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 woman falls off building while fleeing mentally ill neighbour | Thaiger

    Thai woman falls off building while fleeing mentally ill neighbour

    A Thai woman fell from the third floor of a building in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok while she was fleeing from a mentally ill neighbour who attempted to stab her. Mueang Nonthaburi Police Station officers were called to rescue a Thai woman, 63 year old Chamaiporn, who fell from her room on the third floor to an awning on the…

  • Thailand NewsIllegal meatball factory raided, dirty products flood Bangkok and surrounding areas | Thaiger

    Illegal meatball factory raided, dirty products flood Bangkok and surrounding areas

    The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) police conducted a raid at an illegal meatball factory in the central province of Pathum Thani on December 18. The substandard and dirty products were found to be shipped throughout Bangkok and surrounding provinces. CIB officers launched proactive measures and operations against illegal food producers in the country after six children suffered dizziness and rapid…

  • Crime News2 drunk police and former police injured in fight over female waitress | Thaiger

    2 drunk police and former police injured in fight over female waitress

    A drunk police officer and a former Border Patrol Police officer suffered injuries after they fought each other over a female waitress at a restaurant in the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum. One was shot in the legs while the other was hit in the head. Mueang Chaiyaphum Police Station received a report of a shooting at a restaurant on the…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok BTS Skytrain extends service hours to 2am on December 31 | Thaiger

    Bangkok BTS Skytrain extends service hours to 2am on December 31

    Bangkok BTS Skytrain will extend moments of happiness for the passengers with extended service hours from midnight to 2am on the last day of the year December 31. The board director of the Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company, Surapong Laoha-unya, announced yesterday, December 19, that the BTS Skytrain will extend its operating hours at all stations and lines on on…

  • Thailand NewsThai police investigate human skeletons found in container from US | Thaiger

    Thai police investigate human skeletons found in container from US

    Thai police are investigating human skeletons found in the cubes of compressed recycling cardboard shipped in a container from the US to a company in Bang Phra district, Chon Buri province. A logistics company reported the discovery of a human leg bone to Sriracha Police Station officers at about 1pm yesterday, December 19. The leg was compressed together in the…

  • Crime NewsThai man murders 2 year old stepdaughter while intoxicated | Thaiger

    Thai man murders 2 year old stepdaughter while intoxicated

    A Thai man admitted to murdering his two year old stepdaughter at a house in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok while he was intoxicated. Police suspected a 16 year old caregiver of involvement in the murder. Medical professionals reached out to officers from Phra Pradaeng Police Station at night on December 17 after an unconscious girl, 2 year old Focus,…

  • Crime NewsState-owned company officer accused of age fraud to prolong retirement | Thaiger

    State-owned company officer accused of age fraud to prolong retirement

    A group of people calling themselves the State Enterprise Lover Club accused a deputy executive director of a state-owned telecommunications company in Thailand of committing age fraud to extend his retirement. The State Enterprise Lover Club urged a renowned Thai lawyer, Sittha Biabangkerd, to expose the matter to the public as they filed a complaint with the relevant government agencies, but…

  • Thailand NewsThai lottery vendor accused of fraud in refusal to pay 18,000 baht prize | Thaiger

    Thai lottery vendor accused of fraud in refusal to pay 18,000 baht prize

    A Thai woman filed a complaint against a lottery vendor accusing her of fraud after the seller refused to pay a prize of 18,000 baht on the December 1 draw. The 51 year old real estate business operator, Aramsri Hathongkham, filed a complaint with the officers at Mueang Ubon Ratchathani Police Station in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani on…

  • Thailand NewsGovernment criticised after drunk teen found sleeping near Khao San Road | Thaiger

    Government criticised after drunk teen found sleeping near Khao San Road

    A Bangkok municipal official helped send a 16 year old drunk Thai girl home after she slept on a footpath near Khao San Road. Netizens urged authorities to pay attention to underaged partygoers. A popular news page, Thaicrime Online, shared a video showing a municipal officer from the City Law Office and two men carrying a drunk teenager to a…

  • Thailand News5 foreigners injured in minibus-truck crash in southern Thailand | Thaiger

    5 foreigners injured in minibus-truck crash in southern Thailand

    A Thai driver crashed a minibus into a truck on a road in the southern province of Phetchaburi at 8.55am today, December 19, injuring five foreigners. Two of them suffered serious injuries. Officers from the Thayang Police Station and rescuers from the Sawang Sanphet Dhammasatan rescue team rushed to the scene of the accident on Phetchakasem Road in Thayang district…

  • Crime News2 Thai men create and sell AI generated nude images of Thai celebrities | Thaiger

