Aussie Loses All In Guesthouse Robbery

[cali4995]

SOURCE: http://www.pattayadailynews.com/shownews.p...NEWS=0000008160

note: If anyone knows this place, it's smack dab right on 2nd road, how a thief could

have entered from the balcony by breaking the window and not be heard is puzzling?

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AUSSIE TOURIST LOSES ALL IN PATTAYA GUESTHOUSE ROBBERY

In a Pattaya guesthouse, on 2 January 2009, an enterprising thief ripped a safe from the wall of an Australian tourist, stealing all his property. Pol.Lt.Col.Norawich Julawanich, Pattaya Police Inspector, was informed of the theft at 1.20 am and duly sent a police team to investigate.

The incident occurred at a Thai-Italian restaurant, "Planet Seafood and Guesthouse", a four- storey building, which has a restaurant downstairs and guesthouse upstairs, on the second floor. The restaurant-guesthouse is located at 397/27, Pattaya Second Road.

Police conducting investigations discovered that a safe, which had once been attached to the wall near the TV cabinet, was missing. The room was in total disarray, with everything having been ransacked. The police noticed the glass window pane had been broken from the balcony and assumed that that the thief had used the window for entry into the room.

Questioning Mr. Mark Edward Cebula [41], an Australian national, the victim said he had checked into the room two weeks ago and was staying alone. On 1 January, at 8.00 pm, he had gone out for drinks at his friend's beer bar in the South Pattaya area. When he returned at around at 01.20 am, he found his room had been broken into and all his property was missing. Most of it had been locked inside the missing safe and amounted to US$100, AUS$ 1,500 and a Bt13,000 digital camera; in total about Bt50,000.

Mr. Cebula said he was really disappointed about his predicament. He had intended to have a holiday to celebrate the New Year in Pattaya, but ended up losing all his valuables. Police questioned the guesthouse owner and the house maid, but they said they had no idea who the thief might have been. They suggested that it could have been the guest next door or simply anybody. Mr Cebula told the police that he was highly suspicious of the house maid and other members of the restaurant-guesthouse staff. Police will conduct further investigations in the hope of bringing the thief to justice.

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[Scott]

Sounds like an inside job.

[cali4995]

Many of these smaller guesthouses still do not ask for proper identification when folks check-in (despite immigration laws)

there are middle-eastern factions that specialize in these types of crimes. they check-in an adjoining room, survey guests

make their thievery and then check-out with no way of being tracked because careless staff don't have their details.

[FarangFatal]

Yep, known well across Thailand... Middle East rip off teams! they don't care because we don't count at people... Remember ,not of the faith!

[Humphrey Bear]

Says he stayed alone.

Why come to Pattaya if that is the case.?

I would suggest that he has invited various 'temporary friemds' back to hid room during his two-week stay and that a friend-of-a-friend has dome the second-storey break-in. Not difficult, even on Second Road.

And he's whinging over one thousand pounds (sterling) only. Very annoying, but not life-threatening. What did he pay for the trip? Or is he a Jetstar afficionado?

[Shotime]

Yep, known well across Thailand... Middle East rip off teams! they don't care because we don't count at people... Remember ,not of the faith!

please present some more of your entertaining bullshit

and try to write so we can understand what you're trying to say. I think you meant "we don't count as people cause we're not of the faith." So, you're saying that these thieves are not Thai, but middle-eastern. Also, please watch your use of pronouns, as the "we" isn't clear who you mean. You sound like you keep up with current events.

[Ungabunga]

Pronouns aside, I think what he's trying to say is that they were thieving arabs.

[samuibeachcomber]

yes humphrey bear,very plausible.If it had been the guest house staff they'd have used a key,too lazy to swing onto the balcony.

[rhino533]

Nothing you can do really except put the safe in a better spot. It's just bad luck.