Pattaya, September 18 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : Just before 3.30 on Friday Morning, Police Lieutenant Colonel Porngrit from Pattaya Police Station recorded a case of theft from a house in Soi Arunothai, Central Pattaya. The report was made by Mr. Sami Haninen aged 35 from Finland and his girlfriend Khun Noi aged 27. They reported that they had spent the night on Walking Street and returned home to find their house had been broken into. Items stolen include 50,000 Baht in cash, a 45,000 Baht Diamond Ring, 23,000 Baht’s worth of Diamond Necklaces, a 19,600 Baht Digital Camera, a 2,000 Baht Nokia Mobile Phone, Mr. Haninen’s Passport, a Bank Book and a quantity of Euro’s. The report of the theft totaling around 200,000 Baht was made and Police will investigate.

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http://www.pattayaone.net/news/2009/septem...8_09_52_2.shtml

he report was made by Mr. Sami Haninen aged 35 from Finland and his girlfriend Khun Noi aged 27.

Inside job...just call me Mr. Cynical

he report was made by Mr. Sami Haninen aged 35 from Finland and his girlfriend Khun Noi aged 27.

Inside job...just call me Mr. Cynical

As something like that is unheard of in Thailand, how dare you even to hint at this possibility?

Shame on you!

I know what you are thinking !

23,000 Baht’s worth of Diamond Necklaces,

There's some high quality gems for you. Maybe a translation problem then I'm not sure what 'glass' is in Thai!

23,000 Baht's worth of Diamond Necklaces,

There's some high quality gems for you. Maybe a translation problem then I'm not sure what 'glass' is in Thai!

.......a 2000baht nokia handphone amongst 200,000baht losses...don't

sound right to me.

the report was made by Mr. Sami Haninen aged 35 from Finland and his girlfriend Khun Noi aged 27.

Inside job...just call me Mr. Cynical

As something like that is unheard of in Thailand, how dare you even to hint at this possibility?

Shame on you!

So right you all are...what could I have been thinking! I guess I can look forward to an arrest warrant from the police now for spreading false new accounts about Pattaya in a deliberate effort to tarnish the country's image and damage it's tourism industry

And again a theft with a value of 200,000 Baht - precisely the amount that Thai shopowners get from the bank or ATM before they are robbed, precisely the amount that is stolen from a bag left inside a car, or a shopping bag left in a taxi. It makes me wonder whether there is a "barrier" at 200,000 Baht - do thieves count up and leave when they get this much? Does police investigate "harder" if the amount exceeds 200,000? Does insurance settle claims under 200,000 Baht with less questions asked?

Another thing is that why is the foreigner fully named, but the Thai "girlfriend" just referred to by nickname as if she were a pet and not a person? Ah, I may have answered my own question here...