Foreign man smashes car window and tries to assault Lao man

[snoop1130]

 

A Laotian businessman demanded that a foreigner in the Isaan province of Udon Thani take responsibility for smashing his car window and attempting to punch him in the face.

 

Mueang Udon Thani Police Station was alerted to investigate a damaged car at Nong Bua Market Intersection at 4pm yesterday, July 9. Upon arrival, officers met the car’s owner, a 68 year old Laotian man named Somchai, and his wife. Both were still shaken and frightened.

 

Somchai told police that he was driving to a hospital on Nittayo Road. When approaching the intersection, he signalled to other motorists that he would make a left turn. He was about to turn when the foreign suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, approached him.

 

The foreign man parked his motorcycle in the middle of the road, leaving his child sitting there. He accused Somchai of cutting him off and complained loudly.

 

 

Somchai said he apologised to the foreign man even though he was confident he had done nothing wrong. However, the foreigner did not accept his apology and continued to shout at Somchai and his wife.

 

Unexpectedly, the foreign man smashed his fist into the left-side car window, shattering it. He also tried to punch Somchai but the victim managed to avoid the assault. The man then returned to his motorcycle and left the scene.

 

The Laotian man told Channel 3 that he visited Thailand quite often but never experienced anything like this. He wanted the foreigner to take responsibility and compensate him for the damage.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Photo via Channel 3

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-10

 

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[BangkokReady]

15 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

A Laotian businessman demanded that a foreigner

 

Are they not both foreigners in this scenario?

[Ohyesuare]

7 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Are they not both foreigners in this scenario?

 

Foreigner seems to usually be used for non-Asians. Lao, Cambodian, Chinese, etc.. get called where they are from, everyone else is foreigner or farang to Thai people.

[KhunBENQ]

14 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Are they not both foreigners in this scenario?

By passport yes, but Laos people and upper Isan is so close in culture and language.

Can usually communicate with little effort.

Udon Thani is full with Lao people from border regions coming for shopping, medical etc.

[atpeace]

19 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Are they not both foreigners in this scenario?

"He was about to turn when the foreign suspect, whose identity remains undisclosed, approached him"

 

One man from Laos and an unidentified  foreign man.  Seems clear to me.

[steven100]

If it was a Brit he needs to come clean and turn himself in to the nearest police station. 

[atpeace]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

If it was a Brit he needs to come clean and turn himself in to the nearest police station. 

We can only hope for the entertainment value.  Sure are catching more than their share of hate the last few months on AN.

[steven100]

Road rage ....   surely the cops can look at some CCTV around and locate this baboon ...

[watchcat]

10 hours ago, Ohyesuare said:

Foreigner seems to usually be used for non-Asians. Lao, Cambodian, Chinese, etc.. get called where they are from, everyone else is foreigner or farang to Thai people.

 

Alien more likely.

[Geoffggi]

Maybe foreign to him - possibly Thai ....................LOL

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, Ohyesuare said:

 

Foreigner seems to usually be used for non-Asians. Lao, Cambodian, Chinese, etc.. get called where they are from, everyone else is foreigner or farang to Thai people.

Even Aliens by some...

[NanLaew]

12 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

By passport yes, but Laos people and upper Isan is so close in culture and language.

Can usually communicate with little effort.

Udon Thani is full with Lao people from border regions coming for shopping, medical etc.

 

But the indigenous Lao people, including the free-spending border crossers, are still considered to be foreigners here.

 

Refer to Thai national anthem for confirmation.

 

Back on topic; a foreigner appears to think that he is entitled to be verbally and physically abusive, regardless of the victim's nationality.

[NanLaew]

11 hours ago, steven100 said:

Road rage ....   surely the cops can look at some CCTV around and locate this baboon ...

 

An inebriated English baboon in Udon Thani recently took a pop at a dek pump and another employee at a PTT gas station. A few days later, he was back in the media, apologizing to all concerned while claiming he was ex-forces and citing PTSD and other "stressful" things in his life.

[edwinchester]

12 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Are they not both foreigners in this scenario?

Some foreigners are more foreign than others.

[Rumpelstilskin]

People are strange when you're a stranger

[steven100]

25 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

An inebriated English baboon in Udon Thani recently took a pop at a dek pump and another employee at a PTT gas station. A few days later, he was back in the media, apologizing to all concerned while claiming he was ex-forces and citing PTSD and other "stressful" things in his life.

yes ....   he slapped that poor young attendant ... a couple of months back.   Just an idiot on steroids or something.

[brianthainess]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The foreign man parked his motorcycle in the middle of the road, leaving his child sitting there. He accused Somchai of cutting him off and complained loudly.

Maybe the guy was angry about being cut off as he had his child with him. If he hadn't cut him off then this incident would not have put their lives at risk. What about fining the guy for bad driving. 

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Maybe the guy was angry about being cut off as he had his child with him. If he hadn't cut him off then this incident would not have put their lives at risk. What about fining the guy for bad driving. 

 

He denies it in the article, but he could obviously be lying. (Most drivers in Thailand appear to not actually consider pulling out in front of someone and forcing them to hit their breaks to actually be cutting them off.)

 

Sadly, the press appear (predictably) to be biased in favour of the Laotian over the "foreigner". Even if the "local" did something that nearly killed the foreigner's child, they would probably still find the foreinger to be at fault.

[Almer]

3 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

An inebriated English baboon in Udon Thani recently took a pop at a dek pump and another employee at a PTT gas station. A few days later, he was back in the media, apologizing to all concerned while claiming he was ex-forces and citing PTSD and other "stressful" things in his life.

