A CHINESE man holidaying in Pattaya was assaulted early this morning (Nov. 10) by two Thai men dressed as guards who accused him of stealing money from a bar girl he was taking to his hotel room, TV Channel 7 said.
At 2.30 a.m. the unidentified 34-year-old tourist walked into Pattaya City police station with a bruised face and cut lips then filed a complaint with Pol. Capt. Nares Phumsuk, a deputy inspector there, saying that he had been assaulted by two Thai men in front of a hotel at the entrance of Soi 3, Pattaya Sai Song road.
Pol. Lt. Nares quickly sent a patrol team to investigate and they were told by a hotel security guard that the tourist and the Thai woman were standing in front of the hotel when suddenly two men wearing black vests showed up and accused him of stealing 15,000 baht from the woman. They then punched him in the face and slapped him four to five times before quickly riding off.
The tourist told police through a translation application that he had gone to a beer bar in Soi 6 and paid a 4,200 baht bar fine to take the woman to his hotel.
Upon arriving there she made a phone call and spoke in Thai, which he could not follow, after which the two men showed up and attacked him before riding off on their motorcycle.
Pol. Lt. Nares recorded the complaint with the investigators to go through surveillance camera clips to verify the incident then track down the perpetrators.
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The Chinese tourist relating all that happened to Pol. Capt. Nares Phumsuk via a mobile translation app. Photo: TV Channel 7
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