Popular Post webfact Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 In the dim-lit streets of Soi Buakhao, Pattaya, chaos erupted as a German national found himself entangled in a brutal altercation with Go-Go bar thugs in the early hours of yesterday, leaving him nursing injuries to his left ear. The 46 year old German tourist, Mike Groebiinghoff, accompanied by his Thai girlfriend, innocently sought a parking spot in front of the bar. However, their night took a menacing turn when a group of unruly Go-Go bar brutes callously seized the space, sparking fury in the German tourist. Despite persistent honks from the couple, the staff remained obstinate, refusing to vacate the area. What ensued was a heated exchange escalating swiftly into a violent confrontation, with Groebiinghoff at the receiving end of the Go-Go ruffians’ fury, aided by additional bar hoodlums. Distraught by the harrowing ordeal, Groebiinghoff wasted no time in seeking police intervention, reported Pattaya Mail. However, the path to justice hit a snag as initial investigations revealed that crucial CCTV footage from the scene mysteriously vanished, with the bar management citing technical glitches. Undeterred, authorities advised Groebiinghoff to file a formal complaint at the Pattaya City Police Station. by Top Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-14 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 8 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post flyingtlger Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 6 minutes ago, webfact said: Despite persistent honks from the couple, the staff remained obstinate, refusing to vacate the area. In the dim lit streets...He should have left from the get go..... 4 2 1 2 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Should be a large fine if a business claims CCTV no work 6 2 8 1 4 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post monty1412 Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 23 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Should be a large fine if a business claims CCTV no work Only if their is law or governance of some sort that requires the business to have a working CCTV system 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AAArdvark Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Customers or employees? Was it one to one or one to 10? Was it another case of Thai bravery? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, webfact said: However, the path to justice hit a snag as initial investigations revealed that crucial CCTV footage from the scene mysteriously vanished, with the bar management citing technical glitches. Undeterred, authorities advised Groebiinghoff to file a formal complaint at the Pattaya City Police Station. Then they should also be fined for that lapse, believe it or not. Two sides to this story, I too am peed off at the way motorcycles block access to many places, particularly in LK Mero area. Edited February 13 by jacko45k 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post loong Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 (edited) 34 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Should be a large fine if a business claims CCTV no work 10 minutes ago, monty1412 said: Only if their is law or governance of some sort that requires the business to have a working CCTV system If I remember correctly that requirement was introduced in Pattaya about 20 years ago. Edited February 13 by loong typo 4 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skipalongcassidy Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 HAHAHA or as they say in Thailand 555... German demands parking space and gets pissed off when business doesn't want him to park in front of it... it's his right after all. Both parties are a wholes... 6 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rwill Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Lot's of businesses here claim the road in front of them as their property. The police allow them to do so. So while they do not own the road they are allowed to act as if it is their property. 2 1 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 minute ago, loong said: If I remember correctly that requirement was introduced in Pattaya about 20 years ago. Correct, but like many around the City, they fell into disrepair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Makes a change from Brits in trouble 1 6 2 2 1 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Just now, soalbundy said: Makes a change from Brits in trouble Nothing to do with Brits..... why do you bring them into this? 2 3 2 17 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 The usual Pattaya shenanigans ... business owner wiped the CCTV, Police do nothing, Thai bar thug scum, TIT .... But the German should have left immediately, you can't win in Thailand as everyone knows. 4 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Just now, jacko45k said: Nothing to do with Brits..... why do you bring them into this? because we've been in the news lately, one Brit after another, let the Germans take over. 1 1 1 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, webfact said: However, the path to justice hit a snag as initial investigations revealed that crucial CCTV footage from the scene mysteriously vanished, with the bar management citing technical glitches. Close the bar for a month.. that'll learn them. 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 14 minutes ago, soalbundy said: Makes a change from Brits in trouble Cheap shot... 2 2 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Simon1287 Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 So he sat there honking at a group of gogo bar male staff (Thai men well known for their great love of kicking the crap out of farangs at the slightest excuse) who were determined to stop him parking and then, presumably, he got out of the car to go and argue with them… Sounds like he got off lightly to me. I’ve seen 3 people shot dead in a side street (Hua Hin) for less. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 (edited) Not very smart to have it out with a bunch of local thugs, what was he thinking that he's back in Germany where parking spaces laws are orderly? you need to know when to quit when the odds are stacked against you... Edited February 13 by ezzra 8 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 18 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Close the bar for a month.. that'll learn them. they won't do that while the tea money keeps coming 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 (edited) You don't argue over parking spaces with Thais. In Thailand, it's prudent to learn which battles to pick, and when to walk away. Edited February 13 by Lacessit 4 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stoner Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, webfact said: However, the path to justice hit a snag as initial investigations revealed that crucial CCTV footage from the scene mysteriously vanished, with the bar management citing technical glitches. this excuse never gets old. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gargamon Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 38 minutes ago, soalbundy said: because we've been in the news lately, one Brit after another, let the Germans take over. Got a ways to go before that happens. Last count I had was Russians 19, Brits 17, and now Germans 2. What, no Aussies here this year? 2 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 14 minutes ago, steven100 said: they won't do that while the tea money keeps coming Close the bar for a month, the tea money is still due.. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted February 13 Popular Post Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, webfact said: Despite persistent honks from the couple, the staff remained obstinate, refusing to vacate the area. That is the part where I always think: What did the tourist expect will happen? That the thugs will go away and apologize that they honked? Or is another outcome more likely? Even if the police will do anything and even if any of the thugs will get punished, that story will never be over for him. From now on, he better doesn't show up in that area again, ever. And for all those who cry victim blaming: It doesn't matter if legally he was right to use that parking spot. It is just stupid to argue with some people. Walk away! 4 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thingamabob Posted February 14 Popular Post Share Posted February 14 If the German has spent a fair amont of time in Thailand he should know it would be wise to avoid this confrontation. Naive behaviour by him. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 4 hours ago, webfact said: nursing injuries to his left ear. How many injuries can a left ear sustain? Did the car survive intact? Mine got a nail driven through a piece of wood & placed under my nearside rear tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Thought this was going to be the old not-paying-inflated-bill article. The go-go gorillas are of course demented a-holes, but, especially if that guy knows the lay of the land, what was he thinking? Just move on. Saw one d-head screaming and gesticulating at a Thai lady in Chiang Mai many moons ago over a parking spot, then literally running after her car screaming. I mean, what the actual F! Do you want to get shot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 4 hours ago, webfact said: In the dim-lit streets of Soi Buakhao, Pattaya, chaos erupted as a German national found himself entangled in a brutal altercation with Go-Go bar thugs in the early hours of yesterday, leaving him nursing injuries to his left ear. The 46 year old German tourist, Mike Groebiinghoff, accompanied by his Thai girlfriend, innocently sought a parking spot in front of the bar. However, their night took a menacing turn when a group of unruly Go-Go bar brutes callously seized the space, sparking fury in the German tourist. Despite persistent honks from the couple, the staff remained obstinate, refusing to vacate the area. What ensued was a heated exchange escalating swiftly into a violent confrontation, with Groebiinghoff at the receiving end of the Go-Go ruffians’ fury, aided by additional bar hoodlums. Distraught by the harrowing ordeal, Groebiinghoff wasted no time in seeking police intervention, reported Pattaya Mail. However, the path to justice hit a snag as initial investigations revealed that crucial CCTV footage from the scene mysteriously vanished, with the bar management citing technical glitches. Undeterred, authorities advised Groebiinghoff to file a formal complaint at the Pattaya City Police Station. by Top Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-14 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe This reporting is pure gold!!!!😅😅😅😅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemsta69 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Neocolonialist got his just desserts 😉 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post roo860 Posted February 14 Popular Post Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said: HAHAHA or as they say in Thailand 555... German demands parking space and gets pissed off when business doesn't want him to park in front of it... it's his right after all. Both parties are a wholes... The German probably thought it was Poland. 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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