New association to pay tourists in high-profile accidents up to 100,000 baht

New association to pay tourists in high-profile accidents up to 100,000 baht

PATTAYA:--Tourists injured or killed in Pattaya could receive up to 100,000 baht under rules set by a new tourist-assistance association.

District Chief Sakchai Taengho chaired the first meeting of the awkwardly named Help Tourists Victimized by Crimes in Pattaya City and Banglamung District Association March 7.

Started as a legally designated club in 2012, the group gained association status Aug. 29 and aims to compensate victims or their families after crimes or accidents that damage the image of Pattaya.

As a club, the group paid out 40,000 baht to two Russian women robbed and raped on Christmas, 60,000 baht to three South Koreans who lost limbs a speedboat accident, 20,000 baht to an Indian sliced by a boat propeller, and 20,000 baht to a Russian injured in an accident off Koh Larn. -

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-- Pattaya Mail 2014-03-21