Three Good Samaritans arrested after robbing Swedish woman in Hua Hin

[Gillyflower]

I know at least two people who leave their guest houses at 5 p.m. every morning to walk around the moat. Lovely time to walk, no traffic to speak of, and not too many people.

By the way South......it's 'their' motorcycle.

[Emster23]

If this is example of Thai "Good Samaritans" I'd hate to see what Thai "Bad Samaritans" would be like..... organ harvesting?

[ebonykap]

"....leave their guest houses at 5 p.m. every morning....."

To do that, they would have to have a severe case of Alzheimer's.

Never mind, I'm sure they will make it back by 5 a. m. in the evening

[dcsw53]

The demon drink in Hua Hin again. They finished drinking at 5am and not being intoxicated decided to go for a drive. Similar to those other chaps who having finished drinking went for a walk and bumped into 3 people from Wales.

Wish I had the concession to supply flowers to the Hua Hin Tourist Office, regular and substantial income. Who do I brown envelope , talk to ?

[Hairyharry]

I don't understand. Why did he need a horse to take tourists for a ride?

[wabothai]

Ill informed waiing tourist visits buddhist and smiling Thailand.

[Krataiboy]

Anyone out at 5am falling from there motocy probably deserves all that comes to them. Not all, but most.

Most (but not all) people out at 5am in Hua Hin deserve all that comes to them? How do you differentiate between those that deserve it and those that do not?

You don't, because nobody "deserves" to be suffer a criminal act simply for being in a particular place at a particular time Your specious argument reminds me of the twaddle misogynistic men come up to justify rape. Get a life, if it's not too late.

[gandalf12]

Anyone out at 5am falling from there motocy probably deserves all that comes to them. Not all, but most.

Is there any basis other than no thought to support your statement?

[Mickmouse1]

Spent or split the 7000 baht...spent it at 5.30 or 6am after doing the job...in what? F..THEY MUST COMPENSATE HER ....btw,Do people go motorcycle riding at 5am? Is that a new kind of sport 5555

[Mickmouse1]

Well if I wake up at 04.30 pm in the morning to be out if my room by 5pm to have an early morning stroll or ride that will get me back at what time do you think?bearing in mind my watch is set on 13.00 BST?????

Huh??

[Lupatria]

This is real Thainess.

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To be politically correct- use their term they call it: self-sufficiency!

[Lupatria]

.....'rescue service'......

.....makes one wonder why they fight each other.....to get to the victims.....to 'help' them.....

....jeez...

...and by the time you arrive at the hospital your watch and wedding ring is gone...

[AlexRich]

Anyone out at 5am falling from there motocy probably deserves all that comes to them. Not all, but most.

Most (but not all) people out at 5am in Hua Hin deserve all that comes to them? How do you differentiate between those that deserve it and those that do not?

You don't, because nobody "deserves" to be suffer a criminal act simply for being in a particular place at a particular time Your specious argument reminds me of the twaddle misogynistic men come up to justify rape. Get a life, if it's not too late.

I suggest you buy a good dictionary and look up the word sarcasm!

Asking a sarcastic question is not an 'argument', it's just a fairly innocuous way of ridiculing a stupid statement.

I'll continue to have a life, perhaps you should pursue a quality education, something you are sorely lacking.

[allan michaud]

So many upstanding citizens showing the world what Thainess is. Yes this and the numerous other horrific things we read on here do happen elsewhere, but in Thailand the frequency is shocking. I think she can count herself lucky it wasn't far more serious than a simple robbery.

[little mary sunshine]

Oh, Thailand's Future.....down the toilet!

[hansnl]

Comes to mind a story I heard not so long ago.

There was a traffic accident, two people riding a bike were attacked by two guys riding a motorbike.

The attacked were wounded, lying on the ground.

Help was supplied by bystanders, the ambulance arrived, and the two wounded were off to the hospital.

Minus their purses.

Also the bicycles disappeared and a sizable number of stores from the ambulance.

Political correctness forbids me to write about the origins of the attackers and the good samaritans, but the story originated from Amsterdam west.....

[mjnaus]

Well, let's give the lads some credit... At least they didn't play football with her head before robbing her.

[KenKadz]

Social Parasites in need of the PM's Attitude Adjustment!

[whaleboneman]

I think I know where they "spent" the 7000 baht.

[Gillyflower]

Thanks for the several sarcastic remarks. Obviously I meant 5 a.m. I am so used to speaking in 24 hour time, that I forget the am & pm.

[Squeegee]

How The Land Of Say Cheese takes tourists for a ride

We can now add 'horse' to the list.

[RawboneFunksta]

Kind of interesting.

