Chinese Tourist injured in Jomtien Beach Bag Snatch

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Chinese Tourist injured in Jomtien Beach Bag Snatch



PATTAYA: -- A 26 year old Chinese Tourist sustained minor facial injuries after he attempted to fight off a group of Thai men who successfully stole his bag which contained phones, money and passports.

Mr. Xia Xi presented himself at Pattaya Police Station in the early hours of Wednesday and was accompanied by three of his Chinese Friends who witnessed the snatch take place.

He told Police, through an interpreter, that he and his three female Chinese travelling companions were walking back to their hotel in Soi 19 off Jomtien Beach Road after spending the night sitting and drinking on the beach.

Two motorbikes approached and on one of the bikes, the passenger leant over and grabbed Mr. Xi’s bag which contained 10,000 Chinese Yuan, an IPhone 5, an IPhone 6 and his and his friends’ passports. The total combined value of the stolen items, excluding the passports, was estimated at 90,000 Baht.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/214514/chinese-tourist-injured-in-jomtien-beach-bag-snatch/


-- Pattaya One 2015-08-27

[Emster23]

I am sure they will catch the perps quickly. Lots of cctv cameras up on poles in Jomtien....

[Just1Voice]

The Chinese are a "Gossip Society". When these people go home, you can bet your butt they will tell everyone they know, personally and online, about what happened. And it will spread. The Chinese will read this and say: "OH! Don't want to go there!", and they will avoid it.

Just keep shooting yourself in the foot, Thailand.

[little mary sunshine]

More "Thainess". These trash kids should be

Prosecuted to the fullest, no B500 fine, that's

The only way this will stop...3 yrs in jail for first

Offense .

[WhizBang]

Just one more reason to NOT carry your passport with you. A copy, yes. But not the real document. I never carry my passpost unless I am going to immigration... or the bank.

They don't say what time this happened, other than at night. It pays to be very vigilant when out at night in this country now. And TAT worries about foreigners damaging the image of Thailand... LOL. It is in fact, Thais doing all the damage.

[Benmart]

Glad the victim was not injured more seriously. The bottom feeders travel in schools, target the vulnerable and when alone, are cowards. Be safe everyone. Be aware of your surroundings and don't allow intoxication to announce "here's an easy target".

[Nemesis7]

It seems its a daily affair these days in pattaya. and the man shouldn't have fought back, illegal weapons are so easily available to many of these thai snatchers.

[gigman]

Safety boxes guys ..

Pattaya is no more safe place.

[jacko45k]

The Chinese are a "Gossip Society". When these people go home, you can bet your butt they will tell everyone they know, personally and online, about what happened. And it will spread. The Chinese will read this and say: "OH! Don't want to go there!", and they will avoid it.

Just keep shooting yourself in the foot, Thailand.

I don't fully grasp your point here.

Do you believe that the punks who stole the bag and spent the rest of the evening drinking Thai whisky worry about the impact of their actions?

(That must seem contradictory to them as they see swarms of hundreds of Chinese tourists ambling down Walking St all evening).

Or is it the implied inability of Thai authorities to rein in these minor crimes impacting on tourism sentiment in the broader sense?

My thought is the latter, and would like to see more police presence late at night in the Beach front areas, and a working surveillance system that could perhaps track miscreants before and after crimes.

[gyrosman]

It seems its a daily affair these days in pattaya. and the man shouldn't have fought back, illegal weapons are so easily available to many of these thai snatchers.

The man shouldn't of fought back. Please never come to Texas