Loan sharks heartlessly kill Thai fruit vendor over 400 baht debt near Pattaya

[snoop1130]

 

In a shocking event, a 45 year old fruit vendor tragically lost his life after a gang of loan sharks terrorised and shot him right outside a convenience store.

 

The victim’s girlfriend, 41 year old Saengduen revealed the heartbreaking moments leading up to the event, which happened on the evening of November 14.

 

The storefront of Itthiphol (surname withheld), is located on Sukhumvit Road, right in front of a convenience store entrance on Soi Sukhumvit 109 in the Boonrath 2 Village, Moo 4, Plutaluang District, Chon Buri Province.

 

The loan sharks attacked Itthiphol as he couldn’t afford to pay back 200 baht per day for a 10,000 baht loan. Saengduen explained that due to poor sales, Itthiphol was unable to make the interest payments for about two days, which amounted to 400 baht. She had promised the loan sharks to repay the amount as soon as possible and reassured them that Itthiphol had no intention of fleeing.

 

The attack happened suddenly. A woman from the loan shark gang demanded payment, and a man handed her a gun. The woman shot Itthiphol at close range, and the man even attempted to stab him with a knife.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Photo: KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-15

 

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[Don Chance]

Another day in Satanland.

[MrPancake]

Tells us something about the general state of the economy...

[Bobthegimp]

Just tragic. 

 

It was a woman who shot him. A man would probably have just roughed him up. Now the loan shark will get zero baht and perhaps a stretch in the monkey house. 

[save the frogs]

sad stuff.

people struggling to survive, getting in debt to loan sharks. 

 

[Celsius]

Would your gf kill you if you skipped a monthly payment?

[peter zwart]

in a country where police is involved in many of these kind of businesses it will stay the "Wild East" 

[BobBKK]

Hang the person who shot him.

[connda]

Life is cheap here.  Loan-sharks are allowed free rein to engage in predation.  Then just shoot the debtor.
The killers?  Whipped with bamii noodles and sentenced to a sever tongue-lashing.

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, Don Chance said:

Another day in Satanland.

And I suppose you are living here too? Or maybe you are lucky? Alternatively burned all bridges and suffer everyday in the land you call Satanland?

[Bobthegimp]

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

And I suppose you are living here too? Or maybe you are lucky? Alternatively burned all bridges and suffer everyday in the land you call Satanland?

 

Yeah, I didn't get that "satanland " thing either. 

 

I see so much good from Thai people in my daily life that I need to read the news to remind myself that it isn't Disneyland.  Must be the honeymoon phase. 

[sammieuk1]

The Insanity of this loan shark cancer 🤔Rip

[neeray]

Killing the debtor seems akin to the idiom "biting the hand that feeds you" (only a thousand times worse). Now the loan shark can write off the entire debt, while running from the law.

[DjSilver]

Welcome to the land of idiots.

[Butts]

Will this spark a war on Loan Sharks by the local law enforcement?

Would be nice to see that they do catch these murders!

[AustinRacing]

16 minutes ago, neeray said:

Killing the debtor seems akin to the idiom "biting the hand that feeds you" (only a thousand times worse). Now the loan shark can write off the entire debt, while running from the law.

Yeah somewhat true. But sometimes they resort to this kind of act to scare other clients  to not default. A bit like an insurance policy. Mafia in USA do the same. Not that I condone it. 

[dallen52]

Just gotta love this tourist friendly place...

 

Murdered.

All for 400 baht.

 

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, dallen52 said:

Just gotta love this tourist friendly place...

 

Murdered.

All for 400 baht.

 

He was not a tourist and this occurred well away from the tourist areas... but don't let that worry you.

[spidermike007]

Perhaps we need some sort of overhaul to the judicial system in a situation like this where there were likely multiple witnesses. Why should there even be a trial? The death penalty should be applied within 30 days, with no possibility of appeal. A three person judicial panel could pronounce the sentence, perhaps the word would get around, and people would think twice about behaving like such fools.

 

The people who committed these crimes were not human, they were a variety of insect. The world needs less of these parasitical insects. 

[AhFarangJa]

Any bets on how long it will take before a crackdown on loan sharks is announced. Maybe never as it was only a lowly fruit seller.....no one of any importance like, say, a Chinese tourist for instance. 

[mrmicbkktxl]

10 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

And I suppose you are living here too? Or maybe you are lucky? Alternatively burned all bridges and suffer everyday in the land you call Satanland?

What a useless comment, are you just ignorant???

[Bangkok Barry]

10 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

And I suppose you are living here too? Or maybe you are lucky? Alternatively burned all bridges and suffer everyday in the land you call Satanland?

 

I guess you are okay with being being murdered for 400 baht or less (I know of two cases where 100 was involved) and almost daily murders within families, or being murdered for turning off the wi-fi or looking at someone the wrong way or young kids carrying guns or students attacking and murdering each other, or teachers beating kids often with apparent impunity (two this week so far) and lack of law enforcement. How would you describe that?

[Chongalulu]

12 hours ago, Celsius said:

Would your gf kill you if you skipped a monthly payment?

She’d not wait out the week… ☠️ 

[bbbbooboo]

Hmm…. The land of smiles does it again?

[Chongalulu]

57 minutes ago, dallen52 said:

Just gotta love this tourist friendly place...

 

Murdered.

All for 400 baht.

 

Not quite ,you have to consider the 10,000 baht capital sum…

[JoseThailand]

This shows once again that Thailand is a poor third world country

[sikishrory]

Ah no comment from police in this story?

Surprise surprise

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The attack happened suddenly. A woman from the loan shark gang demanded payment, and a man handed her a gun. The woman shot Itthiphol at close range, and the man even attempted to stab him with a knife.

Some really sick people in this so called Buddhist country.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, neeray said:

Killing the debtor seems akin to the idiom "biting the hand that feeds you" (only a thousand times worse). Now the loan shark can write off the entire debt, while running from the law.

The thought process often doesn't enter the murderers mind until after the event... then  flee the scene

[brianthainess]

19 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

Not quite ,you have to consider the 10,000 baht capital sum…

I'm wondering what the loan was for, most times it Seems its for gambling/drugs, these loan sharks are very dangerous people, even those that run to another part of Thailand are tracked down, by these disgusting leaches.