Tokyo business man just ten minutes into first trip to Pattaya - now 50,000 baht lighter

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Tokyo business man just ten minutes into first trip to Pattaya - now 50,000 baht lighter

 

Picture: Siamchon News

 

PATTAYA: -- A Japanese businessman from Tokyo had some choice words for Pattaya after he was robbed of his 50,000 baht necklace before he and his wife had even got to his hotel.

 

The lone motorcycle snatch thief grabbed his Chinese necklace just moments after he had got off a tour bus and while he was waiting with his luggage for a taxi.

 

Police phoned ahead, but the thief had disappeared. The incident happened at the end of Sukhumvit Soi 41 on Wednesday evening.

 

Siamchon news named the Japanese man as Mr Single Dalian, then referred to him as Mr Single in their report of the latest Pattaya snatch.

 

The headline on the story said he was from the land of raw fish.

 

Mr Single, a restaurant and private businessman in the Japanese capital, said that he was making his first trip to Thailand.

 

He grumbled that Pattaya had a reputation as a world renowned resort but was clearly unsafe.

 

Police promised to investigate.

 

Source: Siamchon News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-06-16

 

[steven100]

oh well ....   he can absorb the 50k loss. He's lucky it was only 50k and not more ...

when arriving tourists need to keep gold and money safely hidden ...  it's that simple. And don't carry shoulder bags if you don't need to.

 

 

[Thechook]

27 minutes ago, steven100 said:

oh well ....   he can absorb the 50k loss. He's lucky it was only 50k and not more ...

when arriving tourists need to keep gold and money safely hidden ...  it's that simple. And don't carry shoulder bags if you don't need to.

 

 

Best to just stay completely away from Pattaya

[MadMuhummad]

4 minutes ago, Thechook said:

Best to just stay completely away from Pattaya

Riiiiight......

[ezzra]

Welcome to Pattaya, where everything is possible, which many of those

are not listed in TAT;s brochures and promos...

now that you have encountered the snatchers, beware of the ladyboys

and other scam artists....

[Jessi]

Welcome to Pattaya "The hub of Crime"

[tomwct]

Another fool wearing his gold in a Third World Nation!

[Moonmoon]

NOt on the side of snatch thief here, but Pattaya and Thailand surely has a less safe crime index, so why wear a 50,000THB necklace around.

 

Take extra care when travelling overseas. 

[oldhippy]

7 minutes ago, Moonmoon said:

NOt on the side of snatch thief here, but Pattaya and Thailand surely has a less safe crime index, so why wear a 50,000THB necklace around.

 

Take extra care when travelling overseas. 

Take extra care when travelling overseas. 

Wouldn't that depend on which sea / which direction ?

 

[Here It Is]

23 minutes ago, Jessi said:

Welcome to Pattaya "The hub of Crime"

You're not following the official line are you?  Quality tourists abound, mainly Chinese and Russian, and even the local hoodlums are kind, gentle and considerate.

 

Very poor post.

[R123]

"The headline on the story said he was from the land of raw fish. "

 

-Something very fishy about this!

[Dobredin Ghusputin]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Tokyo business man just ten minutes into first trip to Pattaya - now 50,000 baht lighter

 

Ten minutes? That's too long. The average for Japanese is 3 minutes, I've heard.

[franklnooner]

Welcome to chonburi the most dangerous province in all of thailand.

[Jessi]

1 hour ago, Here It Is said:

You're not following the official line are you?  Quality tourists abound, mainly Chinese and Russian, and even the local hoodlums are kind, gentle and considerate.

 

Very poor post.

You are living in a dream and yes you do make very poor post.

[charmonman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He grumbled that Pattaya had a reputation as a world renowned resort but was clearly unsafe.

It has a reputation as a world renowned resort alright. He should have done a little research into exactly what it is renowned for though.

 

Had he done so he might not have been wandering around with a 50,000 baht gold necklace on.

[SuwadeeS]

Welcome to the land of smile.

The smile of chea......

As a matter of fact, the criminals

against foreigner usually walk away.

Or just locked up till the victim has left the country making them believe, justice has taken place.

Actually, if all the embassies would do their job properly, the would give a travel warning.

 

[Toshiba66]

I don't think we should blame the Japanese man even though he seems naive on the goings on in Thailand. 

 

He has probably been to other countries with his necklace and had no issues. There needs to be ways introduced to warn travellers to Thailand on what to do and not what to do. For Pattaya the list would be quite long starting with the mafia controlled Jetskies and Taxi operators who are committing crimes so often they no longer get mentioned anywhere.

 

 

 

[AhFarangJa]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr Single, a restaurant and private businessman in the Japanese capital, said that he was making his first trip to Thailand.

 

First time I have heard of a restaurant going on a holiday..........

[Toshiba66]

4 minutes ago, SuwadeeS said:

Actually, if all the embassies would do their job properly, the would give a travel warning.

You are so correct.

They seem to be so weak. Maybe don't want to upset the government here for fear of losing the best job they have had and will ever get in their lives.

[bbi1]

If you're gonna wear the bling-bling in Pattaya, either make sure you are buffed up to the max, look mean enough or are African. Tiny skinny dudes with a few grams of muscle need not apply.

[DoctorG]

I liked that he thought it was a world class resort .

[Dobredin Ghusputin]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Police promised to investigate.

 

That should be the new TAT slogan.

 

Welcome to Thailand - Police promise to investigate.

[lamyai3]

Anticipate a good samaritan taxi story to appear shortly...

[soalbundy]

10 minuets, didn't he do well.

[giddyup]

55 minutes ago, franklnooner said:

Welcome to chonburi the most dangerous province in all of thailand.

Lived here trouble free for 8 years, can't be that bad.

[little mary sunshine]

The Japanese have been going to Hawaii for

decades for golf and a True World Resort

Destinarion.....Now these Japanese know

what an Unsafe, Dump Pattaya really is!!

[thailand49]

Based, on the story, it smells?   The police can start with the driver of the tour bus?  check his cell phone for the last call?

 

Just a stab, but maybe the driver saw the gold chain, called ahead to a friend and when they stop and Japanese was waiting bang gone!  The photo showing busy Sukhumvit?  what a coincident?  Last, what is someone trying to prove a 50,000 gold chain on a tour?  Plain stupid in my opinion!  That is like hanging a light bulb around a turkey saying come and get it?

Edited June 16, 2017 by thailand49

[ehw200]

Another tourist that won't return to Thailand

..and.probably non of his friends either

[kiwikeith]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

oh well ....   he can absorb the 50k loss. He's lucky it was only 50k and not more ...

when arriving tourists need to keep gold and money safely hidden ...  it's that simple. And don't carry shoulder bags if you don't need to.

 

 

Why bring coal to new castle? and why wear it in Pattaya, a no brainer.

[Jimbo2014]

"He grumbled that Pattaya had a reputation as a world renowned resort" - next time check the details of that reputation closely before wearing 2000 dollar necklaces around town.