Petch Petpailin

Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.
  • Thailand NewsThai man having secret affair abuses pregnant wife and kidnaps daughter

    Thai man having secret affair abuses pregnant wife and kidnaps daughter

    A pregnant woman in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima filed a complaint against her husband for physically abusing her and kidnapping their four year old daughter after she discovered his secret affair. The 24 year old pregnant woman named Jah sought help from the Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Social Development and Human Security, and authorities accompanied her to the Huay…

  • Thailand NewsThai man kills cheating girlfriend’s father and commits suicide in jail

    Thai man kills cheating girlfriend’s father and commits suicide in jail

    A Thai man killed his girlfriend’s father after discovering she had a husband and two children. The killer later committed suicide while in custody at Khok Pho Police Station in the southern province of Pattani. Khok Pho Police Station officers rushed to a house in the Khok Pho district of Pattani at 9.50pm on Wednesday, January 10 after receiving a…

  • Thailand NewsDouble-down drama: DOPA crackdown sees 200 gamblers dealt a losing hand in southern Thailand

    Double-down drama: DOPA crackdown sees 200 gamblers dealt a losing hand in southern Thailand

    Officers from the Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) yesterday swooped on a gambling den in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat and arrested 200 gamblers. Residents in Nakhon Si Thammarat submitted a complaint about the gambling house to the Deputy Interior Minister, Chada Thaiseth. They reported that the gambling den was open 24 hours a day. More than 200…

  • Thailand News2 Indian men arrested near Bangkok for offering high-interest loans

    2 Indian men arrested near Bangkok for offering high-interest loans

    Immigration Bureau (IB) officers announced a successful operation to arrest two Indian men illegally offering high-interest loans to Thai people in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. The IB launched the operation to crack down on foreigners running illegal businesses or posing as powerful and influential people in the communities. The operation led officers to a 39 year old Indian man, identified…

  • Thailand NewsThai man survives third floor suicide attempt after argument with wife

    Thai man survives third floor suicide attempt after argument with wife

    A Thai man survived a suicide attempt after jumping from the third floor balcony of his apartment in Chon Buri province following a heated argument with his wife. Sriracha Police Station officers were alerted to the suicide attempt at the three-storey apartment in Sriracha district of Chon Buri province yesterday, January 10. Upon investigating the scene, officers found the 21…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for house burning, orchestrating rape of mother-in-law

    Thai man arrested for house burning, orchestrating rape of mother-in-law

    Police today arrested a Thai man responsible for a house burning and the architect behind the rape of his mother-in-law in the southern province of Phetchaburi. The accomplice involved in the crime is still at large. Kaeng Krachan Police Station officers yesterday, January 10, embarked on a search for two suspects, Yuranan Pranprai and Chaiwat Auambut, also known as Pae,…

  • Thailand NewsRayong police criticised for imposing 10pm curfew on kids under 18 years old

    Rayong police criticised for imposing 10pm curfew on kids under 18 years old

    Mueang Rayong Police Station in the eastern province of Rayong is facing criticism for imposing a 10pm curfew on residents aged under 18 years old. The official Facebook page of Mueang Rayong Police Station shared the curfew announcement yesterday, January 10. “From today, people under the age of 18 are not allowed to leave their homes after 10pm without a…

  • Thailand NewsThai cult leader condemned for performing oral sex on followers

    Thai cult leader condemned for performing oral sex on followers

    Thai netizens condemned a cult leader for performing an explicit ritual by laying gold leaves on the private parts of his followers and kissing and performing oral sex on them to improve their fortunes. A video of a Thai man performing the strange gold leaf ritual went viral and received a lot of attention from netizens on social media. Some…

  • Thailand NewsMother suspected after 3 year old boy falls from apartment and dies

    Mother suspected after 3 year old boy falls from apartment and dies

    A 3 year old boy died yesterday after falling from the fourth floor balcony of a apartment in Soi Rama II 50 in the Bang Khun Thian district of Bangkok. Police suspect the mother was involved in the tragic death due to some suspicious evidence. The Ruam Katanyu Rescue Team and Tha Kham Police Station were alerted to the fall…

  • Thailand NewsThai man sets fire to wife’s house and orchestrates rape of mother-in-law

    Thai man sets fire to wife’s house and orchestrates rape of mother-in-law

    A Thai man is evading arrest after setting fire to his wife’s house and tricking his mother-in-law into meeting his friend, who raped her. Firefighters rushed to control the fire at a house in the Kaeng Krachan district in the southern province of Phetchaburi yesterday, January 9, and brought the blaze under control. Only the bathroom and cattle shed were…

