Vietnamese extortion gang sought by Thai police

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Vietnamese extortion gang sought by police

BANGKOK: -- Bang Yai police in Nonthaburi province are hunting a Vietnamese extortion gang after they rescued a Vietnamese victim from a deserted shop house safely.

The victim identified only as Ball had his right pinky finger chopped by the gang.

Bangyai police said they were alerted by the victim’s wife after her husband who is a fish vendor at Bangyai market received a letter containing her husband’s chopped finger.

The letter carried a message telling her to get 1.5 million baht as ransom for his release.

She said her husband disappeared since September 12.

She said she had contacted the gang to lower the random but was rejected.

She decided to alert the police.

Police said they spent four days to investigate and trace the Vietnamese gang until they had information they detained the victim at a deserted house in Pathumthani.

The victim was blind-folded, chained and locked inside a toilet. He was exhausted when police arrived to rescue him.

Five members of the gang have all fled, but police have all their names and are hunting them down.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/vietnamese-extortion-gang-sought-police/


-- Thai PBS 2014-09-19

[CelticBhoy]

Bangyai police said they were alerted by the victim’s wife after her husband who is a fish vendor at Bangyai market received a letter containing her husband’s chopped finger.

1.5 million Baht to get back the remaining 9 fish fingers. Captain Bird's Eye never charged that much.

[NongKhaiKid]

Poor old Ball, maybe's he's lucky he only lost a finger.

Police have all their names and are hunting them down ! It might be more accurate to say police have names and are trying to establish if they are genuine.

[TheFishman1]

Thai Police at its best

[Loles]

1.5 Million B from a Vietnamese market fish vendor ???

They are out of their mind cause picked up too much ya baa.

[Patanawet]

1.5 million Baht to get back the remaining 9 fish fingers. Captain Bird's Eye never charged that much.

Not at all funny, Cretin Boy.

[mercman24]

oh dear, stable door and bolted horse syndrome again, will they ever get it right ?, Naaaaaaaah !!, probably said we are coming to get ya !! tomorrow, ha ha

[ezzra]

These hoodlums will not dare to do in VN what they do in Thailand, over there, you get caught

and it's the firing squad for you, no mercy, here you get to share a cell with all other "lucky"

prisoners, and after an amnesty, clemency and HM birthday pardon, you be out in 3-4 years,

[culicine]

Guess someone forgot to tell them that extortion is a restricted profession for foreigners

[Strangebrew]

We caught them steal job reserved for Thai's only. Could have been worse could have loss ball.

[belg]

that is a lot of money for a fish vendor

hope this will not become a new trend in thailand

[ggt]

Dang...Thailand really is the hub...of criminal activity...this is going to be a war that the police and military needs to get on board and on the same sheet of music...or it will eventually get to the point that fewer and fewer tourist will be willing to take a chance on the Land of Lies...

[Stray]

These hoodlums will not dare to do in VN what they do in Thailand, over there, you get caught

and it's the firing squad for you, no mercy, here you get to share a cell with all other "lucky"

prisoners, and after an amnesty, clemency and HM birthday pardon, you be out in 3-4 years,

Rather than writing nonsense, start reading online Vietnamese newspapers.

Thanh Nien News has an English version. Click on the Society link.

Vietnam don't use firing squad. They use lethal injection. Death penalty is reserved for high volume drug crimes and certain murders. It is not applied for cases of mutilation.

Vietnam also have pardons for Tet (Lunar New Year).

Again, stop writing nonsense. The grass is not always greener.