope they catch the perb

I don't see how they can prove this incident really happened. Too risky to just go up to someone assumed to be sleeping and lift a bag containing 81,500 Baht. Cud have been the sleepers sandwiches. I'll say it never happened.  

[2baht]

1 hour ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Cud have been the sleepers sandwiches. I'll say it never happened.  

Would you and your wife cry over lost sandwiches???????

[Eloquent pilgrim]

22 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Would you and your wife cry over lost sandwiches???????

If it was tuna / mayo with cucumber ..... probably 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

2 hours ago, brianthainess said:

And the victim blaming is off to a great start

 

Victim ?? … oh, do come on, surely you’re not buying this story.

[worgeordie]

Very sad if true , I know Thais can fall asleep anywhere, one yesterday was

asleep among  the electrical wires on a pole, and they often do it while behind

the wheel of a vehicle, but to do it in a park ,with that much money ,unbelievable,

expect he will get a good hiding off the wife ,(she looks a lot bigger than him) when

he gets home, 

 

regards worgeordie

[Liverpool Lou]

58 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

very smart going to sleep in a public area with a lot of money next to you....Why not get rid of it first??

Perhaps he did not plan to drop off, it just happened and I'd guess that he didn't just have a pile of money next to him.

[Liverpool Lou]

58 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

 

What a strange story;  he had just been to visit his brother in the hospital, so why didn’t he deposit the money with the hospital cashier.

Probably because he didn't need to deposit it at the hospital and he was not planning on having it stolen.

[Liverpool Lou]

55 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

I don't see how they can prove this incident really happened. Too risky to just go up to someone assumed to be sleeping and lift a bag containing 81,500 Baht. Cud have been the sleepers sandwiches. I'll say it never happened.  

You don't think that it's possible than an opportunistic thief could just lift the bag while the man was dozing and got lucky?   Thankfully, he doesn't have to prove that it happened to cynical AN posters.

[IvorBiggun2]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You don't think that it's possible than an opportunistic thief could just lift the bag while the man was dozing and got lucky?

No

[Liverpool Lou]

22 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Victim ?? … oh, do come on, surely you’re not buying this story.

Oh, do come on, why shouldn't anyone buy the story?

[Liverpool Lou]

Just now, IvorBiggun2 said:

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You don't think that it's possible than an opportunistic thief could just lift the bag while the man was dozing and got lucky?

No

Why, what would be so difficult about it?

[bannork]

1 hour ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

 

What a strange story;  he had just been to visit his brother in the hospital, so why didn’t he deposit the money with the hospital cashier.

You usually pay after the operation when you get a bill itemizing the costs. The original article says he is a labourer so it's quite possible he doesn't have a bank account, hence collected the money in cash.

A sad story, they're going to have to get the money from somewhere, just hope it's not loan sharks.

[loong]

I also think that this story does not add up.

Why was he carrying around that amount of cash? If it was to pay the hospital, well he had already been there so why didn't he?

Nobody with a brain cell would have that money in a bag and lay it beside them and have a sleep. He could have shoved it down his trousers.

[ningnong]

Actually a bit more info in the original article. There was a witness who was eating with relatives about 50 meters away and observed the potential thief standing near the victim. The witness looked away when the suspected thief looked in their direction so did not see the actual theft take place but they were able to give a description of the suspect.

 

Another person attempted to call the stolen cell phone 2-3 times but then it was turned off.

[Mad mick]

Damn Sad for him & Bro all concerned money + cell phone in bag taken for walk, thieves are opertunisistic scum hanging out at hospital easy pickings maybe , Was in Thai hospital on Koh Samui prior to op and treatment paid up like deposit balance after  placed credit card as collateral being foreigner ,  maybe things have changed no deposit no op in old days sad story if true ???? 

Edited April 4, 2023 by Mad mick

[Spock]

2 hours ago, proton said:

81k would not have gone far even in a government hospital these days

I don't understand why the operation is not free under the national health system. Anyway, a fool and his money are soon parted.

[IvorBiggun2]

11 minutes ago, Spock said:

I don't understand why the operation is not free under the national health system. 

Many good reasons as to why he's not having the op done under the 30 Baht scheme. Unfortunately we do not have full info as to why not.

Edited April 4, 2023 by IvorBiggun2

[Eloquent pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Probably because he didn't need to deposit it at the hospital and he was not planning on having it stolen.

 

Well why was he walking around carrying such a large amount of cash if he didn’t need to pay the hospital. He was there so could easily have deposited it with the hospital’s cashier, received a receipt, and then the funds could have been used later to pay for, or go towards, the hospital’s invoice.

[RichardColeman]

Think there is far more to this story, an it does not involve a thief

[kcpattaya]

And this year's award goes to: "..."

[metisdead]

A post trolling about GOFUND ME has been removed.

[KhaoYai]

What makes me suspicious of this story is how he remembered his wife's phone number.  Before modern phones I had an almost photographic memory of numbers.  Now, because I don't actually dial them anymore, the only number I know is my own. How many of you can remember your wife's number?

 

Stunt, hoping for donations???

[HK MacPhooey]

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Probably because he didn't need to deposit it at the hospital and he was not planning on having it stolen.

Probably because he'd told his brother that he had the money to pay for his brother's surgery but didn't really have it or didn't want to give it to him therefore made up the story he was going to give his brother the money but that it had been stolen.