Acid attack survivor scammed out of motorbike by brutal loan shark

[webfact]

 

In a recent incident, a 26 year old woman from the Ban Ngang district of Buriram province found herself victimised twice over. Initially, the woman, Wunpen, suffered facial disfigurement and blindness from an acid attack by her ex-husband in 2020.

 

Recently, she has been defrauded by a loan shark who refused to return her mortgaged motorbike, allegedly selling it to a teenager fond of modifying vehicles. She reported the incident to the local police today.

 

Wunpen shared her ordeal, detailing that she had mortgaged her Honda Wave 110 motorbike on September 1 to pay her debt of 2,400 baht.

The motorbike was pawned for 6,000 baht, from which 900 baht was deducted for interest, 500 baht for parking fees, and 2,400 baht to cover her debt, leaving her with 2,200 baht. The agreement was for her to redeem the motorbike within 30 days. However, when she tried to retrieve her motorbike before October 1, she was denied, despite it not being 30 days since the pawn. Finally, the loan shark demanded 25,000 baht for the return of the motorbike.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo: Khaosod.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-09-30

 

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[smedly]

put this scum in jail for at least 10 years

[d4dang]

The interest rate plus add ons are worse than the Indian loan sharks. Ripping off this girl? Lower than low life.

[hotchilli]

On 9/30/2023 at 5:15 AM, webfact said:

The motorbike was pawned for 6,000 baht, from which 900 baht was deducted for interest, 500 baht for parking fees, and 2,400 baht to cover her debt, leaving her with 2,200 baht. The agreement was for her to redeem the motorbike within 30 days. However, when she tried to retrieve her motorbike before October 1, she was denied, despite it not being 30 days since the pawn. Finally, the loan shark demanded 25,000 baht for the return of the motorbike.

There are some rel bast#rds out there.