Kuwaiti man assaulted in Phuket after insulting Thais (video)

[webfact]

Two Thai men physically assaulted a Kuwaiti man near Soi Bangla in the Patong neighbourhood of Phuket after the foreigner allegedly insulted Thai people.

 

Officers from Patong Police Station were alerted to the gang attack on the tourist at about 7.20am on Tuesday, August 13, and rushed to the scene, a road near Soi Bangla in the Kathu district of Phuket. Officers found the injured foreigner, later identified as 32 year old Naeaaf Al Otajbi, at the scene.

Police called rescuers from the Kusol Dham Foundation to transfer Otajbi to a hospital. Otajbi reportedly returned home immediately after receiving treatment. He told police that he needed to rest and would take legal action against the attackers later.

 

Following brief questioning at the hospital, Otajbi said he was on his way to his accommodation when the attackers approached and assaulted him.

Police reviewed security camera footage from the scene and found two attackers, one of whom was a motorcycle taxi rider, attacking the Kuwaiti man until he collapsed on the road and lost consciousness. The attackers then left the scene separately.

Channel 8 reported that the Kuwaiti man had not filed a complaint with the police since the incident, but officers managed to arrest the two attackers featured in the video yesterday, August 15.

 

The two Thai attackers claimed that Otajbi could speak Thai but not fluent. They alleged that Otajbi insulted Thai people loudly while intoxicated. The attackers stated they could not bear the insult and launched the attack on the foreigner.

 

However, the police are unable to legally punish the attackers because legal proceedings require a complaint from the Kuwaiti victim. Police would file charges against the attackers once the foreign victim comes forward.

 

In a similar incident, a group of Thai transwomen gang attacked a foreign man in Soi Bangla in May, claiming that the foreigner had slapped one of them without reason. One transwoman claimed that the foreigner previously rode a motorcycle around the area, randomly kicking and annoying people.

Another related incident occurred in Phuket in March when two Thai transwomen physically assaulted two foreign men in the Patong area. It is suspected that they argued over the price of sex services before the altercation took place.

 

 

by Petch Petpailin
Photo via Khao Phuket

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-08-16

 

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[Tropicalevo]

Unfortunately, it does not take much to insult some Thais.

 

Just one look
That's all it took, hey
Just one look
That's all it took, woah

 

With thanks to Linda Ronstrad

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They alleged that Otajbi insulted Thai people loudly

And they taught the punk some manners. 

[smedly]

he lost his MOJO

[Rimmer]

Off topic video post removed

[Photoguy21]

The Kuwaitis are well known for their arrogance. Such actions dont surprise me as they feel they are above everyone else. There are some decent ones of course but the majority have the attitude.

[hotchilli]

He go taught some Thai etiquette, a quick lesson.

[thesetat2013]

The Kuwaiti man really needs to file that police report. So these thugs do not do this again to someone else over a simple word exchange. I understand Kuwaitis arrogance. But it does not dismiss the fact they beat him unconscious. Violence this way should never be permitted especially when the Thai men started it. I realize drunk and obnoxious behavior could set someone off but to continue beating someone until they pass out is serious. They need to change the laws so people like this can be. prosecuted without the injured party filing a complaint. 

[sikishrory]

Who knows.

"Insulted" can mean saying "I don't want a f'ing taxi" or saying no with the wrong tone after being asked for the 321st time that day.

I treat these people like glass and don't see / respond to them at all. For the most part it works but sometimes you get an angry one that apparently requires a response.

Or maybe the guy was just an a'hole.

 

Question

Do grab and bolt operate in patong? I never go there but recently heard some vlogger say you can't get grab and bolt in Phuket, yet they are everywhere. His vlog was in Patong which makes me wonder if that is a no go zone for these services?

[Taboo2]

FAFO!  He deserved to get smacked around.

[Taboo2]

18 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

The Kuwaitis are well known for their arrogance. Such actions dont surprise me as they feel they are above everyone else. There are some decent ones of course but the majority have the attitude.

Blame my Americans for saving them from Iraq.  Worst decision last century.

[BangkokReady]

14 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

"Insulted" can mean saying "I don't want a f'ing taxi" or saying no with the wrong tone after being asked for the 321st time that day.

 

Simply objecting to being scammed can end with a beat down with these types.

[Taboo2]

31 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

The Kuwaiti man really needs to file that police report. So these thugs do not do this again to someone else over a simple word exchange. I understand Kuwaitis arrogance. But it does not dismiss the fact they beat him unconscious. Violence this way should never be permitted especially when the Thai men started it. I realize drunk and obnoxious behavior could set someone off but to continue beating someone until they pass out is serious. They need to change the laws so people like this can be. prosecuted without the injured party filing a complaint. 