  • Thailand NewsBMA accused of favouring capitalists with new city plan for Bangkok

    BMA accused of favouring capitalists with new city plan for Bangkok

    Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) outlined an ambitious new city plan for the capital, marking the first update in 11 years. However, the BMA is facing criticism from the public, who claim that the new plan primarily benefits large capitalists. The new city plan sparked a heated debate on social media, as many residents were unaware of the proposed changes, despite…

  • Thailand NewsThai doctors’ heroic efforts in saving 5 year old girl who drank cyanide

    Thai doctors’ heroic efforts in saving 5 year old girl who drank cyanide

    A heroic Thai doctor from Srisangwan Hospital in the northern province of Mae Hong Sorn shared her experience of saving the life of a five year old girl who accidentally drank silver cleaning fluid containing cyanide. The female doctor, Theerada Wongjai, shared the life-saving story on Facebook on January 7 beginning the post with the hashtag, #CyanideRunningCompetition. The hashtag reflected how…

  • Thailand NewsThai man loses 50,000 baht after being blackmailed with explicit video

    Thai man loses 50,000 baht after being blackmailed with explicit video

    A Thai man revealed he contemplated suicide before turning to the police after losing 50,000 baht to a scammer who blackmailed him with an explicit video. The victim told the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) that he met a Thai woman on social media who claimed to be a teacher. After a period of online conversation, he asked her to be…

  • Thailand NewsThai man forgives wife, who stabbed him twice, only for her to leave him for another man

    Thai man forgives wife, who stabbed him twice, only for her to leave him for another man

    A Thai man returned home to the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima after recovering from being stabbed for the second time by his wife only to suffer from a searing pain in his heart as his wife ended their relationship and introduced her new boyfriend to the public. The 53 year old Janjira, stabbed her 51 year old husband, Thamrong,…

  • Thailand NewsThai soldier kills wife and takes his own life on pickup

    Thai soldier kills wife and takes his own life on pickup

    A Thai soldier in the Nonthaburi province near Bangkok killed his wife and took his own life in a pickup in front of his partner’s mother. The murder-suicide outside a house in Soi Samakkhi 58/20 in Nonthaburi province was reported to Rattanathibate Police Station yesterday, January 9. Officers rushed to investigate the scene and discovered two dead bodies in the…

  • Thailand NewsThai netizens applaud man’s gesture taking blind man to Koh Larn

    Thai netizens applaud man’s gesture taking blind man to Koh Larn

    Thai netizens were impressed by the heartwarming story of a Thai man who volunteered to take a blind man on a beach trip to Koh Larn, an island in Chon Buri province. The man said that what he did was nothing special, adding it was a simple gesture that everyone could do to spread positive energy to others. Paripol Toopiroh…

  • Thailand NewsThai man murders father & sister in shocking drowning tragedy

    Thai man murders father & sister in shocking drowning tragedy

    An unhinged Thai man confessed to murdering his father and younger sister by convincing them to lie in a metal box, locking them inside, and subsequently dumping them in a pond in the Isaan province of Sakon Nakhon. Locals in the Phang Khon district of Sakon Nakhon spotted two suspicious metal boxes in Nong Lum Hin pond at 12.40am today,…

  • Thailand NewsThai wife’s stab at redemption falls flat as she knives her husband again

    Thai wife’s stab at redemption falls flat as she knives her husband again

    A Thai wife in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand grabbed headlines after stabbing her husband. Despite expressing remorse and pledging not to do it again, she proceeded to stab him a day later. The 53 year old woman, Janjira, stabbed her 51 year old husband, Thamromg, at their home in the Phimai district of Nakhon Ratchasima on December…

  • Thailand NewsThai man suspected of abusing his girlfriend and burying her alive

    Thai man suspected of abusing his girlfriend and burying her alive

    Police are searching for a Thai man suspected of physically assaulting his girlfriend and burying her alive in the Isaan province of Maha Sarakham. The dead body of the girlfriend, a 30 year old Thai woman called Daraporn “Pare” Phonsri, was found buried in a forest near a residential area in the Mueang district of Maha Sarakham province. She was…

  • Thailand NewsUkrainian drowns trying to swim from Koh Chang to nearby island

    Ukrainian drowns trying to swim from Koh Chang to nearby island

    A Ukrainian man drowned near Bailan Beach on the island of Koh Chang in the eastern province of Trat. He reportedly tried to swim from Koh Chang to Koh Man Nai after an argument with his family. Locals discovered the dead body near Bailan Beach in the Koh Chang Tai sub-district, on Koh Chang at around 2pm yesterday, January 8,…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested after stalking and kidnapping married woman