    2 Thai men create and sell AI generated nude images of Thai celebrities

    Cyber police arrested two Thai men for creating nude images of more than 30 Thai celebrities with an artificial intelligence (AI) program and selling them on a Russia-based social media application, Vkontakte, also known as VK. Two female Thai actresses, Panadda Wongphudee, Known as Bum, and Sakuntala Tianpairoj, known as Tonhom, filed complaints with the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB)…

  • Thailand News3 cyber police allegedly extorts 30,000 baht from driver with fake registration plate | Thaiger

    3 cyber police allegedly extorts 30,000 baht from driver with fake registration plate

    The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) transferred three officers for allegedly extorting 30,000 baht from a Thai driver who used a fake registration plate with his car in the Prathum Thani province near Bangkok. A Facebook page, Police Network (เครือข่ายเพื่อนตำรวจ), revealed that the page received a complaint from the victim in Prathum Thani province that three officers from the Cyber…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman attacked and robbed in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit (Video) | Thaiger

    Thai woman attacked and robbed in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit (Video)

    A Thai woman issued a warning after two thieves attacked her with a knife and robbed her in broad daylight on Soi Sukhumvit 81 in Bangkok. Witnesses and motorists passing by the scene refused to help. The news Facebook page, Suan Luang Me Dee (สวนหลวงมีดี) shared footage of the robbery today, December 18, saying it happened to a Thai woman…

  • Thailand NewsThai man with mental illness disappears after his arrest in Bangkok | Thaiger

    Thai man with mental illness disappears after his arrest in Bangkok

    A Thai mother sought help from news agencies after her son, who had a history of mental health treatment, disappeared after being arrested by officers and was last seen at Don Mueang Police Station in Bangkok on December 1. The 57 year old woman Boonyuen revealed with Channel 3 that her son, Wasan Prasitthikasikorn, also known as Tee, had a…

  • Crime NewsDebtor crashes and kills loan shark while trying to collect debt | Thaiger

    Debtor crashes and kills loan shark while trying to collect debt

    A debtor crashed his pickup into a loan shark and killed the victim while trying to collect a debt from his wife at a house in the Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. Officers from the Rattanathibet Police Station were called to investigate a car accident at a house in Soi Pracha Niwet 3 in Nonthaburi province at 9pm on December 15.…

  • Thailand NewsCable thefts solved: Name on getaway car led to arrest of 3 thieves | Thaiger

    Cable thefts solved: Name on getaway car led to arrest of 3 thieves

    Police were able to identify and arrest three thieves who were stealing electrical cables in Bangkok because the name of one of the thieves was written on the car they used to commit the crime. Officers from the Don Mueang Police Station received numerous theft reports from a construction site of the New Connect Don Mueang condominium on the Vibhavadi…

  • Crime NewsTeenage student steals 700,000 baht from teacher to buy 11 iPhones for friends | Thaiger

    Teenage student steals 700,000 baht from teacher to buy 11 iPhones for friends

    A Thai teacher sought justice after her 14 year old student stole 700,000 baht from her house to buy 11 iPhones for her boyfriend and friends and the children’s guardians failed to take responsibility for the losses. The victim, 42 year old Rungrat Chokchai, urged Amarin TV and other news agencies to tell her story to the public in the…

  • Thailand NewsThai soldier kills ex-wife and commits suicide, leaving young children orphaned | Thaiger

    Thai soldier kills ex-wife and commits suicide, leaving young children orphaned

    A Thai soldier killed his ex-wife and committed suicide at a house in the northern province of Phitsanuloak yesterday, December 17, after they divorced three months ago due to jealousy. Mueang Phitsanuloak Police Station received a report of the deaths around 6pm yesterday and visited the scene to investigate. The lifeless body of a 34 year old Thai woman named…

  • Thailand News5 year old girl killed in accident between electric tricycle and pickup | Thaiger

    5 year old girl killed in accident between electric tricycle and pickup

    A Thai man crashed his pickup into an electric tricycle, which reportedly made a sudden turn, killing five year old girl and injuring a 20 year old woman on the Nong Bua Lamphu-Nonsang District Road in the Isaan province of Nong Bua Lamphu at 11.30am on December 16. Mueang Nong Bua Lamphu Police Station officers were called to the bridge on…

  • Thailand NewsPrincess Bajrakitiyabha remains unconscious after 1 year of treatment | Thaiger

    Princess Bajrakitiyabha remains unconscious after 1 year of treatment

    Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati remains unconscious after being hospitalised at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital for one year after collapsing while training her dogs for the Royal Thai Army’s 2022 Thai Working Dog Championship at the Military Dog Battalion in Nakhon Ratchasima province. The Bureau of the Royal Household (BRH) released an official statement today, December 15, to…

  • Thailand NewsUnemployed Thai man arrested for gold theft after his birthday party | Thaiger

