Crime Jealousy and Violence: South Korean Man Arrested in Dramatic Pattaya Incident

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In a shocking turn of events in Pattaya, a South Korean man was arrested after holding his Thai girlfriend captive for nearly 24 hours, threatening her with a gun due to suspected infidelity.

 

The intense situation unfolded on June 16 when Police Colonel Anek Sathongyu received reports of a foreign man using a firearm to detain a woman in a nail salon on Pattaya Klang Road.

 

Police quickly surrounded the salon. However, the suspect smashed a window and leapt from a third-floor balcony, evading capture with the gun in hand.

 

Officers managed to rescue the victim, 28-year-old Ann, a nail salon owner, who was left bruised and traumatised. She reported that her ex-boyfriend, driven by jealousy over a supposed affair with a Chinese man, had confiscated her phone and locked her in the room since the previous night.

 

During his rage, he procured a gun, although the supplier remains unidentified, and used it to threaten and assault her. Ann tried to seek help at 3pm but failed. Her ex then forced her to send a message to her Chinese friend, whom he misguidedly believed was her lover.

 

Ingenuously, Ann sent a hidden plea for help, prompting her friend to contact the police. As authorities arrived, the suspect fled but was later apprehended 500 metres from the scene around 11pm.

 

The man, identified as 27-year-old Dong Wook Kim, was caught with a 9mm pistol bought for 77,000 baht from a Thai woman. He admitted to his actions, citing jealousy as his motive.

 

Despite her ordeal, Ann initially hesitated to press charges for assault or illegal detention. Nevertheless, Kim faces prosecution under the Firearms Act, with police continuing their investigation into the incident.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-06-17

 

 

[Watawattana]

Pathetic.