Soi Bonkai Burglars Scare Sleeping German Family
PATTAYA:--Burglars wearing balaclavas invaded a luxury rental home on Soi Bonkai while a German family of four slept inside. They fled when family members woke up. The thieves had disabled the home’s CCTVs, and police suspect the intruders were familiar with the property.

PATTAYA – April 9, 2013 [PDN]; At 2:30 a.m., a report of burglars invading the rented house of a German family was received by Pol. Maj. Capt. Nakornraj Nonseelard, detective officer of the shift; and Pol. Col. Vissanu Chaisuwarn, vice suppression inspector.
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--PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2013-04-10

Contained in the full report: "The sleeping family suddenly awakened in shock at hearing his presence, and turned on the light. So the parents rushed to escape, but then they heard the sound of their kids screeching, and were afraid their kids were being hurt by the masked stranger, so they went to check."

The parents rushed to escape, leaving their children behind?! Nice. I can only hope that the news reporter has misunderstood the sequence of events. Shameful behaviour otherwise.

Contained in the full report: "The sleeping family suddenly awakened in shock at hearing his presence, and turned on the light. So the parents rushed to escape, but then they heard the sound of their kids screeching, and were afraid their kids were being hurt by the masked stranger, so they went to check."

The parents rushed to escape, leaving their children behind?! Nice. I can only hope that the news reporter has misunderstood the sequence of events. Shameful behaviour otherwise.

Shameful that you could suggest the parents were acting shamefully. This a translation from Thai, you know.

The burglars then returned to steal a Lado watch

How could they overlook the much more expensive Lolex?

And some retarded dare to say that burglaries are more common in condo than in houses...

This is actually a scary story ...

1. How did they get INTO the house without making any noise? Open windows/doors?? They were all sleeping downstairs!

One victim told the Police that at the time of the crime, they were
sleeping in a bedroom downstairs, and their 2 children were sleeping in
the bedroom next door.

The officers checked around the house to find that the burglar got into
the house from the back, which connected to another house.

2. What happened to the alarm system? Unless it was one of those systems that you only turn on when you LEAVE the house.

In the video, you can see an alarm keypad, that looks like a DSC keypad.

3. There was only one camera that they had to worry about and they "covered it"???

The burglars knew that there was a CCTV in the house, at the gate, so
they used a cloth to cover the CCTV monitor, so the police could not
identify them. The burglars also took an LCD monitor used to control the
CCTV and tape footage that was installed on the wall in the house. They
also took out the hard disk too.

They had time to take the "installed" cctv monitoring system and take OUT a hard disk??????? Without making any noise?

4. know the layout:

The Police believe that the burglars know the layout of the house very
well, as they knew the way in and out, and also knew about the CCTV
cameras

Perhaps this is a subdivision house where there are 5-10-20 other houses with the exact same layout; OR this house was listed for sale and lots of pictures of the house were online?? It is a rental house .....

Getting robbed is bad. No one wants that for themselves or anyone else. But most of the "things" you will lose can be replaced.

BUT! Having a break-in while you and your family are sleeping is among the worst things I can think of, and one of my biggest fears.

the German family, Mr. Abdulla, 35 years old, and Mrs. Mariam, 30 years old

Sounds like Turkish Germans. Sure it wasn't Baklava?