Lite Beer Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Phuket thief nets B8,000 in Piggy-bank playground heistEakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: This morning, Thiwa Yaem Ying, 45, of Phang Nga filed a report with Thalang Police that someone had broken into her Thalang room and stolen all her savings, which had been sealed in a ceramic piggy-bank.Police investigated the scene, a room on the ground-floor of a three-storey building in a subsidized housing project (Baan Ueua Athon) of Si Sunthon sub-district.There they found that four glass panels had been removed from the glass-shutter window, and the room had been in disarray.Police inspected the area surrounding the building, and in a playground nearbye, found pieces of what apeared to be the remains of a broken piggy-bank.Ms Wiya confirmed that it was (what was left of) her missing piggy-bank.She said that it had more than 8,000 baht, which she had been saving for quite some time.The investigation is ongoing. Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-thief-nets-b8-000-in-piggy-bank-playground-heist-47910.php -- Phuket News 2014-08-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Sad, but we can do better than piggy banks and removable glass panels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 A number of very off topic trolls removed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoka Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) BS there doesnt exist any room on the ground floor anywhere in thailand that doesnt have a metal window grill. so in phuket you absolutely gotta be joking. (¬_¬)( . Y . ) Edited August 16, 2014 by whoka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 BS there doesnt exist any room on the ground floor anywhere in thailand that doesnt have a metal window grill. so in phuket you absolutely gotta be joking. (¬_¬) ( . Y . ) I guess the joke is on me. I've not met anyone who has inspected every dwelling in Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frollywolly Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Yeah, if i want to hide money and keep it safe from thieves I hide it in a piggy bank too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Sad indeed. Thieves, culprits and low life's prey on easy pickings. I hope the young person opens a bank account to safeguard future savings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Yeah, if i want to hide money and keep it safe from thieves I hide it in a piggy bank tooCompassion for another persons misfortune cannot fit into a piggy bank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoka Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 BS there doesnt exist any room on the ground floor anywhere in thailand that doesnt have a metal window grill. so in phuket you absolutely gotta be joking. (¬_¬) ( . Y . ) I guess the joke is on me. I've not met anyone who has inspected every dwelling in Thailand. obviously you failed inferential sample statistical analysis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 BS there doesnt exist any room on the ground floor anywhere in thailand that doesnt have a metal window grill. so in phuket you absolutely gotta be joking. You might want to take a look at the 2nd photo in the link from the OP. Those are quite common throughout Thailand and would be surprised that you haven't encountered them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) You think a bloke would have a better place to keep his cash than a piggy bank eh. Edited August 16, 2014 by Deacon Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 RiP, piggy bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoka Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 BS there doesnt exist any room on the ground floor anywhere in thailand that doesnt have a metal window grill. so in phuket you absolutely gotta be joking. You might want to take a look at the 2nd photo in the link from the OP. Those are quite common throughout Thailand and would be surprised that you haven't encountered them. hard to further argue BS when there is a picture but yes have these type of windows on my ground floor room but there are bars as well. this is obviously inside a building so the bars would be on the external windows not to mention security cameras. and human gate watchers too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Inside job - a member of the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan3 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 BS there doesnt exist any room on the ground floor anywhere in thailand that doesnt have a metal window grill. so in phuket you absolutely gotta be joking. (¬_¬) ( . Y . ) I guess the joke is on me. I've not met anyone who has inspected every dwelling in Thailand. I hear ya. But you gotta admit. Phuket, no steel on ground floor window = nonsensical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabass69 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 She's so devastated she can't bring herself to point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yeah, if i want to hide money and keep it safe from thieves I hide it in a piggy bank tooCompassion for another persons misfortune cannot fit into a piggy bank. compassion for another person cannot fit in TVF...sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Its pretty low stealing from the poor, yet in LOS it comes as no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frollywolly Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yeah, if i want to hide money and keep it safe from thieves I hide it in a piggy bank tooCompassion for another persons misfortune cannot fit into a piggy bank. compassion for another person cannot fit in TVF...sadly. Listen to you clowns. Get a dose of reality. It is a big bad world out there. If you have very little money, you live in an area where it might get stolen and you hide it in a Piggy bank?? Thieves are low lifes but in this case it was made all too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeegator Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yeah, if i want to hide money and keep it safe from thieves I hide it in a piggy bank tooCompassion for another persons misfortune cannot fit into a piggy bank. compassion for another person cannot fit in TVF...sadly. Listen to you clowns. Get a dose of reality. It is a big bad world out there. If you have very little money, you live in an area where it might get stolen and you hide it in a Piggy bank?? Thieves are low lifes but in this case it was made all too easy. What a nice person you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 RIP miss piggy 8000 baht, that is what most of you rich farangs spend on a night out ... should she start a crowdfunding project? there are even people wanting to fund their hollidays ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 All the off topic trolls being removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frollywolly Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 What a nice person you are. Thankyou. I do feel compassion for this lady. What decent human being would not? Yet someone still has to say the obvious. Her life savings of cash were not secured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Its pretty low stealing from the poor, yet in LOS it comes as no surprise. Unfortunately this has nothing to do with the LOS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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