I just returned from Pranburi area. It is absolutely beautiful. Good roads, lovely hotels and laid back bars/restaurants.

The national park, Sam Rai Yot is geographically so different from anywhere else i have seen in 6 years of travels in Thailand. We loved it!

4 of us traveled in a rented 4 x 4 and went all over the region.

But this is Thailand and as well as having a great time, this happened to mar the experience . . .

On the way we stopped at Hua hin and I noticed Thai men staring in a hostile way, never experienced this before.

We booked a hotel called BaanBali near to the beach at Pranburi.

The GPS directed us to the hotel (we booked on Agoda) and in we went . . . . the girls noted the sign said BaanBali Blue/Blue sky but being Thai said nothing!

The girl came out to meet us and gave us our keys and we took our luggage to the rooms.

A guy in a BMW pulled in behind our vehicle and after 5 minutes my friend told me that this guy was the boss and had said, " I no hab Agoda, you pay!"

He said there was no other resort nearby at first but then said that in fact our hotel was further down the road.

We apologised and began loading our bags again when he said, " you no go must pay for clean room, 1000 baht" even though we had been in the room for less than 5 minutes and not touched anything.

He kept on saying " you pay" even though we told him, in Thai, we were sorry, we are leaving, the room is not dirty, we are not paying"

I was driving, so last into the car, and he put his hand on the door to prevent me from opening it. He was unsuccessful.

I brushed him away and we left . . he thought he had blocked us in but I drove the truck over the dirt area and onto the road.

A pleasant interlude to our holiday. I guarantee that had we been tourists who don't know Thailand a little he would have become even more threatening . . . .and this on the heels of the recent beatings of the family just up the road in HH.

This would just not happen in the west.

After finding our hotel BaanBali resort (not recommended) we stayed for a couple of days but it was very basic and way overpriced. The pool at night was full of 15 yr old Thai lads drinking beer who began to get to rowdy and encroached on our space until we told them to ***** off.

The morning we left we were woken at 7.30 by Isaan music playing so loud the walls and windows shook. There were 8 0r 9 Thai men pissed up on whisky by the pool while loads of kids played in the water . . great example!

Now it was a Thai style place and it's their culture (if one can refer to it as such) but really???

We were leaving anyway so did not bother to ask them to turn the music down . . . .it would have led nowhere but to violence anyway, I watched the Thai apes playing the music for a while and could see their hostile attitude. I sometimes think Thailand would be a better place if it had been colonised by the British or French long ago.

Arriving back in Bangkok and traveling up the Sirat expressway a cop jumped in front of us at a tollbooth and made up a story about us changing lanes blah, blah . . . .I just gave him 500 baht (I had nothing smaller) to ******off and leave us alone, which he did!

This was just a typical holiday . . .we did not instigate or look for trouble. We all love Thailand but this shit is growing tired . . . after 6 years I have no patience left to spare.

If you are going to tell me my attitude sucks or that I should go home or some such apologist BS, save your energy . . .

This is the real truth behind the smiles and the holiday marketing.

We can take care of ourselves but I feel very sorry for females or newb tourists who come here and experience even minor nonsense like this.

This is a growing symptom of Junta rule + Thainess unchallenged.

[dirtycash]

Anyone out at 5am falling from there motocy probably deserves all that comes to them. Not all, but most.

what a retarded reply

i am up at 5am every day , especially in thailand when the sun comes up. i will walk along beach with a coffee from 7-11.

[KimSamui]

Kind of interesting.

I just returned from Pranburi area. It is absolutely beautiful. Good roads, lovely hotels and laid back bars/restaurants.

The national park, Sam Rai Yot is geographically so different from anywhere else i have seen in 6 years of travels in Thailand. We loved it!

4 of us traveled in a rented 4 x 4 and went all over the region.

But this is Thailand and as well as having a great time, this happened to mar the experience . . .

On the way we stopped at Hua hin and I noticed Thai men staring in a hostile way, never experienced this before.

We booked a hotel called BaanBali near to the beach at Pranburi.

The GPS directed us to the hotel (we booked on Agoda) and in we went . . . . the girls noted the sign said BaanBali Blue/Blue sky but being Thai said nothing!

The girl came out to meet us and gave us our keys and we took our luggage to the rooms.

A guy in a BMW pulled in behind our vehicle and after 5 minutes my friend told me that this guy was the boss and had said, " I no hab Agoda, you pay!"

He said there was no other resort nearby at first but then said that in fact our hotel was further down the road.

We apologised and began loading our bags again when he said, " you no go must pay for clean room, 1000 baht" even though we had been in the room for less than 5 minutes and not touched anything.

