Photo courtesy of โหดจัง จังหวัดภูเก็ต Facebook via The Phuket News

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

 

A fiery video posted on the popular Facebook page โหดจัง จังหวัดภูเก็ต has ignited outrage, branding a group of foreign tourists as the “French Mafia” for blocking a public alley with their motorcycles in Phuket. The clip, accompanied by a stinging caption, lambasted the tourists for their arrogant behaviour and questioned the local police’s inaction.

 

“Admin would like to question #PatongPolice: are they silent, ignorant, or is something blocking their view?”

 

The incident unfolded on January 12 at around 9.30pm on a private road near Kasikorn Bank on Prachanukroh Road, a bustling hub popular with tourists. According to witnesses, one tourist had parked his motorcycle directly in the alley, leaving it impassable for residents.

 

Tensions reached boiling point when a van driver confronted a tourist for reckless driving and noise, leading to a heated argument. The commotion intensified when the tourist struck a parked motorcycle, sparking a brawl involving the tourist’s friends, the van driver, and locals.

 

Patong Police arrived swiftly to defuse the chaos, later posting a report on their official Facebook page confirming the details.

 

 

“The incident escalated into a physical altercation, causing significant disruption.”

 

The video, just over a minute long, quickly went viral, drawing widespread condemnation. Netizens criticised both the tourists’ behaviour and the perceived leniency shown to foreign visitors, reported The Phuket News.

 

“It won’t be long before things escalate.”

 

“Set up a team to handle these issues like in Pattaya.”

 

Perceived leniency on tourists has been an ongoing issue in Thailand.

 

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-17

 

 

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A fiery video posted on the popular Facebook page โหดจัง จังหวัดภูเก็ต has ignited outrage, branding a group of foreign tourists as the “French Mafia”

French Mafia?? don't they mean Arabs from France!!

14 minutes ago, BayArea said:

French Mafia?? don't they mean Arabs from France!!

 

Yes. They should deport these scumbags.

1 hour ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Yes. They should deport these scumbags.

We are visiting France this June, I don't know who has more arrogant bravado, the Arabs in France or the ones in Thailand. my Thai wife can't them with a passion. 

2 minutes ago, BayArea said:

We are visiting France this June, I don't know who has more arrogant bravado, the Arabs in France or the ones in Thailand. my Thai wife can't them with a passion. 

 

I am French and grew up with them. Then I lived in Phuket for a year and ended up moving because of them. They are worse in France because they know they can get away with anything. But they are definitely becoming confident in Thailand, it's time they were taught a lesson by the authorities IMO.

2 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

 

I am French and grew up with them. Then I lived in Phuket for a year and ended up moving because of them. They are worse in France because they know they can get away with anything. But they are definitely becoming confident in Thailand, it's time they were taught a lesson by the authorities IMO.

100% AGREE!!!

4 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

They are worse in France because they know they can get away with anything.

I see it when I'm there and hear it from my relatives in Lyon. it's so frustrating and maddening what has become of France!

2 minutes ago, BayArea said:

I see it when I'm there and hear it from my relatives in Lyon. it's so frustrating and maddening what has become of France!

 

Yes, it was such a beautiful country and it is now in tatters… Maddening indeed… and sad.

North African morons not French. They like big scooters but can't ride, strange for them after a camel.

8 minutes ago, dpeti73 said:

North African morons not French. They like big scooters but can't ride, strange for them after a camel.

Maybe because they can't have sex with the scooters like the camels 

4 hours ago, BayArea said:

We are visiting France this June, I don't know who has more arrogant bravado, the Arabs in France or the ones in Thailand. my Thai wife can't them with a passion. 

Most people do

They're Melons from France. 

 

Baseball bat would have been handy bunch of <deleted> 

5 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

I am French and grew up with them. Then I lived in Phuket for a year and ended up moving because of them. They are worse in France because they know they can get away with anything. But they are definitely becoming confident in Thailand, it's time they were taught a lesson by the authorities IMO.

Deportation is the only answer.. let them now from day 1, play up and you're out.

Sad but I must agree. They have ruined Paris , LYON, Montpelier and now the Côte d’Azur. They have young kids on lookouts , delivering drugs even last month 2 under 16s were arrested for murder, shot someone who didn’t pay up.  It’s hard to believe. A good few years back I lived in Phuket , and saw even then the way they took over the Song loi pi rd.  Openly selling their stuff and openly “ working” in their restaurants, calling out to any tourist who passed by. Touting for customers . Police turn a blind eye . With the money they reap in France from the drug trade they can live the life of  Riley in Thailand. And then there’s the scams and stolen/ copied credit cards , no end to it. Makes me mad. 

No Helmets no brains!

Viva England! I can't believe how well behaved the Brits are!

Have many French buddies and certainly wouldn't say I've seen them behaving badly usually only towards me but I deserve it 🙂
Just goes to show there are bad apples everywhere.

Would they be muslim by any chance ? 🤤

Phuket again??? So why don't the RTP move them along??

The French just like the UK have been importing this <deleted>e for years, basically giving the country away because that's what is happening and it's already too late to stop.

 

I applaud the Thais in the measures they put in place to stop the same thing happening here

9 hours ago, BayArea said:

French Mafia?? don't they mean Arabs from France!!

Looking that way, hooligan disrespectful idiots I would call them. 

I blame Thai immigration for letting those animals in.

Lock 'em up! 

Knew it would be morrocans, Tunisians or some other abdab 

Pattaya has many.  Such arrogant AH.

9 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Yes. They should deport these scumbags.

 

France?

These Arab type Muslims have taken over most of Europe, now they will be chipping away at Thailand.

7 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

France?

They will inturn send them to the UK

The point is Thailand done nothing year after year and now they are complain about thet french Arabic  

They think they can do everything in Thailand and nothing will happen 

Oh yes, the new ‘French’ like the new ‘British’ not French or British at all, just living in France and Britain.

Enriching Europe and beyond.