Pattaya Lady Boy pick Pockets Hong Kong Tourist On Baht Bus

PATTAYA – February 2, 2014 [PDN]; at 12.15 a.m. Pol. Capt. Suphan Sopee (Investigation officer of Pattaya city police station, Chonburi province) was notified from a Mr. Chun Fai Leung, aged 54, who is a Hong Kong tourist, that he was pick pocketed on a baht bus of documents, cash for 6,000 Hong Kong dollars (or 10,000 THB), 1 credit card and 1 identity card that was in his pocket. He thought that the thief might be the lady boy who sat close to him.

Upon questioning Mr. Chun Fai Leung he told police that he got on the baht bus at the red light intersection near Tops department store, central Pattaya, in order to go back to Ibit hotel on Pattaya second road. He then said that there was a lady boy who tried to sit closely to him all the time but after he got off the baht bus he then noticed that his wallet was missing and was convinced that the lady boy had taken it.
Full story:http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2014/02/02/pattaya-lady-boy-pick-pockets-hong-kong-tourist-on-baht-bus/

--PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2014-02-02

The lady boy done it. It's elementary.

I'll bow to your knowledge on any issue regarding baht busses jt.

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They and gangs of Thai women with big shopping bags should be banned from Baht Buses.

Edited February 2, 201412 yr by Basil B

Happy New Year!

Again another well researched article by Pattaya Daily News.

Your reputation amongst the world’s press is growing greater by the second.

Today’s FX rate is 4.24 Thai Baht to 1 Hong Kong Dollar (rounded off), so 6,000 Hong Kong Dollars actually equates to about 25,440 Thai Baht and not 10,000 Thai Baht as suggested in the story.

same same, not sure it was a lady boy but a person looking like a female got my wallet in the same way. realised as soon as the bus went but it was gone. Have instituted any theft on new wallet.

same same, not sure it was a lady boy but a person looking like a female got my wallet in the same way. realised as soon as the bus went but it was gone. Have instituted any theft on new wallet.

How does this work exactly...seriously, I don't understand how any man with sensory nerves in his butt can have his wallet lifted from a back pants pocket without feeling it. I mean, I've lived on this earth almost 50 years now and traveled in packed subways and busses from San Francisco to New York to London to Bangkok and never had this happen to me. I've also ridden allot in the infamous and packed like sardines jeepneys of Manila and Angeles City and again nothing.

Of course, I take sensible precautions. If standing or walking in a crowd, I will often move my wallet from my back to (deeper) front pant pocket. In situations like a public baht bus or jeepney, I will not only move the wallet, I'll put my hand on my wallet and keep it there until I alight from the vehicle. Simple really.

Edited February 3, 201412 yr by OMGImInPattaya

The lady boy done it. It's elementary.

Never saw a ladyboy play the part of a butler..in a whodunnit?

Anyways...that their job...it's what they do.

the ones who were operating in pattaya were in a group of three/four and carry a rather large bag which is used to hide their actions from other passengers and the victim,the ones who tried it on with me were neither skillful or discreet,

and you would have to be falling down drunk to not notice,but that was a good while ago maybe the've been practicing.

Actually in the Phillipines they are called Backlas

Actually in the Phillipines they are called Backlas

The correct spelling is "baklas" I think; also coloqually known as "billy-boys."

Actually in the Phillipines they are called Backlas

Yeah... bakla. But same in every respect, except not as cute. Saw a bunch of them take of their shirts and start playing pool in Subic. They were just pretending to be baklas.....for the cash. lol There are some "real" ones, but problem their is they never get that critical "cropping". You only know because of the duct tape.

and i tought 1 HK dollar is about 4 baht...

Well, what do you expect, if they report, that the victim was on his way back to Ibit hotel, which actually is called Ibis!

You "mae kawchai loe"?

Again another well researched article by Pattaya Daily News.

Your reputation amongst the world’s press is growing greater by the second.

Today’s FX rate is 4.24 Thai Baht to 1 Hong Kong Dollar (rounded off), so 6,000 Hong Kong Dollars actually equates to about 25,440 Thai Baht and not 10,000 Thai Baht as suggested in the story.

Very eloquently put.

Is your homophobia based only on hate or is it from fear.

I have a feeling that you will not last long on Thai Visa and when you are gone you wont be missed.

Edited February 3, 201412 yr by Rimmer
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The Thai police know who commits these crimes. Everytime they receive a new order to cut

down crime in Pattaya, first thing they do is round up the ladyboys. I do not really give a

flying bleep what they do in a bedroom with a customer, but if they would stop being the

pickpocket kings of Pattaya they would really help their reputation a lot.....

same same, not sure it was a lady boy but a person looking like a female got my wallet in the same way. realised as soon as the bus went but it was gone. Have instituted any theft on new wallet.

How does this work exactly...seriously, I don't understand how any man with sensory nerves in his butt can have his wallet lifted from a back pants pocket without feeling it. I mean, I've lived on this earth almost 50 years now and traveled in packed subways and busses from San Francisco to New York to London to Bangkok and never had this happen to me. I've also ridden allot in the infamous and packed like sardines jeepneys of Manila and Angeles City and again nothing.

Of course, I take sensible precautions. If standing or walking in a crowd, I will often move my wallet from my back to (deeper) front pant pocket. In situations like a public baht bus or jeepney, I will not only move the wallet, I'll put my hand on my wallet and keep it there until I alight from the vehicle. Simple really.