He kept on saying " you pay" even though we told him, in Thai, we were sorry, we are leaving, the room is not dirty, we are not paying"

I was driving, so last into the car, and he put his hand on the door to prevent me from opening it. He was unsuccessful.

I brushed him away and we left . . he thought he had blocked us in but I drove the truck over the dirt area and onto the road.

A pleasant interlude to our holiday. I guarantee that had we been tourists who don't know Thailand a little he would have become even more threatening . . . .and this on the heels of the recent beatings of the family just up the road in HH.

This would just not happen in the west.

After finding our hotel BaanBali resort (not recommended) we stayed for a couple of days but it was very basic and way overpriced. The pool at night was full of 15 yr old Thai lads drinking beer who began to get to rowdy and encroached on our space until we told them to ***** off.

The morning we left we were woken at 7.30 by Isaan music playing so loud the walls and windows shook. There were 8 0r 9 Thai men pissed up on whisky by the pool while loads of kids played in the water . . great example!

Now it was a Thai style place and it's their culture (if one can refer to it as such) but really???

We were leaving anyway so did not bother to ask them to turn the music down . . . .it would have led nowhere but to violence anyway, I watched the Thai apes playing the music for a while and could see their hostile attitude. I sometimes think Thailand would be a better place if it had been colonised by the British or French long ago.

Arriving back in Bangkok and traveling up the Sirat expressway a cop jumped in front of us at a tollbooth and made up a story about us changing lanes blah, blah . . . .I just gave him 500 baht (I had nothing smaller) to ******off and leave us alone, which he did!

This was just a typical holiday . . .we did not instigate or look for trouble. We all love Thailand but this shit is growing tired . . . after 6 years I have no patience left to spare.

If you are going to tell me my attitude sucks or that I should go home or some such apologist BS, save your energy . . .

This is the real truth behind the smiles and the holiday marketing.

We can take care of ourselves but I feel very sorry for females or newb tourists who come here and experience even minor nonsense like this.

This is a growing symptom of Junta rule + Thainess unchallenged.

I felt as though I was reading my own post reading your experiences.

Yes, i am staying in the Pranburi area along the Beachfront and, Yes it is infested with drunken aggressive Thai's who speed around and play unbelievably loud music all night.

It is getting worse month by month here.

The police seem to own several of the businesses along the beach, including taxi services, and massage shops.

The area at night become a raceway for the locals also.

The proximity to the Army bases here may have some affect on the the local psyche, because this place has a bad attutude in some areas to foreigners.

PS. I had the same experience with the Cops on the Bangna Expressway, cop jumps at toll booth entry out and bingo I am down 1000THB.

Seriously looking at other places in time to spend my life. Been here 8 years its now just a rip-off, and the the local people are worse.

[Gillyflower]

This sort of thing can happen anywhere in the world. This week in the metro in Paris, two policemen harassed a disabled man. took off his artificial limbs and left him his underwear. He was black.

[swerver]

This story would bring a tear to a glass eye. This is a despicable crime to steal from someone who needs help. What is really going on here? Is it poverty - drugs - wickedness. Something is dramatically wrong with the mindset of these scum. The Government needs to start some deterrent that works like they have in America - 3 strikes and out.

That would sort out a lot of this shit for evil crimes.

Just saying .........

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Isn't that supposed to be "3-strikes and you are in"? Meaning locked up for good.

You cannot recommend that for Thailand, Thailand doesn't have enough land to build all the jails to incarcerate 30-million.

[KIWIBATCH]

...Trust us...we are Thai...

[balo]

Another crime solved by CCTV footage , a few years ago crimes like these would be impossible to solve. I vote for more cameras everywhere in the Land of Crimes.

[ScotBkk]

This story is similar to the Swedish lady who gave first aid to just killed westerners in Phuket who were laying on the street. While she was doing so her purse got robbed. It happened a few months ago.

True to form

That's called progress in Thailand where one excels oneself from being a mere thief to a thoughtless gutless horrible Bastard.

No longer stereotypes these opportunists are adaptable.

Just saying ........

[ScotBkk]

This story would bring a tear to a glass eye. This is a despicable crime to steal from someone who needs help. What is really going on here? Is it poverty - drugs - wickedness. Something is dramatically wrong with the mindset of these scum. The Government needs to start some deterrent that works like they have in America - 3 strikes and out.

That would sort out a lot of this shit for evil crimes.

Just saying .........

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Isn't that supposed to be "3-strikes and you are in"? Meaning locked up for good.

You cannot recommend that for Thailand, Thailand doesn't have enough land to build all the jails to incarcerate 30-million.

3 strikes and out of circulation .....

That's being overly generous 30 million !!!