22 hours ago, norsurin said:

Ban everyone who make problems.. specially Arabs!

Or Australians?

Some really childish comments...

1 hour ago, jippytum said:

The French are renowned for retreating 

conflicts

Yeah, glorious day in Saigon 1975...

22 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Oh boy. I can't wait for the pundits to pounce on the fleeing aspect. 😄

The Australian fellow sprawled out on the floor, is  somewhat curious. All the Australians I have ever encountered would not collapse like a child waiting for attention.  Australians suffer far more serious  injuries playing sports or crushing beer cans on their heads and don't collapse onto the floor because some frenchman gave them a small laceration. The man didn't need medical assistance, so the injury could not have been that serious. The man purse suggests someone was being a bit over dramatic.

Poor beggar was probably unconscious. Normal to be laying down if that was the case.

Did the Frenchman's name begin with "M" ?

He can't reach the banlieue with the honda...

31 minutes ago, boloaf said:

Did the Frenchman's name begin with "M" ?

Do You mean.....Monsuier ??

1 hour ago, Jiggo said:

Did yer....how old are you.

You should know then the French where among the last to evacuate Dunkirk, holding the ground for the British.

Allowing the them to fight another day.

Not many French men helping the British 51st Division (Highland) during their stand.....  why??

They were being evacuated at Dunkirk 

9.35am in the morning??

Fighting over whether Tequila or Brandy on the cornflakes

23 hours ago, JonnyF said:

"French" man. 

Yeah, he's toast now. That reminds me....hungry time.🙃🙃

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of Patong Police
 

A violent hotel clash between two foreign tourists in Patong has left police on the hunt for a French national, following a heated altercation with an Australian visitor yesterday morning.

 

At 9:35 am, Patong Police rushed to Nanai Road after hotel staff reported a violent confrontation between two guests. Upon arrival, authorities, along with rescue workers from the Kusontham Phuket Foundation, found Australian tourist Brett William John Amery with a 5-centimetre head wound and bleeding on the hotel floor.

 

Witnesses recounted seeing a physical fight between the pair, after which the French tourist made a swift exit on a black Yamaha Nmax motorbike, bearing Phuket licence plate 1 Kor 6178. The police are now actively searching for the Frenchman who promptly fled the scene.

 

Rescue workers provided immediate medical assistance to Amery before his transfer to Patong Hospital. Though admitted, Amery chose not to continue with further medical treatment after receiving initial care.

 

Investigations are ongoing as the Patong Police work to unravel the cause of the scuffle. They have summoned Amery for a formal statement, and as of this morning, there's no word on the French tourist’s whereabouts, as reported by The Phuket News.

 

In other related news, Patong Police await a medical report to press charges in another instance involving foreign tourists who engaged in a violent spat with a local motorcycle rental operator. This incident on August 10 involved six individuals from Arab backgrounds and caught widespread attention, reported The Thaiger.

 

The suspects were reportedly apprehended by August 14, after a video of the attack was shown to Nirat Phongsitthaworn, the Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration. The Kathu District Chief was promptly directed to investigate the matter.

 

However, the identity and current status of the arrested individuals remain undisclosed. Despite an announcement on August 18 by the Kathu District Office regarding their deportation process, Patong Police have yet to lay formal charges.

 

Both incidents highlight ongoing concerns about visitor conduct in Patong, raising questions about security measures and the management of tourist disputes in the bustling area. As investigations proceed, the focus remains on ensuring justice and maintaining safety for all involved.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-09-01

 

French Arab for sure.

23 hours ago, webfact said:

police on the hunt for a French national

First name Muhammad or Yusif 🤔

3 hours ago, ronster said:

All over the last breakfast croissant 🙄

Oh! No seafood buffet for these guys.🙃🙃

Always need to look over your shoulder for problematic foreigners in thailand .... 

 

3 hours ago, Muhendis said:

Lots of stereotyping going on here.

All the Australians I have met are good non-alcohol-drinking people I could expect to meet anywhere in the world.

As far as the French are concerned I wouldn't care to be on the wrong side of them. They can be as aggressive as anyone else.

We have obviously met different ones then. Most of the Ozzies I've met are major-league p-ssheads, but ok otherwise!😁

3 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

We have obviously met different ones then. Most of the Ozzies I've met are major-league p-ssheads, but ok otherwise!😁

555

Yes we do seem to move in different circles don't we.

Viva la diferénce.

3 hours ago, findlay13 said:

 The French can be as hard as anyone else. This stuff all started when they wouldn't let the Yanks fly over France to bomb Libya. Have a [real] look at how hard they fought in 1940  .They were led by  imbeciles, but if they hadn't fought so hard half the poms would still be in Dunkirk. Have a look at Verdun in WW1 .BTW I am no Francophile but I just like the truth not the rhetoric.

An estimated 500,000 French men and women worked for the Resistance during Germany’s occupation of France. Resistance workers carried out thousands of acts of sabotage against the German occupiers. The risks were great. More than 90,000 resisters were killed, tortured or deported by the Germans.

 

3 hours ago, still kicking said:

So are the Yanks 

They more likely to arrive towards the end of any war,not in the middle of one.

1 hour ago, boloaf said:

Did the Frenchman's name begin with "M" ?

