Bangkok 'Tessakit' officer accused of taking tourist's cash

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'Tessakit' Officer Accused of Taking Tourist's Cash
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter


Municipal security officer Pairoj Tinno is confronted over allegedly snatching cash from a tourist’s wallet in a still image from a video uploaded Tuesday. Image: Austin Sanyawutthi / Facebook

BANGKOK — An investigation has been launched into a municipal security worker alleged in a widely shared video to have taken money from a tourist.

The incident, alleged to have occurred Tuesday in Bangkok’s historic quarter, is the latest scandal to hit the city’s tessakit department, long criticized for aggressive and predatory behavior toward foreign tourists.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1458195679

-- Khaosod English 2016-03-17

[trogers]

Ahhh...just another inactive post...

[SOTIRIOS]

.....really savage mentality.....

...I commend the man trying to stop him....

....'accused'..??? .....more like .........'in plain crime'.....'inflagrante delicto'.....

[Baerboxer]

Just another misunderstanding. He wants to give the money back and let's pretend it all never happened.

[soalbundy]

He thought the bank notes were his, they looked so familiar.

[Emster23]

Merely for safekeeping, thought tourist was Japanese...

[bangon04]

"'Tessakit' Officer Accused of Taking Tourist's Cash"

I would be much more shocked if this never happened.... but this example does seem a bit more desperate than usual behaviour....

[jacko45k]

It is more concerning that there are actually laws that only seem to apply to tourists and officers who try to enforce them, again only wrt tourists.

It stinks not only in Denmark.

[Bender]

amazing thailand

a tourist was robbed in broad daylight by a ... officer posing as a cop

either the officer was on meth or he did need money urgently.

ps: everytime i log onto thaivisa, i always read crazy stories like this one

Edited March 18, 2016 by Bender

[Scouse Twoccer]

amazing thailand

a tourist was robbed in broad daylight by a ... officer posing as a cop

either the officer was on meth or he did need money urgently.

ps: everytime i log onto thaivisa, i always read crazy stories like this one

And yours can be added to the list.

What was reported was the action of one tessakit, nothing to do with Thailand being "amazing" or Thailand at all.

What he did was obviously wrong but he was not "posing as a cop" and more than likely was not "on meth".

[hawker9000]

amazing thailand

a tourist was robbed in broad daylight by a ... officer posing as a cop

either the officer was on meth or he did need money urgently.

ps: everytime i log onto thaivisa, i always read crazy stories like this one

Yes. But remember, it happens everywhere...

[nottocus]

Scum

[TPI]

amazing thailand

a tourist was robbed in broad daylight by a ... officer posing as a cop

either the officer was on meth or he did need money urgently.

ps: everytime i log onto thaivisa, i always read crazy stories like this one

I love this country, every day opens a new page of the book named "Quietly Bazarre"! If I was living OS I'd miss all of the nonsense that lingers at every level of the Thai demos. Greed seems to be one thing that Thai's have in commen, they adore it and practice it at every opportunity.

[Thian]

He even has no fear for a filming camera

[Nobb]

The many not so proud Thai officers. To deep to ever change!