Thread: Beware.

Originally Posted by wasabi

The Police must catch this gang very soon, otherwise others are going to be hurt.

I think it is a tip of the iceberg situation mate.

Easy targets that carry normally assets but Thais are being attacked and robbed as well.

I have heard through mutual friends in Bangkok assaults and robberies are on the increase as well.

A few weeks ago Kurgen said his wife was robbed not to mention another friend's wife around the Maprachan area was attacked.

Just trying to warn people to take care.

Was there a full moon last night LT ?

Why not move to another part of Thailand.

Patts is a magnet for easy pickings for thugs.

Originally Posted by taxexile

LT is spot on about a change in the atmosphere towards foreigners here.

If you, and others [which number in the thousands] are taking concern, you might leave- never to return.

The country is much better off with less Farang.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

But things are changing, life not only in Pattaya but also across the country is changing for the worse and I really don't want to be a part of it anymore. The reasons for such change can only be addressed by the present government and it is time they listened to their people.

the current government is not helping, that's for sure, but the economic crisis is slowly starting to loom into Thailand and this is the end result

with the expected event to happen anytime, it's going to be ugly, Saigon style

you don't want to be there when it happens,

the peaceful creatures will quickly turn to shit !!!

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

with the expected event to happen anytime,

certainly wouldn't want to be around then either. Lao close by tho for quick get away.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I have also seen a negative trend against farang here at every level and as a farang I must be aware.

In Pattaya, the sex capital of the world with a massive drug problem amongst the local youth?

- hardly surprising

There has been a increase in crime in Thailand and there will continue to be a increase in crime. Whites have been and will continue to be targets due to racism and the mentality western people are rich. I am not just talking about local young yabber heads l am talking about police, government. Most of you would be easy targets.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I refer to the disgusting beating of the British Grandmother not 1 month ago.

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Bear in mind mate that reports of similar assaults seem to be a daily occurrence in Oz.
If a mate or neighbour was a victim in Oz would leave?

Originally Posted by crepitas

Bear in mind mate that reports of similar assaults seem to be a daily occurrence in Oz.

Yes mate, it is a horrible world we live in today but please understand the reason why I posted this thread.

I have lived here for almost 30 years and I have never ever felt threatened before. Over the last few years things have definitely changed and most of my close friends feel exactly the same.

2 of those friends have been hospitalized over the last few weeks and I do not want anymore to suffer the same fate.

Interesting subject indeed, Loy Toy...Thanks for the added warnings...Like you said, you've seen it coming already...Nobody wants to live in fear, for sure...It limits your freedom dramatically...And you just can't be ready all the time, as much as you try to anticipate the dangers...And that's a tough way to live, anyway...

Outside your bunker, the meter's running, and the risk is higher...

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

They pushed him off the road using a baseball bat from the passenger window, used baseball bats to beat him up and the hospital bill was 10,000.00 baht to clean him up. He had not consumed alcohol and had only stopped to buy some food for his wife and was on his way home around 11.00 pm

Thatll take some skill to prod someone off a moving scooter with a baseball bat

Thailands tourist spots have always been rife with the shadiest of Thais who flock there with the sole purpose of ripping off tourists.

Sorry for your friend Loy Toy, but that reads to me like he was targetted in the 7/11 or whereever he bought his wife's supper. Did he pull a wad out of his pocket at the counter there? You should get someone to check the video playback from when he entered.

It only seems to stop when one Thais scamming lmpacts on another more important arseholes scamming.[/quote]

thats how mafia work the world over.

As I recall, between 2008-10 there was a surge of similar incidents here in Phuket, with a high number of victims being farang. There were a spate of people being knocked off their bikes and robbed, particularly between Kata and Rawai (a quiet road, with next to no lighting). I particularly remember a Norwegian tanker captain who was on his way home to Rawai from Kata, who was stabbed to death.

This was also the period when the Western tourists were getting thin on the ground due to the GFC, and there seemed to be a lot of (Thai) people out of work.

Most farang who live here are immune from the ups and downs of the Thai economy, and don't need political encouragement to find happiness. This enhances the 'rich' image that most Thais, young ones in particular, seem to have of us, and hence we are all potential targets. Burglary, assault and robbery, and not least scamming from those supposedly employed to provide civic order and protection (BiB).

I'd particularly raise the use of ATM's. They're a great source of revenue for someone who needs money and doesn't care who's account it's been withdrawn from. Plan to only have enough money with you for what you know you're going to spend, and avoid using them in the evening/late at night.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

the current government is not helping, that's for sure, but the economic crisis is slowly starting to loom into Thailand and this is the end result

with the expected event to happen anytime, it's going to be ugly, Saigon style

!

Shit is ready to hit the fan globally. Thailand has that extra special ingredient which seems to be about added to the mix very soon right as the global economy is about to shit itself again. This time should be fun now that everyone is up to their ears in debts for new cars, condos and phones.

Originally Posted by crepitas

Bear in mind mate that reports of similar assaults seem to be a daily occurrence in Oz.
If a mate or neighbour was a victim in Oz would leave?

People being knocked off their bikes and beaten up and then robbed ?.

Do you have link to these daily occurrences in Oz ?

^
Come on, don't try to let facts get in the way of Crapitis.

Thailand has that extra special ingredient which seems to be about added to the mix very soon right as the global economy is about to shit itself again. This time should be fun now that everyone is up to their ears in debts for new cars, condos and phones.

Just watched a short talk by Steve Keen (who, for those who don't know, was one of the few economists to predict the 2007/8 financial crisis in advance) and he includes Thailand in his list of future debt-zombies. The country is in good company though (China, France, S. Korea, Canada, Australia, Norway, etc., etc.) so perhaps it's moving up in the world.

In yer bedroom

the whole country is fucked, we can all intrinsically feel it

I am sure the locals do too, question of time before they turn the whole place into Saigon 1975

Originally Posted by taxexile

at the lower levels of thai society, where most of the chickenheads dwell, trickery, robbery and legspreading is all they know.

You should try and interact with people instead of shouting abuse about them.

instead of shouting abuse about them.

fuck off you idiot. what do you know.

i have had more contact with a wider variety of thais than you have had hot dinners. and interacting with thai of the chickenhead class is an exercise in futility.

Hold the phone!!!! Peeps ought to be aware but the pavement surface in Second Road is really uneven and I very nearly twisted my ankle quite badly. Shock-fucking-horror, eh?

Jesus H Christ, there have been late night muggings around the dark side of Pattaya for fucking years and anyone who lives there but is still unaware of the danger is a fucking idiot. Same-same hanging around Pratumnak Hill late at night is fraught with danger for chickenhead and farang alike.

It's a third world country with a huge disparity in incomes and a shit police force, so just what the fuck do folk expect. And it has been going on for years. A particularly nasty crew were working Bangkok's inner district over six years ago mugging folk in the early - mid evening - some may recall they hit on Bruce Gaston and put him in hospital. They finally nailed the gang but the crime will always persist.