Westerner Murdered On Phuket In Execution Style

[slipperx]

If I read the majority of the comments on this(or many other)topics I am still astonished that the western world is still alive without the wisdom of the long time "expats/experts" who has left farang land with the generous intention to educate third world Thailand how to do things right...oh my Buddha !! In regards to the OP:no action without reaction,mess around with the wrong people- and you are <deleted>... In many cases properly <deleted>... Not just in LOS.

Yes but just more of the wrong people in Phuket, more corrupt and apathetic police here, a hugely more corrupt justice system here and wildly more chance you will get dragged into contact with these scum however much you try not to and however much you keep a low profile. That is the scandal. It is incredibly difficult to extricate yourself and there is absolutely no-one to turn to. As a foreigner in Phuket you will be incredibly fortunate to find an honest lawyer because they are nearly all in on the corruption game in one way or another. They are very happy to screw up your claim and frame it so it is impossible to win if are fortunate to have any money left after the cockroaches have targeted you. Do you think Thai society gives a hoot for a foreigner scammed out of his assets or tourist who has been raped, robbed, scammed or fleeced or murdered. The courts are certainly not making any attempt to clean up society if it means a foreigner will Get justice over a Thai even after proving their deceit and illegal loans. Foreigners are fair game for that . Maybe that sort of tips the balance out of Thailand's favour on this one.

[slipperx]

Glad I visited Phuket a few years ago now.

Happy living in Bangkok with no ambition whatsoever to return.

I am sure it will have no effect on tourism though.

Just that there is much nicer and safer places in Thailand to holiday.

Silly, off-topic post.

No one cares where you're too scared to travel to, Noddy.

TO: Old Croc - Noddy said nothing about fear. 'Nicer and Safer', are merely logical.

Disagree. To say it is "safer" anywhere else implies there is a concern for the well being of anyone visiting Phuket. Literally millions of tourists enjoy their holidays on the Island every year without getting murdered!

It seems Noddy's experience of the province of Phuket consists of a short visit some time ago to the small sex and party town of Patong. With this vast experience he feels it neccesary to come on to a thread about some poor individuals murder and give tourist safety tips to the many thousands who read this board. He is not alone in this attitude.

As the victim, his murderer, and their dispute, seem to have been imported from Samui perhaps Noddy (Thomas Cooke) will need to update his travel alert.

It is not the million or so who do not get murdered ( but who almost certainly get scammed in one way or another) that you should be concerned about. It is the tens of people who ARE murdered, read and suffer violent attack that should concern you. That is like saying don't bother about air safety if 2-300,000 people died from air travel because millions don't.

[jackspratt]

Yes but just more of the wrong people in Phuket, more corrupt and apathetic police here, a hugely more corrupt justice system here and wildly more chance you will get dragged into contact with these scum however much you try not to and however much you keep a low profile. That is the scandal. It is incredibly difficult to extricate yourself and there is absolutely no-one to turn to. As a foreigner in Phuket you will be incredibly fortunate to find an honest lawyer because they are nearly all in on the corruption game in one way or another. They are very happy to screw up your claim and frame it so it is impossible to win if are fortunate to have any money left after the cockroaches have targeted you. Do you think Thai society gives a hoot for a foreigner scammed out of his assets or tourist who has been raped, robbed, scammed or fleeced or murdered. The courts are certainly not making any attempt to clean up society if it means a foreigner will Get justice over a Thai even after proving their deceit and illegal loans. Foreigners are fair game for that . Maybe that sort of tips the balance out of Thailand's favour on this one.

I assume from your intimate knowledge of the Phuket underbelly that you live there.

Why?

[sunshine51]

It's the "ankle stabbing" that gets me.....Can't run too far if that happens &

this seemed to be a message sent to others of like minded individuals

perhaps of the same making as the deceased. Samui? Mafia? Yeah...

maybe others too...like a cheated/scorned woman...???

Sip satang speculation only...

[dalsobrook]

I wouldn't say being beaten and stabbed is execution style. Somebody was very angry at this man, this was a up close and personal murder not a detached execution.

[LiezlEngels]

Any follow up about this report? I wanna know more if they find who this man is?

[Tanlic]

Glad I visited Phuket a few years ago now.

Happy living in Bangkok with no ambition whatsoever to return.

I am sure it will have no effect on tourism though.

Just that there is much nicer and safer places in Thailand to holiday.

Silly, off-topic post.

No one cares where you're too scared to travel to, Noddy.

You obviously have never looked at the expression on Big Ear's face when he's in that car with him

[Lickey]

Time you lot toughened up, Thai style, have a party, nothing is gonna bring him back, let the Thai justice system sort things out, they are fair and square,

[jerrysteve]

Sounds like a drug deal gone bad!

