German Tourist Severely Beaten in Pattaya by Group of 10 Men

[fredwiggy]

50 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Assaults in the west are always one-on-one, you cannot be that biased and delusional, surely?

Yes, sometimes 2 will gang up on one and I've seen it a few times, but they aren't kicking them on the ground and in the head. Gangs are different. They will trash someone from another gang and even kill but this is one man. No matter what he did, you don't need 10 against 1 unless you are a group of undisciplined cowards. This is a Thai thing unless someone else here can say otherwise.

[Rimmer]

A speculative / defamatory post has been removed also some off topic troll posts

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, SMIAI said:

@MalcolmB 

 

 

 

That's not true is it? If you bothered to watch the video, you'll see a foreigner fast approaching, just before it cuts off.

I guess I am a coward, but I would not jump in if I saw 10 guys attacking another foreigner.

The odds are still stacked against you and pretty soon those same 10 guys will be attacking you.

I don't believe in street thuggery. I"m not a cop.

Even cops get themselves killed sometimes, despite having guns. 

[heybuz]

52 minutes ago, Kwausie said:

One tough dude, probably in the wrong but surprised could get up and walk away.

Booze has a miraculous effect , you can get hit by a car fall of a cliff or building and get up,sober no.55

[Espanol]

3 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

I guess more chance of me been there, since I live in Pattaya, then someone who lives a mere 1200km away, and is just trying to stir the pot with his controversial comments.

 

 

You live in Pattaya, but are you surprised to see a foreigner on Beach Road at 4 a.m.? You must not go out much at night. Beach Road is packed with people at 4 a.m.

 

 

[Kaopad999]

Judging from numerous Facebook and YouTube comments, it appears that most Thais agree with what happened to him. Below, I’ve shared some of the most "liked" comments from Thais across various social media platforms:  

- "I don't support violence, but these freeloaders have gotten used to it. Go all out."

- *"Was this foreigner prosecuted when they assaulted a Thai person?"

- *"When they break the law, authorities hesitate to punish them harshly for fear of damaging the country's tourism reputation. So, do locals end up taking matters into their own hands instead?"  

- *"Excellent!"* 😊

 

 

[scorecard]

3 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

You mean like, he started beating up 10 guys, and they only acted in self-defense?

Regardless of what is left out of the story, there is NEVER an excuse for 10 cowards beating up 1 guy.

 

 

 

And why is there any mention of the damage this does to Thailand's reputation? Focus should be on whether the assailants have been captured and are being held and why they attacked the foreigner.

[cardinalblue]

Deep resentment of foreigners and always looking for a trigger to set them off…

 

more though a reflection of being half nots in their own society but the Thai culture for the most part suppresses them acting out their feelings/bitterness

[Liverpool Lou]

18 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

you don't need 10 against 1 unless you are a group of undisciplined cowards. This is a Thai thing unless someone else here can say otherwise.

I'm saying otherwise.  To say that incidents such as this where more than one attacks another person are only a Thai thing is ridiculous.

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I'm saying otherwise.  To say that incidents such as this where more than one attacks another person are only a Thai thing is ridiculous.

Not only a Thai thing, but in all my years, personally, living in big and small cities and the country, I have never witnessed this kind of unfair fighting, and neither has anyone else I've talk to this about. It happens more in a society where children are dismissed by parents and sent to grandma to live, while the "parent" feels they have to work in a far away city and send a little money back now and then, seeing the kids a couple times a year. This is because it's mostly single mothers, as the boys aren't being held responsible for the children they make by the court system, and Thailand leads the free world with children raised by grandparents, a full one third, while Laos next door has around 3% .This is full and not part time while parents are working and coming home to their kids daily.

[WDSmart]

4 a.m. What is anyone doing out at that hour? 

[oslooskar]

4 hours ago, johnnybgood said:

If there is any doubt about the locals' unguarded feelings toward foreigners.  Take a good look at some of the water throwing hate-fest Songkran in Pattaya.