I had an item (happily not a wallet) lifted from my FRONT pocket on a baht bus by a gang of actual ladies (using that term charitably) with the big bags. It was daylight, I was totally sober (as usual), and the bus was packed. I DID feel it as it happened but they are pros and the very moment it happened the item was hidden away. It could have been with the actual picker or transferred to another big bag lady. Then what? I accused them and then this gang of rough Thais is acting angry and threatening and accusing me of accusing them falsely. Yes, I posted it about and YES it can happen to ANYONE. Frankly, I wasn't aware of the big bag real lady baht bus gangs before it happened to me. Now when I see any group looking like that at all, yes, I literally clutch the items in my front pocket. So awareness helps, sure.

Edited February 3, 201412 yr by Jingthing

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The lady boy done it. It's elementary.

Yes, always a smart move to go with the high percentage answer........

Edited February 3, 201412 yr by EyesWideOpen

Again another well researched article by Pattaya Daily News.

Your reputation amongst the world’s press is growing greater by the second.

Today’s FX rate is 4.24 Thai Baht to 1 Hong Kong Dollar (rounded off), so 6,000 Hong Kong Dollars actually equates to about 25,440 Thai Baht and not 10,000 Thai Baht as suggested in the story.

Pedanticism, aside, how is the report affected by this?

same same, not sure it was a lady boy but a person looking like a female got my wallet in the same way. realised as soon as the bus went but it was gone. Have instituted any theft on new wallet.

How does this work exactly...seriously, I don't understand how any man with sensory nerves in his butt can have his wallet lifted from a back pants pocket without feeling it. I mean, I've lived on this earth almost 50 years now and traveled in packed subways and busses from San Francisco to New York to London to Bangkok and never had this happen to me. I've also ridden allot in the infamous and packed like sardines jeepneys of Manila and Angeles City and again nothing.

Of course, I take sensible precautions. If standing or walking in a crowd, I will often move my wallet from my back to (deeper) front pant pocket. In situations like a public baht bus or jeepney, I will not only move the wallet, I'll put my hand on my wallet and keep it there until I alight from the vehicle. Simple really.

I had an item (happily not a wallet) lifted from my FRONT pocket on a baht bus by a gang of actual ladies (using that term charitably) with the big bags. It was daylight, I was totally sober (as usual), and the bus was packed. I DID feel it as it happened but they are pros and the very moment it happened the item was hidden away. It could have been with the actual picker or transferred to another big bag lady. Then what? I accused them and then this gang of rough Thais is acting angry and threatening and accusing me of accusing them falsely. Yes, I posted it about and YES it can happen to ANYONE. Frankly, I wasn't aware of the big bag real lady baht bus gangs before it happened to me. Now when I see any group looking like that at all, yes, I literally clutch the items in my front pocket. So awareness helps, sure.

Good safety practice...if there is not an empty space between you and the other passengers, then phone and wallet go to the front pockets and hands in or on the pockets. It may look funny but the pickpockets will leave you alone.

Pedanticism, hardly, I just expect a slight effort to be applied when so called journalists are researching the facts for there story.

I mean, where did they pluck up the 10,000 THB figure from, did they just make it up and think that nobody would notice?

How is the report affected by this?

Well let’s see, it might be the fact that the amount stolen was 2½ times the amount that was reported.

It might also be that when you realise that a glaring mistake like this appears in the report, you have to question whether the rest of the report is based on facts or just guesswork.

Questioning the report because the facts are indeed not the facts does not make one pedantic.

The lady boy done it. It's elementary.

Yes, always a smart move to go with the high percentage answer........

Not exactly. The crime victim's account sounds credible. That's all, and he pointed to the ladyboy as the only person who had the kind of recent contact with him that could have done it. Good odds it was the ladyboy.

Again another well researched article by Pattaya Daily News.

Your reputation amongst the world’s press is growing greater by the second.

Today’s FX rate is 4.24 Thai Baht to 1 Hong Kong Dollar (rounded off), so 6,000 Hong Kong Dollars actually equates to about 25,440 Thai Baht and not 10,000 Thai Baht as suggested in the story.

Pedanticism, aside, how is the report affected by this?

I think when a "news" website can't even get a basic fact like the current exchange rate correct, it affects their credibility.

But what surprises me is that once you read the item, you find out that it is only an allegation. The guy isn't sure it was the ladyboys. He only suspects them, yet the PDN (or this site) uses the headline 'Pattaya Lady Boy picks Hong Kong Tourist Pockets On Baht Bus'. That really kills some credibility.

same same, not sure it was a lady boy but a person looking like a female got my wallet in the same way. realised as soon as the bus went but it was gone. Have instituted any theft on new wallet.

How does this work exactly...seriously, I don't understand how any man with sensory nerves in his butt can have his wallet lifted from a back pants pocket without feeling it. I mean, I've lived on this earth almost 50 years now and traveled in packed subways and busses from San Francisco to New York to London to Bangkok and never had this happen to me. I've also ridden allot in the infamous and packed like sardines jeepneys of Manila and Angeles City and again nothing.

Of course, I take sensible precautions. If standing or walking in a crowd, I will often move my wallet from my back to (deeper) front pant pocket. In situations like a public baht bus or jeepney, I will not only move the wallet, I'll put my hand on my wallet and keep it there until I alight from the vehicle. Simple really.

I would not even have my wallet in my back pocket to begin with, it would stay in my deep pants pocket. OMG, you have been very lucky where your back pocket is concerned, maybe it's OK if you are seated, but it would be very easy to stand up before you remove your wallet, and it's away.

Wallet, phone, and all valuables should ALWAYS be in the man's front pockets. Even then, it's a good idea to kepp your hands on your stuff in a situation as described. Also, putting a wallet in the back pocket when driving will give you a very painful back.

People feel safe posting slur words about gays that they wouldn't dare publicly use against other minority groups. Interesting.

Edited February 3, 201412 yr by Jingthing

Very well,

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Edited February 3, 201412 yr by Rimmer
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