Cousin of Chinese Man Suspected of Hiring Men to Rob Her Own Relative, Say Pattaya Police

[webfact]

 

Police officers believed that the Chinese men, who broke into the house of a Chinese man in Pattaya and unsuccessfully forced him to give them 10 million baht, had been hired by the Chinese man’s own cousin, originally reported as his sister, who was supposedly abducted.
 

On July 18th, 2024, a key witness, Mr. Aun (full name withheld upon request), a 30-year-old van driver, came forward to the Nongprue Police Station to report that he had been hired by four Chinese nationals to transport them from a Pattaya hotel to Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Mr. Aun was contacted by police after he was believed to have unknowingly helped transport Chinese people who broke into the house of Mr. Qian Peng Yi, 34, in Pattaya on July 17th. The men threatened Mr. Yi to give them 10 million baht in cash, stole his valuables, and also allegedly took his cousin. Mr. Yi, however, did not give them money because he managed to escape and seek help from the police.

Mr. Aun denied any involvement in the robbery and stated that he took a picture of the group while they were smoking cigarettes at the airport entrance. Surprisingly, one of the individuals in the picture was a woman with short hair, who turned out to be the victim’s supposedly abducted cousin.

 

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Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-07-20

 

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[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr. Aun denied any involvement in the robbery and stated that he took a picture of the group while they were smoking cigarettes at the airport entrance. Surprisingly, one of the individuals in the picture was a woman with short hair, who turned out to be the victim’s supposedly abducted cousin.

Oooop's

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Police officers believed that the Chinese men, who broke into the house of a Chinese man in Pattaya and unsuccessfully forced him to give them 10 million baht, had been hired by the Chinese man’s own cousin, originally reported as his sister, who was supposedly abducted.

Darn, I an going back to bed for an hour, didn't understand any of that!

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Darn, I an going back to bed for an hour, didn't understand any of that!

I switched off after the headline said 'say Pattaya Police.'