Police hunt for maid after Bt7m stolen from home

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Police hunt for maid after Bt7m stolen from home
By The Nation

 

Khin Myat Upu

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 30-year-old Myanmar maid who allegedly stole valuables and cash worth Bt7 million only four days after she started working for her employer in Bangkok’s Thon Buri district.

 

Bukkhalo police superintendent Pol Colonel Jinnawat Konthongdee said medical equipment importer Thanaphak Jiradechdamrong, 30, told police that the maid started working at his house on December 8 and asked for permission to leave on December 12 to visit her boyfriend whom she said had been in an accident.

 

The maid, identified by police as Khin Myat Upu, left the house with two plastic bags and Bt500 advance pay. 

 

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[canuckamuck]

I think the employer has learned a valuable lesson. But now he has no valuables.

[Thaiwrath]

The cheek of getting 500 baht advanced pay !

[trogers]

The old English saying, "Penny wise Pound foolish".

 

They thought it was cheaper to employ a non-Thai maid...

[ezzra]

Somewhere in Burma there're now many happy faces of the sudden windfall,

but with the right prize on her head, her days are numbered.....

[chrisandsu]

Maybe it's karma ! Taking advantage of someone by paying measly wages ends up biting you straight on the arse !! Clean your own mess up in the future . 

[digibum]

$200,000 USD worth of cash and valuables?  Really? 

 

Sounds to me like someone is running an insurance scam.  Probably gave the gap $10,000 USD to go back home and disappear so he could file an insurance claim for $200,000.  

 

 

[trogers]

10 minutes ago, digibum said:

$200,000 USD worth of cash and valuables?  Really? 

 

Sounds to me like someone is running an insurance scam.  Probably gave the gap $10,000 USD to go back home and disappear so he could file an insurance claim for $200,000.  

 

 

 

Being so penny wise, I doubt they bought insurance... ?

[PatOngo]

.........I'm having a Lady Kai moment here!

[daveAustin]

Maybe it's karma ! Taking advantage of someone by paying measly wages ends up biting you straight on the arse !! Clean your own mess up in the future . 

Wind your head in! Where's the advantage and how do you know what wage was paid? If you take on a maid you will pay them well over the 'going rate' because you believe their wages are measly? Do you also tip 7-11 staff because they are similarly underpaid? She was a maid and was likely paid the going rate. There's only one victim here.

[electric]

If she's hiding in the Dhammakaya temple .... the cops will never find her.

[chrisandsu]

25 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Wind your head in! Where's the advantage and how do you know what wage was paid? If you take on a maid you will pay them well over the 'going rate' because you believe their wages are measly? Do you also tip 7-11 staff because they are similarly underpaid? She was a maid and was likely paid the going rate. There's only one victim here.

Maybe you too like to take advantage of the disadvantaged? 500 baht advanced wages is just over one day of minimum wage . Do you think for one moment the creep was even paying that ? Trust me I know plenty of bangkok ladies of leisure that do nothing but eat and shop and pay the Burmese maid 6-7 k baht a month .  Every now and then they take a hit . Oh dear life's tough . 

[waldroj]

"...The maid, identified by police as Khin Myat Upu, left the house with two plastic bags and Bt500 advance pay..."

 

Two plastic bags ??? Nothing suspicious there !!!

 

[zaphod reborn]

4 hours ago, trogers said:

 

Being so penny wise, I doubt they bought insurance... ?

 

A medical equipment importer wouldn't be able to operate without insurance.  That insurance would probably cover property in his personal dwelling.

[trogers]

Just now, zaphod reborn said:

 

A medical equipment importer wouldn't be able to operate without insurance.  That insurance would probably cover property in his personal dwelling.

 

Equipment imported under CIF terms, nothing to do with personal dwellings.

[tomacht8]

The importer of medical devices must do very well.
Unfortunately in my house, not even 7 million baht lying around.

[Cuchulainn]

Leaving 7 million around the house with a new cleaner just employed? Either they don't know the value of money because they have so much or are just plain moronic and stupid. My money's on both options.

 

Good on ya, Khin Myat Upu.

[rkidlad]

Good! Enjoy the 7 million, sweetheart. 

 

If you're a numpty who leaves valuables like that lying around, you probably didn't earn it through hard work and honesty. 

[trainman34014]

Anyone who leaves 7 million Baht laying around for a new Maid to find is a gormless idiot !