This is S.E. Asia...can't deal with it, then leave.  They do not mess around here.  Been like this for thousands of years.  Get use to it.  

[RichardColeman]

Funny how we never read about 1 thai man attacking two large foreign men

[steven100]

17 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

Blame my Americans for saving them from Iraq.  Worst decision last century.

a silly comment. 

[steven100]

witnessed this type of thing from thais over and over again. 

[Taboo2]

32 minutes ago, steven100 said:

a silly comment. 

Why?  We did not need that oil.  Iraq would have kept them out of Thailand.

[Taboo2]

51 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Simply objecting to being scammed can end with a beat down with these types.

Where is the evidence that the Thais were trying to scam him?

[Will B Good]

 

 

Some sympathy for the Thai guys.....it must be incredibly frustrating at times, being exposed to morons like this day in day out...........but you have to be smarter if you intend to rough them up.

[CanadaSam]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

gang attack

 

So 2 Thai guys now constitute a "gang"?

[tomacht8]

....Otajbi insulted Thai people loudly while intoxicated. 

 

Kuwaitis cannot handle alcohol. At home they are forced to live abstinently and in Thailand they get completely drunk without a limit, with the result that they then behave like the last a..holes. I personally experienced on Emirates flights that the drunk Kuwaitis became real safety risks on the plane.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

witnessed this type of thing from thais over and over again. 

Considering that this is Thailand where 99.9% of the people are Thai, it's hardly bloody surprising.   

 

"witnessed this type of thing..."

How come you're always there to witness these attacks over and over again?

[BangkokReady]

2 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

Where is the evidence that the Thais were trying to scam him?

 

Who said that the Thais were trying to scam him?

[BangkokReady]

13 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Considering that this is Thailand where 99.9% of the people are Thai, it's hardly bloody surprising.   

 

Come on. We see multiple stories of Thais breaking the law every day. They must all be criminals. 😂

[Liverpool Lou]

5 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Come on. We see multiple stories of Thais breaking the law every day. They must all be criminals. 😂

Yes, it's the same in the UK, US, Australia and Europe, where there are multiple stories of Britons, Yanks, Aussies and Europeans doing "this sort of thing" every day but, for some posters, life isn't worth living without a bit of daily Thai-bashing!

[rumeaug]

Kuwaiti might have behaved like an A**H***, but it's just words, and responding by eventually inflicting some serious brain damage, trauma,coma, you name it...is out of proportion. Plus, for many of those Thai dudes, anything is a good excuse to act like an animal and beat the lights out of someone, in a cowardly way most of the times (2 or 3 or 4 or more against 1). Pathetic.

[tmd5855]

21 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

The Kuwaitis are well known for their arrogance. Such actions dont surprise me as they feel they are above everyone else. There are some decent ones of course but the majority have the attitude.

If you think Kuwaitis are bad, try Saudis, spent 18 months offshore from Dammam attempting to get these guys up to speed on equipment.  Maintenance??? Get manufacturer, Breakdown ??  Get manufacturer.  Safety procedures..........   forget it.  Safety officer were Egyptian and called names, Safety guy said his ancestors had mapped the heavens these camel (cannot print) are ????????.

 

29th Dec, 2014 stepped out a chopper saying I will never come here again, kept my promise.

[Ben Zioner]

Just don't go to Phuket, nor Pattaya. if you come here for Pu$$y, fly in for 5 days and stay between  Nana and Thong Lor. And go back happy after you have experienced 95% of the beauty of the Land of smiles.

 

 

[BusyB]

On 8/16/2024 at 8:09 AM, Tropicalevo said:

Unfortunately, it does not take much to insult some Thais.

 

Just one look
That's all it took, hey
Just one look
That's all it took, woah

 

With thanks to Linda Ronstrad

 

Same in any UK, or even German (involving me once) pub. Or anywhere I guess.

 

"OI! Who you expletive screwin'!?"

[steven100]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, it's the same in the UK, US, Australia and Europe, where there are multiple stories of Britons, Yanks, Aussies and Europeans doing "this sort of thing" every day but, for some posters, life isn't worth living without a bit of daily Thai-bashing!

it's not thai bashing as you assume..it's fact that we read regularly that Thais attack foreigners 2 on one, 3 on one and more. They are like pack dogs, weak as p_ss if one on one. Please don't try to insult our intelligence with your members ridicule every time.  How about adding something constructive to your comments.