    Thai man arrested after stalking and kidnapping married woman

    Police successfully rescued a Thai woman from a hotel in Chon Buri province after she was kidnapped by a besotted man who fell in love with her despite her being married and rejecting his advances. A 39 year old Thai man filed a missing person’s report at Ban Pho Police Station on January 5 telling officers that his 31 year…

  • Thailand NewsUnidentified man found dead, neck bound with wire and wrists handcuffed in southern Thailand

    Unidentified man found dead, neck bound with wire and wrists handcuffed in southern Thailand

    A Thai farmer stumbled upon the dead body of an unidentified man in a roadside forest in the southern province of Chumphon. The man’s neck was bound with an electric wire and his two wrists were handcuffed. The farmer, 58 year old Sunan, told Channel 3 that he took his cows to the spot every day in the morning and…

  • Thailand NewsThai girls aged 5 and 6 allegedly raped by 4 boys aged 8 to 13

    Thai girls aged 5 and 6 allegedly raped by 4 boys aged 8 to 13

    A Thai mother sought justice for her five and six year old daughters, who were allegedly raped by four boys aged between eight and 13 in an abandoned house in the Mae Ai district in the northern province of Chiang Mai. The mother of the two young victims filed a complaint at Mae Ai Police Station stating that the sexual…

  • Thailand NewsAmerican wanted for sharing explicit videos and abusing Thai women

    American wanted for sharing explicit videos and abusing Thai women

    Three Thai women reached out to the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women after a perverted American man with anger issues they connected with on a dating app shared explicit pornographic videos, blackmailed, physically assaulted them and stole their valuables. Foundation founder Paveena Hongsakul accompanied one of the three victims to the Royal Thai Police (RTP) Sports Club to file…

  • Thailand News2 armed robbers flee after shooting homeowner and stealing 235,000 baht of gold

    2 armed robbers flee after shooting homeowner and stealing 235,000 baht of gold

    Police are searching for two armed robbers who shot a homeowner and stole gold necklaces and a mobile phone from his family members at a house in the Ramkamhaeng neighbourhood of Bangkok. The crime was committed yesterday, January 7, and the loss totalled 264,000 baht. Wang Thong Lang Police Station officers were alerted to the shooting and robbery at a…

  • Thailand NewsMentally ill novice forced to quit monkhood after masturbating in bus and police station

    Mentally ill novice forced to quit monkhood after masturbating in bus and police station

    Police yesterday forced a mentally ill Thai novice to leave the monkhood and continue treatment after he was caught masturbating on a bus and at a police station in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. A security guard at Udon Thani Bus Terminal 1 reported the indecent act by a 23 year old novice named Sakda to Mueang Udon Thani…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for rape and murder of 75 year old woman in Isaan

    Thai man arrested for rape and murder of 75 year old woman in Isaan

    Police arrested a local man yesterday for the brutal rape and murder of a 75 year old Thai woman in the Isaan province of Sa Kaeo. The victim’s grandson, 27 year old Sittichai, discovered the dead body of his grandmother, 75 year old Boonnam Cherngkhao, in a sugar cane field near an abandoned car showroom in the Sa Kaeo province…

  • Thailand NewsThai university deputy dean found innocent in man’s death in Khon Kaen

    Thai university deputy dean found innocent in man’s death in Khon Kaen

    Police confirmed that Khon Kaen University’s deputy dean was not involved in the death of a Thai man at a hotel in the province. The deceased, named Fluke, reportedly died from an excessive overdose of crystal meth. The Thai man’s death at a hotel in the Khon Kaen province became a topic of discussion on social media after the news Facebook…

  • Thailand NewsThai teenage robbers’ sharp U-turn: Duo surrenders after rocking metal band’s shirt heist

    Thai teenage robbers’ sharp U-turn: Duo surrenders after rocking metal band’s shirt heist

    Two Thai teenage robbers surrendered to police after threatening a Lao man and his friends with a knife and stealing a Thai metal band Don Phee Bin T-shirt from them. They confessed that they wanted money as a real Don Phee Bin T-shirt is worth 1,100 baht. A 41 year old witness, Thawatchai, released CCTV footage of the robbery as…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman shot with crossbow after saving neighbour from rape attempt

    Thai woman shot with crossbow after saving neighbour from rape attempt

    A Thai woman is seeking help and justice after a man shot her with a crossbow for saving her neighbour from his rape attempt in the central province of Sing Buri. The shooting victim, Nittaya Thongpradit, travelled from Sing Buri to Bangkok yesterday, January 4, to seek assistance from the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive after the Kai Bangrachan Police Station delayed the…