 

The only people who threw water on me during Songkran were two giggling Western males in their late 20s. The Thais refused to do it out of respect for my age.

[Caldera]

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Multiple orange vests in the pictures.

Pattayas finest.

 

Indeed. They're a bunch best not offended. 

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, oslooskar said:

 

The only people who threw water on me during Songkran were two giggling Western males in their late 20s. The Thais refused to do it out of respect for my age.

The first time I came here it was for Songkran, where I met my now ex wife. I was 62 then and they had me soaked din a few minutes. I expected it so was fine with it. If you don't want to get wet, you have to stay in your car until you get to where you're going, hopefully not a place with revelers lined up.

[Thjames]

4 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Again an example of a great family oriented place there must be more to this 

Why do these stories all start.   "around 4am in the morning...." 

[Kinok Farang]

Not too bad,they just killed a Brit in Bkk.

It could have been a lot wurst.

[Andytheburiramman]

99.9999% of all this are friendly, so it only makes you wonder what the pissed up German had said or done to warrant such a kicking 🤔

[ChipButty]

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

To be fair to them, it must be hard to be a sub-80 IQ man with a tiny member, seeing all these moneyed tourists coming and paying for sex with your ex-girlfriends. 

And your sisters 

[JJ-Thailand]

Pattaya is a sh***ole!

[harleyclarkey]

Just a true Thai classic....10 Thais to 1 foreigner, and get involved to beat the sh*t out of any foreigner...even though he incident has nothing to do with these 10 thugs and lowlifes.

[LeRoux]

4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Police Lieutenant Colonel Arus expressed deep concern over the assault captured in the video, highlighting its damaging impact on Pattaya's image.

I am left with the Question, if the attack had no effect  on Pattaya's Image, ~ ~ ~

would the Lieutenant Colonel Care Less About Something So Trivial as Severely Beaten Farang?

 

(Keep Polishing That Pattaya Image! A Lot Of Work Lies Ahead Of You!)

[Mickboy]

One in all in.........thailand has to win at all costs !

[petermik]

24 minutes ago, Andytheburiramman said:

99.9999% of all this are friendly, so it only makes you wonder what the pissed up German had said or done to warrant such a kicking 🤔

Where does it say the chap was "pissed up".....and just over two years ago a friend of mine 72 years of age was followed and  shot four times and killed by a Thai man after a road rage incident....the "connected" thai turned himself in after extensive media coverage both here and in the UK and admitted his guilt.....he was sentenced to 4 years in prison reduced to two as he admitted it....99.9999% of Thais are friendly....yeah right.

[jwl53]

Even if the guy had done something wrong surly it doesn't need a thug gang of 10 motorbike taxi drivers to kick the <deleted>e out of 1 guy

[Reddavy]

4 hours ago, zakalwe said:

All decent people, Thai and farang, are asleep by 4 AM.

BS 

[steven100]

I'm surprised the scum Thais didn't try the kick to his head when he was down like they normally do. 

 

[TopThai54]

Imagine the outcry a pack of Farangs would have beaten a Thai ! I can hear death penalty...

[sambum]

Local police in Pattaya swiftly arrested three suspects involved in the assault, which has tarnished the city's reputation as a tourist destination.

 

🤣 Do me a favour, and let me know when Pattaya's reputation was first tarnished as a tourist destination, and how many incidents have been reported on AN over the past 2 weeks which confirms that the "tarnishing" goes on and on!

 

And 10 Thais onto 1 "farang" seems just over par for the course! 

[Gknrd]

Those huge tourist cities, the locals just see you as a mark.  The innocent days of Thailand have been over for years. Just getting worse by the day.

[sambum]

1 hour ago, Kinok Farang said:

Not too bad,they just killed a Brit in Bkk.

It could have been a lot wurst.

 

"It could have been a lot wurst."  😀 Ha ha  - nice pun!