A foreign man was arrested in the early hours of 20 June 2026 after allegedly assaulting an Indian tourist, damaging a songthaew taxi and causing disorder in Pattaya, prompting police to deploy more than 10 officers to bring the situation under control.

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Police from Pattaya City Police Station were called to the junction near the Marine Hotel on Pattaya Second Road Soi 16 in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri, at 3.00am. Officers found a large foreign man causing a disturbance while motorcycle taxi riders, Bolt riders, songthaew drivers and tourists surrounded him to prevent him from leaving. Due to his apparent state of intoxication and refusal to cooperate, officers required more than 10 minutes and reinforcements of over 10 police officers to take him into custody.

CCTV footage reportedly showed the man arguing with several groups before chasing an Indian tourist and becoming involved in a confrontation near a songthaew parking area. During the disturbance, property was damaged, including a broken wing mirror on a songthaew. The confrontation later spread to involve an Indian man and a Thai Bolt motorcycle rider, leading to wider unrest.

According to the suspect’s daughter, the family had been celebrating her birthday at a bar in South Pattaya. She said an argument broke out with a ladyboy inside the venue and claimed her mother had her hair pulled. The daughter said she intervened and was allegedly struck on the head with a bottle, suffering injuries to her leg and head. She stated that the ladyboy left the scene before the family departed the bar.

She said that while walking away from the bar, Indian national Mr Karan Kumar, aged about 35, allegedly touched her on the hip. She claimed her father, the suspect, confronted him, leading to a fight in which Mr Kumar fell and suffered a head injury. She further alleged that her father then assaulted a Thai man who attempted to intervene.

However, Ms Thikhamphon Kaewin, 20, a friend of the injured Indian tourist, disputed that account. She said the group had been walking home when the foreign man accused them of staring at his family before punching Mr Kumar in the face. She denied that Mr Kumar had touched Ms Summer and said motorcycle taxi riders and Bolt riders pursued the suspect until police arrived at a Myanmar-owned food shop where he had taken refuge.

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Songthaew driver Sompong, 52, said his vehicle was damaged during the confrontation. He reported that a side panel and the right wing mirror were broken and filed a police report seeking compensation.

Police have initially charged the man with being drunk and causing a public disturbance. Investigators said all parties involved had been drinking and that further interviews and evidence reviews would be conducted before any additional legal action is considered.

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Put everybody in jail. And require a special entry visa for Pattaya, which includes a 20,000 baht bond.

Please be Russian.

But got Tats, so could be one of ours.

PS, Ms Summer, oops could be a brit.

Confirming one more time... The wee hours are for sleeping, and leave the crazies to live their own soap operas. I'll watch it the next day on YouBoob.

Might be roids or drugs like coke or angle dust involved... hopefully not a "Brit" and someone else for a change.

Doesn’t say he is a Brit but I’m claiming him.

Well done big lad.

Once again the clear signs of affluence, intelligence, and wealth.

Heavily tattooed and shirtless.

From the description of this guy and his family's activities this is possibly the target family type for making Pattaya a "family friendly destination".

More than one kind of family out there.

Poor guy, needs a new helmet after getting a punch to the head.

Can we guess the big fella's nationality?

I'd say a Brit 😊

Who's with me?

16 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor guy, needs a new helmet after getting a punch to the head.

Can we guess the big fella's nationality?

I'd say a Brit 😊

Who's with me?

Might be a quasi-Brit... but more likely Russian or Middle-Eastern from the look of him.

3 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

Might be a quasi-Brit... but more likely Russian or Middle-Eastern from the look of him.

Looks like Eddie Hall.

Yeah the guy could be Russian.

Mods edit - video from an old unrelated incident removed.

I know we often look at the old days, 20 + years ago through rose colored glasses but this kind of brawl that has now become commonplace, it seems almost nightly, was honestly very rare back then.

I can recall being amazed at how few altercations I would see considering the always combustible mixture of alcohol, women, men on the prowl and the wide mix of nationalities and cultures.