[Jimi007]

Police tentatively identify body found in Phuket rubber plantation

Phuket Gazette – Saturday, December 1, 2012 4:21:00 PM

Phuket Police Commander Choti Chavaviwat (center) lead the investigation of the site. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: Phuket Police tentatively identified the man murdered execution style and left in a rubber plantation on Patong Hill as Hungarian businessman Peter Reisz, 47.

A missing person complaint was filed with the Koh Samui Tourist police stating that Mr Reisz had gone missing from a rented room in Phuket on November 23, Phuket Police Commander Choti Chavaviwat said.

“The man who filed the missing person complaint claimed that Mr Reisz had a business in Koh Samui, but he had fled to Phuket because of a business conflict,” Maj Gen Choti said

“In the missing person report, he claimed that his friend rented a house in Thalang and had last been in touch on November 23,” Maj Gen Choti explained

Police searched Mr Reisz’s rented house in Sri Soonthorn, Thalang and found his passport.

“We are now checking for a match between the DNA collected from the evidence in the room and the the DNA of the body,” Maj Gen Choti said.

“At the moment we believe that the motive for the murder was a business conflict,” he said.

Mr Reusz's friend in Samui has already been contacted and is coming to Phuket to identify the body, as well as his family from Hungary, Maj Gen Choti added.

[Jimi007]

Police tentatively identify body found in Phuket rubber plantation

Phuket Gazette – Saturday, December 1, 2012 4:21:00 PM

Phuket Police Commander Choti Chavaviwat (center) lead the investigation of the site. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: Phuket Police tentatively identified the man murdered execution style and left in a rubber plantation on Patong Hill as Hungarian businessman Peter Reisz, 47.

A missing person complaint was filed with the Koh Samui Tourist police stating that Mr Reisz had gone missing from a rented room in Phuket on November 23, Phuket Police Commander Choti Chavaviwat said.

“The man who filed the missing person complaint claimed that Mr Reisz had a business in Koh Samui, but he had fled to Phuket because of a business conflict,” Maj Gen Choti said

“In the missing person report, he claimed that his friend rented a house in Thalang and had last been in touch on November 23,” Maj Gen Choti explained

Police searched Mr Reisz’s rented house in Sri Soonthorn, Thalang and found his passport.

“We are now checking for a match between the DNA collected from the evidence in the room and the the DNA of the body,” Maj Gen Choti said.

“At the moment we believe that the motive for the murder was a business conflict,” he said.

Mr Reusz's friend in Samui has already been contacted and is coming to Phuket to identify the body, as well as his family from Hungary, Maj Gen Choti added.

By the way, the business conflict was with another westerner according to another news source that can't be named here due to forum rule #31.

[chooka]

This type of thing hardly does tourism any favours and TAT will probably go into damage control as it did with the Michelle Smith incident. 20 years ago this type of thing would simply fade away and life would go on as normal but now with the advent of social media on a large scale these incidents spread across the world like wildfires. No longer will Thailand be scrutinised only by the populous and news reports in the victims country of origin but from all corners of the globe. You can no longer simply throw a little fairy dust on it and say, it happens in every country.

Sorry if this appears to be Thai bashing as it is not my intention, just commenting on a topic on a Thai forum about an incident in Thailand.

[Payboy]

^^TATs damage control mode would probably be to recycle one of those good Samaritan taxi driver stories. Come to think of it, the next press release is long overdue now, considering Singapore just stole the march on that one.

[Jimi007]

This type of thing hardly does tourism any favours and TAT will probably go into damage control as it did with the Michelle Smith incident. 20 years ago this type of thing would simply fade away and life would go on as normal but now with the advent of social media on a large scale these incidents spread across the world like wildfires. No longer will Thailand be scrutinised only by the populous and news reports in the victims country of origin but from all corners of the globe. You can no longer simply throw a little fairy dust on it and say, it happens in every country.

Sorry if this appears to be Thai bashing as it is not my intention, just commenting on a topic on a Thai forum about an incident in Thailand.

Other than this appears to be about two Hungarians in a business dispute....

[chooka]

Why this burning desire amongst some posters to know exactly what was the cause of death of the poor bloke?

Could it be that they see a reflection of themselves and their own lives when reading these reports - losing hair, gaining weight, nobody to report them missing, uncertain age ?

Or could it be that man is just simply inherently inquisitive? Without this characteristic we would still be living in caves.

[The Oracle]

I find it very strange that people subscribed to this site use the death of someone - regardless of the circumstances - as a means to cast a negative pall over the whole region to which over three million people a year visit. It also seems to be common from people who may have never even visited the region which they are directing their invective.

