If Someone Stole 1Mb From You What Would You Do?

[parallaxtech]

A while ago a Thai man stole 1mb in jewelry from me . I went to the police, but didn't have any evidence. One of the neighbors saw him and told me but this was not good enough for the police. I offered a 100KB reward to the police but they said the goods were long gone as nobody would hold on to them. I see the guy all the time and he looks away from me. My question is what would you do about it if anything?

Edited March 8, 2011 by parallaxtech

[inmysights]

Get 'the boys' to deal with it (but only the farang ones, the Thais always 'grass you up'). They work on a percentage.

Don't bother with the judicial (LOL!) process. Takes aeons.

[Soutpeel]

I would secure your jewelery a bit better next time...

Did the neighbors actually see the guy with your stuff ?......this should be enough for the police to do something, I was always under the impression in Thailand you are guilty until proven innocent, seems to be the police cant be ar*ed, which seems a bit strange seeing as you are offering a chunk of cash.....Is the person concerned "connected" in anyway or maybe the guy concerned more than 100k to stay away from him...

Since when has guilt or innocence ever been important to Thailand's finest.?...pretty sure for 100k they could get him put away even if he was innocent...

[manarak]

I would secure your jewelery a bit better next time...

Did the neighbors actually see the guy with your stuff ?......this should be enough for the police to do something, I was always under the impression in Thailand you are guilty until proven innocent, seems to be the police cant be ar*ed, which seems a bit strange seeing as you are offering a chunk of cash.....Is the person concerned "connected" in anyway or maybe the guy concerned more than 100k to stay away from him...

Since when has guilt or innocence ever been important to Thailand's finest.?...pretty sure for 100k they could get him put away even if he was innocent...

Hmm.

Now that the police are informed about who did it, it is maybe even easier for the police to racket the other guy for 200k or 300k instead of getting the jewelry back?

And I have to agree - why was it so easy to steal jewelry worth 1m baht from you? I know I would either lock it up in a bank or keep it in a very secure and well hidden safe.

[bino]

Call my insurance company and replace them.

Oh... you weren't insured and left your valuables unsecured?

[glomp]

sell the debt he has to you.....

[craigt3365]

One post promoting violence has been deleted.

[asiawatcher]

The lesson learned is invaluable.

[parallaxtech]

Thanks for the responses. The guy is a mafia type so I feel that any action would be retaliated and I have a wife and house to consider. I don't want to get into the details of how it was stolen, but it could not have been prevented -- it was not a simple case of leaving it in the open. I was living in a rental at the time (no insurance), but now have an insured home.

If I did something physical this might cause me more trouble. It bothers me every day especially when I see this guy. He bragged to several neighbors that he routinely "gets" things from farangs and sells them. The police said they knew about it but couldn't catch him. He now has a nice shop that has been financed by all this theft. I suppose it is just a bitter pill to swallow.

[homeslice]

people like this will have a new enemy or victim in six months, and will have forgotten about you.....

[dananderson]

I would store large sums of money where it is protected and actually provides a return on my investment. Why do you not do this?

[kurnell]

I know what I would do, mafia type or not.

[chooch7]

you have no evidence-what can you do? is your neighbor going to put their life on the line for your 1 m? chalk it up to experience

[JimsKnight]

Put a hex on him, what goes around comes around...

[Khun Jean]

Bait him and set a trap.

[transam]

Bait him and set a trap.

Good idea,

OP, sounds like its eating you a bit so the bait thing is worth thinking about. Don't forget to take up base ball.