I seem to remember he got only a telling off, due to being of assistance to Immigration in the past, be carefull who you talk to in a bar

[Ctkong]

16 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

By passport yes, but Laos people and upper Isan is so close in culture and language.

Can usually communicate with little effort.

Udon Thani is full with Lao people from border regions coming for shopping, medical etc.

A couple of hundred years ago, those parts of upper issan were Laos. Lower part of isaan belonged to Cambodia . If you go to issan, they are clear about their roots. 

[Ctkong]

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

 

He denies it in the article, but he could obviously be lying. (Most drivers in Thailand appear to not actually consider pulling out in front of someone and forcing them to hit their breaks to actually be cutting them off.)

 

Sadly, the press appear (predictably) to be biased in favour of the Laotian over the "foreigner". Even if the "local" did something that nearly killed the foreigner's child, they would probably still find the foreinger to be at fault.

Maybe the Laotian is wrong. Maybe he is not. In the post, he mentioned he apologized regardless. However what the foreigner did after that is uncalled for. In some country, whoever throw the first punch is guilty regardless. This law takes care of incidents of road rage . 

[Srikcir]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

If he hadn't cut him off then this incident would not have put their lives at risk

"The foreign man parked his motorcycle in the middle of the road, leaving his child sitting there."

Hardly a safe place for the child to be (in the roadway) while the father engages in road rage. This attack is more about the father's ego than his child's safety.

[PingRoundTheWorld]

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Sadly, the press appear (predictably) to be biased in favour of the Laotian over the "foreigner". Even if the "local" did something that nearly killed the foreigner's child, they would probably still find the foreinger to be at fault.

It doesn't matter who was right or wrong initially. The fact that the guy punched the window and tried to punch him puts him in the wrong regardless. Nationality has nothing to do with this.

 

Speaking of punching glass - probably the dumbest thing you can do as it can injure you severely - the guy probably has some wounds and maybe even broken fingers.

[AnotherOneHere]

Now even Laotians are getting named Somchain? This will get confusing really quick.  🙉

[steven100]

30 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

it was me,,,catch me if you can...im the hansum one....so sez the thai ladies   

they'll catch you at the bar

 

[BangkokReady]

2 hours ago, Ctkong said:

Maybe the Laotian is wrong. Maybe he is not. In the post, he mentioned he apologized regardless. However what the foreigner did after that is uncalled for. In some country, whoever throw the first punch is guilty regardless. This law takes care of incidents of road rage . 

 

Sounds like an opinion rather than a fact. If the driver did come close to killing the rider's child, then both are at fault here.

 

You can't pretend that dangerous driving is fine, but punching someone's car is not.

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

It doesn't matter who was right or wrong initially. The fact that the guy punched the window and tried to punch him puts him in the wrong regardless. Nationality has nothing to do with this.

 

No. The driver may be guilty of an offense also. So, if the driver did come close to knocking this guy and his child off his bike, then both are guilty of an offense.

 

There's no, "well he may have nearly killed someone, but he didn't mean to, so it's OK, but trying to punch someone is evil and deserves punishment" defense here.

 

They are likely both in the wrong.

[NanLaew]

23 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

He denies it in the article, but he could obviously be lying. (Most drivers in Thailand appear to not actually consider pulling out in front of someone and forcing them to hit their breaks to actually be cutting them off.)

 

Sadly, the press appear (predictably) to be biased in favour of the Laotian over the "foreigner". Even if the "local" did something that nearly killed the foreigner's child, they would probably still find the foreinger to be at fault.

 

I live in Udon Thani and the more sensible foreigners and Thai drivers all know that Lao drivers can be all over the shop, worse than the locals. They are LHD vehicles with yellow plates, so they already tend to stick out like the proverbial dog's balls. I see them all the time and they get the 'buffer zone' treatment (and occasionally shouted at from behind my tinted windows).

 

If this 'foreign' idiot thinks that he's so special that he can park up, block the road and go and assault who he probably thought was a 'local' driver, then he needs to wake the <deleted> up and realize that he's driving in Thailand. He can do that any time after the formal apology, wai, basket of flowers and/or chicken essence.

 

BTW, leaving the kid alone on a motorbike parked in the road in such as way as to impede busy traffic so he could go and punch out a driver was not putting his child at risk? Give me a break.

 

Sheesh...

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

 

I live in Udon Thani and the more sensible foreigners and Thai drivers all know that Lao drivers can be all over the shop, worse than the locals. They are LHD vehicles with yellow plates, so they already tend to stick out like the proverbial dog's balls. I see them all the time and they get the 'buffer zone' treatment (and occasionally shouted at from behind my tinted windows).

 

If this 'foreign' idiot thinks that he's so special that he can park up, block the road and go and assault who he probably thought was a 'local' driver, then he needs to wake the <deleted> up and realize that he's driving in Thailand. He can do that any time after the formal apology, wai, basket of flowers and/or chicken essence.

 

BTW, leaving the kid alone on a motorbike parked in the road in such as way as to impede busy traffic so he could go and punch out a driver was not putting his child at risk? Give me a break.

 

Sheesh...

 

As I said, both in the wrong. Not sure what your point is.

[GammaGlobulin]

On 7/11/2024 at 11:08 AM, BangkokReady said:

 

He denies it in the article, but he could obviously be lying. (Most drivers in Thailand appear to not actually consider pulling out in front of someone and forcing them to hit their breaks to actually be cutting them off.)

 

Sadly, the press appear (predictably) to be biased in favour of the Laotian over the "foreigner". Even if the "local" did something that nearly killed the foreigner's child, they would probably still find the foreinger to be at fault.

 

Only a reckless fool would have a young child (or older child) on a motosai.

No doubt, they are therefore BOTH in the wrong.