Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A Chinese woman was robbed by a pillion-rider bag snatcher in Pattaya late Tuesday night police said.

Pol Maj Piyapong Ensarn, a tourist police officer of Pattaya, was alerted of the robbery at 00:10 am Wednesday.

The woman, Weisu Yin, 51, and friends fielded complaint at the community police booth on Soi Phettrakul in North Pattaya.

Piyapong rushed to the booth to find frightened Weisu. She was holding on the strap of her handbag. The bag had been snatched away by a pillion rider.

She told Piyapong through an interpreter that her passport was in the bag and she also had about Bt40,000 in Thai, Chinese and Hong Kong banknotes in the bag.

Weisu told the police officer that she was walking back to her hotel on Soi Burana in North Pattaya with seven friends of the same tour group when she was robbed.

She said she saw two Thai teenagers on a motorcycle parked at the power pole in front of the soi. Briefly after her group walked into the soi, the motorcycle sped after her group and the pillion rider snatched her bag and fled the scene.

She said her friends tried to run after them but failed to catch up with the motorcycle so they ran for help at the police booth.

Weisu said she was scheduled to return to China Thursday so she was very worried as her passport had been lost.

Piyapong alerted all police units in Pattaya about the motorcycle. He said police will check feet from security cameras in the area to try to locate the robbers.

You're not in Shanghai anymore.

"He said police will check feet from security cameras in the area to try to locate the robbers"

Is this some sort of new fangled crime detection technique?

Forgot to read the leaflet now, did ya

Waiting for the TAT spin......

Ah the usaul thai male teens....hopeless things that were the offsprings of some garbage. They never want to study or work hard. Love sanuk and partying and when there is no money....just rob others. The laws in this country needs to be changed. Simply , execute these good for nothing garbage. The world can do with less of these things.

This is news? The way this report is worded people will think that this is a rare occurrence in Pattaya.

They ran after the motorcycle but failed to catch it? Seriously?