While I appreciate each has their own view, a lot of people look at ThaiVisa to find out about the "feel" of tourist regions, be it Pattaya, Phuket or where ever.

Can people please think about what you hope to acheive by bagging out tourist hot spots as it directly affects those working and living in the region mentioned.

It also has to be realised that many of the journalists writing for ThaiVisa-sourced material are possibly writing English as their second or third language. Writing from notes written in your native tongue to another can always expected to have a few things lost in translation.

Finally, the deaths of people are hard to take by family and friends regardless of circumstances. Using your TV-learned forensic knoweldge to pass on poorly-informed subjective comments is bad form.

<soapbox ends>

[chooka]

I find it very strange that people subscribed to this site use the death of someone - regardless of the circumstances - as a means to cast a negative pall over the whole region to which over three million people a year visit. It also seems to be common from people who may have never even visited the region which they are directing their invective.

While I appreciate each has their own view, a lot of people look at ThaiVisa to find out about the "feel" of tourist regions, be it Pattaya, Phuket or where ever.

Can people please think about what you hope to acheive by bagging out tourist hot spots as it directly affects those working and living in the region mentioned.

It also has to be realised that many of the journalists writing for ThaiVisa-sourced material are possibly writing English as their second or third language. Writing from notes written in your native tongue to another can always expected to have a few things lost in translation.

Finally, the deaths of people are hard to take by family and friends regardless of circumstances. Using your TV-learned forensic knoweldge to pass on poorly-informed subjective comments is bad form.

<soapbox ends>

Here you go Payboy, TAT's response to the story.

Sorry Oracle, just kidding couldn't resist.

[sydneyjed]

This type of thing hardly does tourism any favours and TAT will probably go into damage control as it did with the Michelle Smith incident. 20 years ago this type of thing would simply fade away and life would go on as normal but now with the advent of social media on a large scale these incidents spread across the world like wildfires. No longer will Thailand be scrutinised only by the populous and news reports in the victims country of origin but from all corners of the globe. You can no longer simply throw a little fairy dust on it and say, it happens in every country.

Sorry if this appears to be Thai bashing as it is not my intention, just commenting on a topic on a Thai forum about an incident in Thailand.

The Michelle Smith murder incident was a totally different kettle of fish...the only reason the Thai authorities acted so positively and quickly to this was infact because the victim was there in Phuket on a travel agents fact finding trip funded by TAT....The adverse negative publicity this produced in Australia reached all the way to the highest level of government prompting the Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to personally intervene...This latest incident will hardly raise a blimp on the radar and will quickly be forgotten so it will be 'business as usual' for the upcoming high season..Remember this murder that hit the news here a while back?People quickly forget..just look at how many people still go to Bali after what happened there!

http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?news_id=11411&coun_code=se

[nurofiend]

calm down.

usually mafia have good reason to execute mafia style. mafia style usually done to those in the game!!!!!!

no offense but pooket does draw a lot of foreign scum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are plenty of scum of every nationality there but the Thais top the bunch.

i can't say no they don't, only reason being is that i don't have a top of the bunch.

nice work pal.

[Lite Beer]

Dead man identified as Hungarian businessman

The Nation on Sunday

Police yesterday identified as a Hungarian a man whose body was found in a plastic bag at an isolated rubber plantation on Patong Mountain in Phuket's Kathu district on Friday. He ran a property business in Surat Thani's Koh Samui.

The man, whose face seemed to have been struck with a heavy object, was estimated to have been dead for at least 3-5 days.

Phuket Police Commander Maj-General Chote Chawanwiwat said the deceased, Peter Right, 47, was in the business of renting out apartments in Koh Samui. He left the island for Phuket on November 22 and lost contact with family and friends since November 24.

His compatriots filed a missing complaint on November 24. Police suspected that Right was abducted by an unknown group, tortured and killed between November 25-27 period and the motive might have been business conflict or illegal trade.

-- The Nation 2012-12-02

[cloudhopper]

Can people please think about what you hope to acheive by bagging out tourist hot spots as it directly affects those working and living in the region mentioned.

Well what I hope to achieve is to acquaint potential visitors with some realities that may save their lives.

Are you suggesting that I refrain merely to protect the economic interests of those working there?

[FarangTalk]

I find it very strange that people subscribed to this site use the death of someone - regardless of the circumstances - as a means to cast a negative pall over the whole region to which over three million people a year visit. It also seems to be common from people who may have never even visited the region which they are directing their invective.

While I appreciate each has their own view, a lot of people look at ThaiVisa to find out about the "feel" of tourist regions, be it Pattaya, Phuket or where ever.

Can people please think about what you hope to acheive by bagging out tourist hot spots as it directly affects those working and living in the region mentioned.

