Victims lost nearly 1 million baht at hotel, secret doors found in rooms

[webfact]

 

Thai victims lost nearly one million baht in cash and assets to a thief at a hotel in the central province of Kanchanaburi. The secret and suspicious doors were discovered inside the room. The hotel owner claimed that the doors were an escape route for mistresses.

 

The victims were two families who checked in and stayed at the hotel on April 26 of this year. They filed a complaint with the officers at the Mueang Kanchanaburi Police Station, but there was no progress even though three months had passed. So, they sought help from Thai media agencies on June 16.

 

One of the victims, 43 year old Asana “Por” Kaenkaew, spoke to the media about the theft yesterday. Por explained that he, his wife, and one year old daughter travelled from their house in the southern province of Songkhla to visit his younger brother in Kanchanaburi on April 26.

According to Por, the family checked in at the hotel in the evening and went out to dine with the brother and returned to the hotel at 11pm. They went to sleep without any security concerns as their room was located close to the hotel security guard station. Moreover, the hotel was located on the roadside which was pretty busy with cars.

 

by Petch Petpailin

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Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/victims-lost-nearly-1-million-baht-at-hotel-secret-doors-found-in-rooms

 

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[ikke1959]

Strange story... who is travelling with 700k in his wallet and a lot of jewellery.. He doesn't have a bankaccount? It is never possible to prove how much cash you have on you and he has to prove it indeed . It is inviting thieves as they see it.. Besides a hotel with secret doors for the mistresses.. sounds almost like a fairytale..But everything is possible in Thailand.

[Darksidedude]

The hotel owner claimed that the doors were an escape route for mistresses.

 

awesome

[Darksidedude]

whats the hotel name

[chickenslegs]

48 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Strange story... who is travelling with 700k in his wallet and a lot of jewellery.. He doesn't have a bankaccount? It is never possible to prove how much cash you have on you and he has to prove it indeed . It is inviting thieves as they see it.. Besides a hotel with secret doors for the mistresses.. sounds almost like a fairytale..But everything is possible in Thailand.

700k total value (including amulets) but just 7,000 in cash, according to the article.

 

Edit: the 7,000 cash was from another room. The amount of cash from the first room isn't stated - just total assets 710,000.

Edited June 19, 2023 by chickenslegs

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The secret and suspicious doors were discovered inside the room. The hotel owner claimed that the doors were an escape route for mistresses.

Quality hotel?

[Burma Bill]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

that the doors were an escape route for mistresses.

carrying stolen property??

[watchcat]

40 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Quality hotel?

Short time hotel.

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Darksidedude said:

whats the hotel name

California.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Darksidedude said:

whats the hotel name

Petertheeater beat me to it.

Good call

Edited June 19, 2023 by hotchilli

[rwill]

From the linked article, "

The doors were completed with locks on the outer side as well.

The victims insisted that the hotel did not inform them about the secret doors during check-in. The hotel owner claimed that he installed secret doors for mistresses to escape from their lovers’ partners."

 

So the doors were locked from the outside but were to allow people on the inside to escape.  Makes sense.  To the police anyway.

[MrJ2U]

... with that kind of money he could picked a descent hotel.   

 

The interior looks like a 450 baht "Love Hotel" from the 90's.

[snowgard]

22 hours ago, Darksidedude said:

The hotel owner claimed that the doors were an escape route for mistresses.

 

awesome

And locked from outside!!!! Hahaha... 
How the mistress can escape with locked doors?

[Bangkok Barry]

On 6/19/2023 at 6:34 PM, rwill said:

So the doors were locked from the outside but were to allow people on the inside to escape.  Makes sense.  To the police anyway.

Just the usual five year-old child type excuses that Thais come up with.