A Swedish tourist was brutally attacked by a gang of younger males after he tried to cease them from assaulting a waitress at a karaoke bar in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on Friday. The gang also stole the victim’s gold necklace before throwing him into a canal.
Yesterday, police arrested three men of Tai Yai ethnicity (an ethnic group from Shan state in Myanmar) at a development staff camp in Doi Saket district and detained them at Sam Kamphaeng Police Station underneath suspicion of assault. Police charged three suspects – 22 12 months old Sa Ong, 25 yr outdated Daeng and 25 year previous Angkham.
The suspects admitted to assaulting the Swedish man however denied stealing his gold necklace. They mentioned their alleged harassment of the waitress was “just a joke.”
A relative of the victim’s girlfriend posted pictures of the Swedish man’s accidents on Facebook with the caption…
“My mom and her boyfriend travelled from Sweden for a visit to Thailand. On Friday (07/04/23) it was my mother’s boyfriend’s birthday. We organized a birthday celebration for him at home with the household and then we went to a bar close to our residence in Sam Khamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province.
“Near the time we had been going to leave, my mother’s Swedish boyfriend went to the toilet where he saw a bunch of men harassing a woman and trying to pull her into the toilet. He went in to help and as he was making his method back to the table, the lads followed him and attacked him.
“We all jumped in to help and we obtained harm too. The males were aiming to steal the 2 baht gold necklace around the Swedish man’s neck. They mobbed him and pulled his necklace till it strangled him. They stole the necklace before throwing him into the canal behind the bar.
“It’s a great thing they weren’t armed with weapons. But everybody was injured. My uncle tried to help and so they bit his finger until it was torn. He needed to go to the hospital. Everyone tried to defend themselves from the crazy men until they lastly fled on a motorbike. There have been 4 assailants who fled with the gold necklace. After that we referred to as the police and an ambulance.
“We took the waitress who was harassed to the police station. She kept crying and we couldn’t make out what she was saying. She kept saying she didn’t know the boys. Then she got a cellphone call from one of many attackers, so it turns out she does know them… The perpetrators had been all Thai Yai people.
“A foreigner who loves travelling Thailand has experienced a nightmare he by no means thought would occur. He fell into shock and was shaking. He thinks will most likely be his final visit to Thailand. From a birthday party that was alleged to be filled with happiness arose these surprising occasions that can trigger a lifelong nightmare.”
Uncle Boonlue, a 38 year old man who stepped in to help, ended up hospitalised for defending the Swedish man. He was punched, sustained bruises all over his physique, and suffered a wound on his foot from glass fragments. But the worst wound was on his right ring finger, which was practically completely bitten off. Massive are afraid the wound will turn out to be infected, reviews AmarinTV.
Uncle Boonlue’s spouse Zaza mentioned the rationale the gang attacked the Swedish man is as a result of he tried the stop them from harassing a girl.
Police say they’re accumulating proof to present to Chiang Mai Provincial Court to issue further arrest warrants to catch the remaining suspects in the case..