Once in a while somebody wouldn't want to pay a bar bill and get instant financial counselling or some idiot would try to secretly video inside a bar and watch his phone deconstruct against a wall but for the most part, people just seemed to move on from messy situations.

Meth was around then but not even close to the availability of now and the whole combat sports thing has brought in a new demographic of wanna-be tough guys. The digital nomad thing has also brought in a demographic of 30-40 somethings, not really playing Walking Street but fueling a much more aggressive bar scene and perhaps more personal relationship issues spilling into view.

A visible criminal element has obviously grown, built around cannabis but expanding in all sorts of directions. The Russians seem to be in their own little world. I've never had any kind of negative interaction with a Russian, they seem to concentrate on their own rivalries and dramas.

From trends I see on the news, I wouldn't be surprised to see an even larger Chinese and Korean criminal presence in the next 10 years as their home countries get more skilled at limiting their scams at home.

3 hours ago, rocketboy2 said:

Please be Russian.

But got Tats, so could be one of ours.

PS, Ms Summer, oops could be a brit.

Might be Russian. Put a fist through that bike helmet.

nowt wrong with some hand throwing in the early hours!

31 minutes ago, dddave said:

I know we often look at the old days, 20 + years ago through rose colored glasses but this kind of brawl that has now become commonplace, it seems almost nightly, was honestly very rare back then.

Did everyone have an iPhone back then? Human beings haven't changed much since caveman days.

He sounded Russian the way he said "Poooosy". Big tough guy who knows how to throw a punch I wouldn't want to mess with.

Go to bed early is what I'm getting from this. And stay out of trouble.

Whether he is a Brit or not doesn't matter, as you all seem to agree that he could well be one. Thanks for your honesty guys.

6 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Did everyone have an iPhone back then? Human beings haven't changed much since caveman days.

He sounded Russian the way he said "Poooosy". Big tough guy who knows how to throw a punch I wouldn't want to mess with.

Go to bed early is what I'm getting from this. And stay out of trouble.

Strong right crosses for sure. Best defence is the teep.

4 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Bolt riders, songthaew drivers and tourists surrounded him to prevent him from leaving.

And who was hitting him with a stick? It seems the locals are just as much to blame as the tourist for the escalation. Lawlesness at its best.

From looking at the videos, I would guess that 'Daddy' did some boxing in his younger days.

He's probably going to wake up with some very sore spots tomorrow!

Not only should this Farang be put in leg-irons, but....

He should be forced to wear one of these helmets, as well.

Or, just shoot him with a colt 45, and put him out of his misery, for good.

Think of his terrible childhood, though, before you judge him too harshly.

On the police report the incident went down as ATSF (A Total S**t Fight)

Just how many GALLONS of Chang did this fat Farang drink....!!!???

This is what I would like to know.

It seems this Farang has opted to decorate his upper left chest with a portrait of....SOMEBODY....

But, WHO?

Is this a portraite of Putin?

27 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Just how many GALLONS of Chang did this fat Farang drink....!!!???

None. It’s chugged by the liter here.

3 am....enough said

2 hours ago, novacova said:

None. It’s chugged by the liter here.

OK.

Fine.

Then, to rephrase: How many DEKALITERS of Chang did this fat Farang swill?

Don't bring a helmet to a fist fight 👊👊

7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor guy, needs a new helmet after getting a punch to the head.

Can we guess the big fella's nationality?

I'd say a Brit 😊

Who's with me?

I say fair play to him, lad did good, especially with Bruce Lee who soon got out of the way when his helmet was written off

Dude went full Butterbean, taking on all comers. Once again, katoeys are at the root of it. Notice the Thai coward who thought a 200 baht helmet would save him as he bravely tried to attack Butterbean from behind. Where were the usual legion of gutless worms who regularly pile in on tourists ?

8 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor guy, needs a new helmet after getting a punch to the head.

You mean the oh so poor harmless guy who ran up to sucker-kick the big fella in the back while he was walking away from the mele....??

Helmet guy had it coming after that little episode.

So this huge man , he goes out , late evening to celebrate her birthday

in his smalls ?