    Unemployed Thai man arrested for gold theft after his birthday party

    Police arrested an unemployed Thai man for stealing a gold necklace from a shop in Bangkok after paying off debts and throwing himself a belated birthday party at a resort in the central province of Kanchanaburi. Officers at Phetchakasem Police Station received a theft complaint at the Mae Thong Kham gold shop on Phetchakasem Road in Bangkok’s Bang Kae district…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for illegally possessing 30 guns and ammunition | Thaiger

    Thai man arrested for illegally possessing 30 guns and ammunition

    Officers from the Investigation Division Provincial Police Region 4 (INVP4) arrested a Thai man at his house in the Isaan province of Kalasin for illegally possessing 30 guns and over 2,300 rounds of ammunition. The Deputy Commander of the INVP4, Nattanon Prachum, reported that the Royal Thai Police (RTP) introduced an operation to crack down on people involved with illegal…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman nabbed for stabbing her husband’s 17 year old mistress | Thaiger

    Thai woman nabbed for stabbing her husband’s 17 year old mistress

    Police arrested a Thai woman after she stabbed her husband’s 17 year old mistress at her home in the central province of Kanchanaburi on December 12. Amarin TV reported that the attack took place on December 12 at a house in the Tha Muang district of Kanchanaburi province. The attacker, 49 year old Auan, was arrested yesterday, December 14, and…

  • Crime News16 year old Thai girl accuses Chinese man met on dating app of rape | Thaiger

    16 year old Thai girl accuses Chinese man met on dating app of rape

    A 16 year old Thai girl filed a complaint against a Chinese man for allegedly raping her at a condominium in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. He and his friends also attempted to gang-rape her on the day. The victim named Mo lodged a complaint at Rattanatibet Police Station on December 13. She explained that she met the Chinese man on…

  • Thailand News7 police surrender over money extortion while police spy charged with rape | Thaiger

    7 police surrender over money extortion while police spy charged with rape

    Seven Prathum Thani Provincial Police officers and an alleged police spy turned themselves in at Pratunam Chulalongkorn Police Station in Bangkok on charges of extorting money and raping a female drug suspect. A Thai woman and her boyfriend sought justice after accusing seven police officers in the central province of Prathum Thani of extorting 300,000 baht from them when they…

  • Thailand NewsMan killed in conflict between woman and her drug addict son (video) | Thaiger

    Man killed in conflict between woman and her drug addict son (video)

    A drug addict killed a Thai teacher at a grocery store in the Isaan province of Chaiyaphum after the victim intervened in a dispute between him and his mother. The victim, 53 year old Thaweesak Chanpanya, was a teacher at Baan Na Raya School in the Phakdee Chumphon district of Chaiyaphum. He also ran a local grocery shop with his wife…

  • Thailand NewsThai soldier with gambling addiction nabbed for stealing gold to pay dowry | Thaiger

    Thai soldier with gambling addiction nabbed for stealing gold to pay dowry

    Police arrested a Thai soldier for stealing two gold necklaces worth 340,000 baht from a shop in Prahum Thani province near Bangkok. The soldier claimed he lost all his money gambling online and needed a dowry to marry his girlfriend. Officers from Suan Prik Thai Police Station were notified about the gold theft yesterday afternoon, December 13. The theft took…

  • Thailand NewsThai couple arrested for embezzling 24 million baht from employer | Thaiger

    Thai couple arrested for embezzling 24 million baht from employer

    Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) officers arrested a Thai couple for embezzling 24 million baht from their employer while working at a petrol station in the central province of Chantaburi between 2020 to 2023. ATPD reported that a 47 year old Thai man, Wichian, and his 46 year old wife, Jatuporn, were former accountants at the petrol station in Chantaburi…

  • Thailand News5 Thai police accused of illegally detaining and extorting Thai man | Thaiger

    5 Thai police accused of illegally detaining and extorting Thai man

    A Thai man accused five officers from Pabon Police Station in the southern province of Phattalung of unlawfully detaining him, charging him with illegal gun possession, and extorting 50,000 baht from him. Channel 7 received a complaint from a 50 year old man named Tu who claimed to be a victim of corrupt police officers yesterday, December 13. Tu recounted…

  • Thailand NewsRoadside ricochet: Thai truck driver shot by mistake when driving in Isaan province (video) | Thaiger

    Roadside ricochet: Thai truck driver shot by mistake when driving in Isaan province (video)

    A sedan driver surrendered to the police after he shot a truck driver by mistake on the 304 Nakhon Ratchasima-Kabin Buri Road in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima on December 12. Pak Thong Chai Police Station officers and rescuers dashed to the incident scene to meet with the 60 year old gunman named Sittichai Wataukana and the 25 year…