webfact Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Photographer abducted, robbed and dumped in East Pattaya streetPATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Thursday Banglamung Police were called to Soi 43 off the Sukhumvit Road in East Pattaya where a motorbike taxi driver had spotted a handcuffed man who was appealing for help.Police arrived and spoke with Khun Worapon aged 32, who works as a professional photographer. He was handcuffed behind his back and claimed he had been abducted from a Bar in the Kow Mai Gaew area, by a group of men who identified themselves as Police Officers, and then robbed of his ATM card and gold ring. He was then dumped in Soi 43 where he was spotted by the taxi driver.Khun Chalermchai aged 44 was offered 2,000 Baht by Khun Worapon who wanted to be taken back to the area he was abducted from. The taxi driver was suspicious and thought the man may be an escaped prisoner and called the Police.Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/100718/photographer-abducted-robbed-dumped-east-pattaya-street/-- Pattaya One 2013-08-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uty6543 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) This is a new crime to me. Hope it does not become a regular occurrence. I hope he gets his 50,000 baht back. Edited August 29, 2013 by uty6543 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uty6543 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. I don't see your problem with this story. It gives enough information to lay out all the facts we need to understand what happened. To me anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Question. Is Pattaya the crime capital of Thailand? I don't live there but it seems like every day there is another crime reported. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. How much do you pay for your news services? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Question. Is Pattaya the crime capital of Thailand? I don't live there but it seems like every day there is another crime reported. In a city the size of Pattaya i would be more worried if no crimes were reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfsa2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 This is a new crime to me. Hope it does not become a regular occurrence. I hope he gets his 50,000 baht back. Not really new, it's been going on since a while in Pattaya, Bangkok that i know. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/592937-my-story-fake-police-raid-in-bangkok/ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/575577-fake-police-officer-escapes-real-pattaya-police-custody-during-hospital-visit/ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/425898-bag-snatch-by-fake-police-officer-in-pattaya/ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/58330-fake-police-extort-money-from-english-house-owner-in-banglamung/ if you search google for " 'fake police' site:thaivisa.com " you will see so many results https://www.google.com/search?q=fake+police+site:thaivisa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uty6543 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 This is a new crime to me. Hope it does not become a regular occurrence. I hope he gets his 50,000 baht back. Not really new, it's been going on since a while in Pattaya, Bangkok that i know. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/592937-my-story-fake-police-raid-in-bangkok/ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/575577-fake-police-officer-escapes-real-pattaya-police-custody-during-hospital-visit/ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/425898-bag-snatch-by-fake-police-officer-in-pattaya/ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/58330-fake-police-extort-money-from-english-house-owner-in-banglamung/ if you search google for " 'fake police' site:thaivisa.com " you will see so many results https://www.google.com/search?q=fake+police+site:thaivisa.com Yes I am aware of many fake police crimes but not in this particular way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytigerbkk Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. You should read the report of this incident that is on the Pattaya Daily News. www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2013/08/29/claims-to-be-abducted-by-police I especially like the lines ‘a suspect covered in handcuffs’, 'wacky and shocked condition' and ‘He tried to regain conscious’ I have no idea which language this is written in but it’s not English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. I don't see your problem with this story. It gives enough information to lay out all the facts we need to understand what happened. To me anyway Your crystal ball works much better than mine it seems. Who are the two 'heavies' dragging the cuffed unfortunate along? A good reporter should ask himself has he answered the questions when, where, how, why, by whom, before filing copy. Reporting 101. Many people fail examinations because after setting down their responses, don't bother to read through what they have written and then asked themselves 'have I answered the question.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uty6543 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. I don't see your problem with this story. It gives enough information to lay out all the facts we need to understand what happened. To me anyway Your crystal ball works much better than mine it seems. Who are the two 'heavies' dragging the cuffed unfortunate along? A good reporter should ask himself has he answered the questions when, where, how, why, by whom, before filing copy. Reporting 101. Many people fail examinations because after setting down their responses, don't bother to read through what they have written and then asked themselves 'have I answered the question.' No I don’t have a crystal ball I just read the story and here is the information When In the early hours of Thursday Where Soi 43 off the Sukhumvit Road in East Pattaya How Abducted Why To steal 50,000 baht by whom Fake Police officers Who are the two 'heavies' dragging the cuffed unfortunate along? Don’t know but not relevant or is there some reason we need to know this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bander Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 "Khun Chalermchai aged 44 was offered 2,000 Baht by Khun Worapon who wanted to be taken back to the area he was abducted from". He was robbed for money and ATM card, how can he offer money he not have? Something fishy with this story, need some help from The TV Detectives :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peecee Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Question. Is Pattaya the crime capital of Thailand? I don't live there but it seems like every day there is another crime reported. It's a close run race between Phuket and Pattaya when it comes to crimes against tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue6062 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 New tactics by the Thai criminals.pretending to be police. very dangerous for the tourists . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpduggan Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. He's a photographer not a reporter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 New tactics by the Thai criminals.pretending to be police. very dangerous for the tourists . It's an assumption made by the victim and or the reporter that the Police were fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeaBiGgiEs Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) Pattaya again! I just don't understand the attraction So he was abducted by people saying they were Police and robbed of atm card and jewelry. Well there seems to be truth to that statement because even REAL Police will abduct, rob and extort you. A trend is developing. He wanted to return to the scene of the crime and offered 2000b to the Taxi driver which was then drew suspicion that he may have escaped? Why would you want to return back? Get cctv footage perhaps? A withdrawal was made of 50,000THB. How did they acquire his PIN #? Good luck recovering that, even being the victim of a crime. As a past topic and postings on here the most popular vote seemed to be it was the victims fault and the Bank had no wrong-doing as it acted in accordance with the guidelines set and permitted the withdrawal as the correct PIN was used. At least he was a "Photographer" by profession and not just taking a picture like another article today "BMW driver" Edited August 29, 2013 by Rimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer666 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) Since when does a ATM give you 50,000 thai baht ??? My English and Thai accounts only allow 15,000 baht per day Edited August 30, 2013 by lucifer666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uty6543 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Since when does a ATM give you 50,000 thai baht ??? My English and Thai accounts only allow 15,000 baht per day My English accounts would not allow me to draw that much but my Thai accounts do. Go to your bank and just ask them to increase your daily ATM withdrawal limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Pointless bickering posts removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glegolo Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Don't ANY newspapers in Thailand have reporters with the necessary language and narrative skills to lay out a story in clear and logical fashion? Apparently not. No, this is Thailand, and they do what they can, And they do a pretty good job of it.... So what??? Glegolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakename Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 He could have been forced to reveal his pin, but how did he go and check his balance, if they had taken his card?? And why would he offer someone 2000 baht, to take him back, if he didnt have 2000 baht, and why would he even offer that much? Either this story is written in the usual "mai pen rai" style, or something is extremely fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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