"P" surely (Pascal 🇫🇷!!)

34 minutes ago, roo860 said:

An estimated 500,000 French men and women worked for the Resistance during Germany’s occupation of France. Resistance workers carried out thousands of acts of sabotage against the German occupiers. The risks were great. More than 90,000 resisters were killed, tortured or deported by the Germans.

 

 

Anybody who missed out on school history, as I did, 'Orwell on Politics' bought in Kinokunya provides many insights into what was going on in France, the Belgian border, the British press.. British pub talk, etc, in his 'Letters'. I dare say others here already bought it 👍

3 hours ago, findlay13 said:

 The French can be as hard as anyone else. This stuff all started when they wouldn't let the Yanks fly over France to bomb Libya. Have a [real] look at how hard they fought in 1940  .They were led by  imbeciles, but if they hadn't fought so hard half the poms would still be in Dunkirk. Have a look at Verdun in WW1 .BTW I am no Francophile but I just like the truth not the rhetoric.

 

Your revisionist history does not reflect reality. Yes, the French did not allow the USA to overfly its territory in 1986 when the USA  launched a retaliatory mission following the Libyan bombing of the nightclub in Germany that targeted US military personnel. The French however, asked for US help in 2011 when the civil war it and Italy supported started going badly. France asked the USA,  Canada and UK to provide support. Perhaps you have forgotten that Italy and France had large investments in the Libyan oil sector and were facing an invasion of migrants as the Ghadaffi dictatorship collapsed. When faced with being over run, the French suddenly became the USA's great friend. Border security was very important  to the French. A lesson  that  is now lost as it  launches  boatloads of migrants at the UK.

 

In respect to Dunkirk, yes, the French  defended the perimeter. They did so, because the British were evacuating 120,000 French personnel. Another 20,000 Belgian and Polish personnel were evacuated. Only 200,000 British personnel were evacuated. More French personnel could have been evacuated, but the French chose not to do so. You are carrying on as if the French were  doing something extraordinary. France was invaded and it was the French military that was collapsing. The British could have  evacuated   earlier, but had tried to hold their lines. As the French military lines collapsed, the British were forced to retreat. 

 

2 hours ago, Peter Crow said:

Yeah, glorious day in Saigon 1975...

As bad as the  retreat from  Saigon was, it was not a surrender. The defeat of the French in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 was an absolute humiliation of France. Unlike the French, the US was already leaving  Vietnam  and did not have combat troops trying to hold onto the country. The US evacuation of Saigon became a rushed affair when the South Vietnamese army collapsed and North Vietnam did not respect  the undertaking to allow the USA to leave in an orderly fashion.

Patong and Pattaya, the melting pot of lowlifes!

Strange the local plod are quick to name this pair's nationality yet are unwilling to identify the Arabic gang who assaulted the bike rental employee.

4 hours ago, ryandb said:

So he was still out cold on the floor and they took a photo at the scene, surely for these photos at least show someone attending to his condition or at least looking like they give a s***

I must admit I was more intrigued by the police officers footwear than by Bruce on the floor.

Sounds as though the Aussie got his arse kicked.

39 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

As bad as the  retreat from  Saigon was, it was not a surrender.

Yep, only a rehearsal of Kabul 2021.

48 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

Your revisionist history does not reflect reality. Yes, the French did not allow the USA to overfly its territory in 1986 when the USA  launched a retaliatory mission following the Libyan bombing of the nightclub in Germany that targeted US military personnel. The French however, asked for US help in 2011 when the civil war it and Italy supported started going badly. France asked the USA,  Canada and UK to provide support. Perhaps you have forgotten that Italy and France had large investments in the Libyan oil sector and were facing an invasion of migrants as the Ghadaffi dictatorship collapsed. When faced with being over run, the French suddenly became the USA's great friend. Border security was very important  to the French. A lesson  that  is now lost as it  launches  boatloads of migrants at the UK.

 

In respect to Dunkirk, yes, the French  defended the perimeter. They did so, because the British were evacuating 120,000 French personnel. Another 20,000 Belgian and Polish personnel were evacuated. Only 200,000 British personnel were evacuated. More French personnel could have been evacuated, but the French chose not to do so. You are carrying on as if the French were  doing something extraordinary. France was invaded and it was the French military that was collapsing. The British could have  evacuated   earlier, but had tried to hold their lines. As the French military lines collapsed, the British were forced to retreat. 

 

As bad as the  retreat from  Saigon was, it was not a surrender. The defeat of the French in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 was an absolute humiliation of France. Unlike the French, the US was already leaving  Vietnam  and did not have combat troops trying to hold onto the country. The US evacuation of Saigon became a rushed affair when the South Vietnamese army collapsed and North Vietnam did not respect  the undertaking to allow the USA to leave in an orderly fashion.

Are sure your on the same thread Patong ??

4 hours ago, eastlight said:

When we stormed the beaches on D Day to liberate their country there wasn't a Frenchman to be seen.

I hate people using "we" for something that didn't involve them personally. You did nothing.

3 minutes ago, ryandb said:

I hate people using "we" for something that didn't involve them personally. You did nothing.

He typed words on a computer

On 9/1/2025 at 5:55 AM, Will B Good said:

I imagine he'll surrender in a day or two.

Wonderful imagination!