Sorry, but if a region is dangerous then visitors have a right to know.

People are also entitled to their opinion; good or bad.

[hhfarang]

He had suffered head trauma and been stabbed multiple times in the head, torso and ankles, according to sources.

After a full investigation by Thai police it will probably be found to be yet another farang suicide.

[Fozfromoz]

He had suffered head trauma and been stabbed multiple times in the head, torso and ankles, according to sources.

After a full investigation by Thai police it will probably be found to be yet another farang suicide.

Death by misadventure?

[mancub]

This type of thing hardly does tourism any favours and TAT will probably go into damage control as it did with the Michelle Smith incident. 20 years ago this type of thing would simply fade away and life would go on as normal but now with the advent of social media on a large scale these incidents spread across the world like wildfires. No longer will Thailand be scrutinised only by the populous and news reports in the victims country of origin but from all corners of the globe. You can no longer simply throw a little fairy dust on it and say, it happens in every country.

Sorry if this appears to be Thai bashing as it is not my intention, just commenting on a topic on a Thai forum about an incident in Thailand.

Other than this appears to be about two Hungarians in a business dispute....

One of whom was brutally tortured and murdered by a gang of Thai ,hired assassins in , Thailand......but I,m speculating ,as it may have been a gang of Hungarian hit-men ...in which case you may have a valid point !

[MEL1]

"Police believe there will be several suspects in the case, citing the fact that whoever dumped the body probably was familiar with the plantation and had access to a four-wheel drive vehicle"

That should cut the hunt down to 22 million Isuzus.

-mel.

[Jimi007]

This type of thing hardly does tourism any favours and TAT will probably go into damage control as it did with the Michelle Smith incident. 20 years ago this type of thing would simply fade away and life would go on as normal but now with the advent of social media on a large scale these incidents spread across the world like wildfires. No longer will Thailand be scrutinised only by the populous and news reports in the victims country of origin but from all corners of the globe. You can no longer simply throw a little fairy dust on it and say, it happens in every country.

Sorry if this appears to be Thai bashing as it is not my intention, just commenting on a topic on a Thai forum about an incident in Thailand.

Other than this appears to be about two Hungarians in a business dispute....

One of whom was brutally tortured and murdered by a gang of Thai ,hired assassins in , Thailand......but I,m speculating ,as it may have been a gang of Hungarian hit-men ...in which case you may have a valid point !

Sorry? According to whom? Where does any article state he was killed by hired assassins? The three latest murders of farang men in Phuket that I can think of have been by their own countrymen. Oh course Thais were blamed at first, but then their business partners were found guilty. The Swedish guy that ran from his partners in Pattaya was found dead in Phuket and some lame "news" account that stated he was murdered by a Thai gang. No he was murdered by other Swedes who were his business "partners" that thought he had turned them in to Pattaya police.

[JSixpack]

I find it very strange that people subscribed to this site use the death of someone - regardless of the circumstances - as a means to cast a negative pall over the whole region to which over three million people a year visit.

Oh, just par for the course here. Always was, always will be. You ARE a newbie!

[Old Croc]

A bit of advice for those who are too scared to step foot on the tropical Island, tourist mecca of Phuket for fear of being murdered.

Dont do dodgy business deals (particularly property) with other farangs or Thai mafia. (This actually applies anywhere in Thailand.) Then your chances of being killed will be sustantially lessened.

If you also stay off motorbikes when inexperienced, unlicensed, drunk or helmetless, if you don't venture into the surf when unable to swim, and if you don't decide to drink yourself to death at an early age, you will be safer than in virtually any of your home towns.

[FarangTalk]

A bit of advice for those who are too scared to step foot on the tropical Island, tourist mecca of Phuket for fear of being murdered.

Dont do dodgy business deals (particularly property) with other farangs or Thai mafia. (This actually applies anywhere in Thailand.) Then your chances of being killed will be sustantially lessened.

If you also stay off motorbikes when inexperienced, unlicensed, drunk or helmetless, if you don't venture into the surf when unable to swim, and if you don't decide to drink yourself to death at an early age, you will be safer than in virtually any of your home towns.

It's only fair to point out then that Thailand is the most dangerous tourism destination for Britons according to the FCO and insurance companies, also the most dangerous travel destination for Australians and also for Swedes now I believe, according to their respective embassies.

The problem is that most tourists come on holiday to have a good time and warning them of the dangers is only half the battle. We also need to be asking the authorities and the locals to make sure the roads are safe, that unscrupulous or criminal property developers are dealt with, that beaches are properly signposted and with adequate facilities for swimmers and rescue, and the list goes on.

After all, it is their responsibility if they want tourism in the kinds of numbers we are seeing these days.