Foreign man fined 500 baht for physically assaulting Thai restaurant worker

[snoop1130]

 

Police fined a foreign man 500 baht for physically assaulting a Thai restaurant worker in the Patong neighbourhood of Phuket. The foreign attacker also issued an apology to both the victim and the restaurant owner.

 

Pictures of the incident, showing the foreign man in all-white clothes attacking the Thai man outside a restaurant in Phuket, were shared by the news Facebook page, Phuket Times, yesterday, November 18, sparking criticism of the foreigner’s actions.

 

Some netizens criticised local police officers for spoiling foreign visitors and anticipated that the foreign man would evade charges by paying only a 500 baht fine. This anticipation seemed justified as police summoned the foreign attacker to the police station to pay the 500 baht fine.

 

Channel 7 reported that the incident took place at a Thai-Indian restaurant in Soi Kepsub in the Katu district of Phuket at around 9.30am. The restaurant owner revealed to the media that the foreign attacker punched the employee in the face and then left the scene.

 

 

The owner said the foreign man later returned to apologise to the victim, and they went to the police station together to settle the matter.

 

The owner believed that the motive was not, as reported by multiple media outlets, a loud customer invitation, but rather that the foreign man was under the influence of alcohol.

 

According to the report on Channel 7, the victim did not seek any compensation from the foreign attacker and did not pursue any legal proceedings against the suspect.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Photo via Channel 3

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-11-19

 

 

[Hummin]

Foreign man now, not Australian or English? Normally they state where this foreigner coming from. 

[Nick Carter icp]

He'll probably get off with  500 Baht fine and a Wai

[roo860]

5 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

He'll probably get off with  500 Baht fine and a Wai

He has 

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, roo860 said:

He has 

 

   It was  a joke, but it would take too long to explain the joke 

[richard_smith237]

10 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Foreign man now, not Australian or English? Normally they state where this foreigner coming from. 

 

They do if he's British or Australian !!!...   so he must be neither !!

 

... And if he were British we would have already had posts from 'certain posters' spewing out their bigoted bile.

[Hummin]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

 

They do if he's British or Australian !!!...   so he must be neither !!

and no Swiss, Finish, Sweedish, Danish or Norwegian either

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

and no Swiss, Finish, Sweedish, Danish or Norwegian either

 

Swiss were flavour of the month for a brief period last year where any negative activity by them was made public - this was an example of the contagion effect... a couple of events draw attention and focus.

 

 

 

 

 

[novacova]

500฿ fine for slugging someone in the face. Some people would pay 500฿ for the opportunity. They should frik’n deport any and all violent foreigners

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, novacova said:

500฿ fine for slugging someone in the face. Some people would pay 500฿ for the opportunity. They should frik’n deport any and all violent foreigners

they have tried, and failed doing that before. Only loss of face for the doctor, unfortunate

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Some netizens criticised local police officers for spoiling foreign visitors and anticipated that the foreign man would evade charges by paying only a 500 baht fine

Not spoiling at all - same for Thais.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The owner said the foreign man later returned to apologise to the victim, and they went to the police station together to settle the matter

500 baht for causing actual bodily harm... 

[Thingamabob]

Whatever nationality he is he is a thug. Such people harm the reputation if those of us who do not go around town punching people.

[Dave0206]

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Swiss were flavour of the month for a brief period last year where any negative activity by them was made public - this was an example of the contagion effect... a couple of events draw attention and focus.

 

 

 

 

 

Credit where credit is due Switzerland is a small country and don't waste time on trivial slap to restraunt workers if they get headlines it's in the news for more than 5 minutes 

[john donson]

500 baht fine to the police... what about the victim? getting anything? free wai?

[ujayujay]

500 Baht

[ronster]

500 bht for punching someone in the face ?? That will really put people off hitting others 🙈

Odd the guy never pressed charges and they didn't name the foreigner. 🤔