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 NewsHeartbroken Thai seeks solace in 7-Eleven robbery, demands jail time | Thaiger

    Heartbroken Thai seeks solace in 7-Eleven robbery, demands jail time

    A Thai man last night confessed to being heartbroken and insisted on being jailed after he carried out a robbery at a 7-Eleven convenience store situated within a petrol station in the Bang Khun Tian district of Bangkok. Convenience store employees and witnesses managed to detain the 26 year old Thai man, Autsadawut Yooman, who stole money from the store…

  • Thailand NewsWealthy Thai man arrested for gold shop robbery in Chiang Mai | Thaiger

    Wealthy Thai man arrested for gold shop robbery in Chiang Mai

    Police arrested a wealthy Thai man for robbing a gold shop in the northern province of Chiang Mai after a two-week investigation. The thief claimed he wanted money for stock and digital currency investments and sold gold necklaces worth at least 17 million baht for just 4 million baht. Security cameras at Lotus’s Supermarket and Yaowarat Krungthep Gold Shop showed…

  • Thailand NewsItalian man rescued after attempted suicide in Chon Buri Police Station | Thaiger

    Italian man rescued after attempted suicide in Chon Buri Police Station

    Sriracha Police Station officers in Chon Buri province rescued an Italian man who tried to commit suicide in a detention room. It was his second suicide attempt. Police officers called Sawang Pratheep Sriracha Rescue team for help after the Italian man was stopped from hanging himself. The rescuers administered CPR and oxygen before taking him to Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital.…

  • Thailand NewsThai taxi turmoil: Fare fight leaves traveller abandoned on road to Pattaya (video) | Thaiger

    Thai taxi turmoil: Fare fight leaves traveller abandoned on road to Pattaya (video)

    A Thai woman took to social media to share her experience with another one of Thailand’s notorious taxi drivers who abandoned her in the middle of the journey to Pattaya after she refused to pay more when he tried to hike the fare mid-journey. The victim shared a video of herself arguing with the taxi driver on her TikTok account,…

  • Thailand NewsTaiwanese man dies after hospital in Thailand refuses to treat him | Thaiger

    Taiwanese man dies after hospital in Thailand refuses to treat him

    Taiwan media platform TVBS reported that a private hospital in Thailand refused to treat a Taiwanese man who later died as a result of his injuries in a car accident. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged the Thai government to improve its healthcare system. TVBS reported yesterday, December 11, that the Taiwanese man, whose identity was not revealed, was fatally…

  • Thailand NewsFamily ties unravel in murder mystery: Thai trio nabbed for alleged Isaan killing, daughter smells foul play | Thaiger

    Family ties unravel in murder mystery: Thai trio nabbed for alleged Isaan killing, daughter smells foul play

    Police arrested a Thai woman and her two children for the alleged murder of a Thai man in the Isaan province of Sisaket. The suspects accused the deceased of alcohol addiction and abusive behaviour but, in a remarkable twist, the deceased’s biological daughter believes the suspects murdered her father for his money and property. The dead body of the 48…

  • Thailand NewsThai river search reveals a chilling tale of five lives lost in quicksand tragedy | Thaiger

    Thai river search reveals a chilling tale of five lives lost in quicksand tragedy

    Police and a rescue team discovered the dead bodies of five missing Thai people in the Mun River in the Isaan province of Buriam. It was presumed they either drowned or were victims of quicksand. A 44 year old Thai woman, Bangon Surit, sought help from Satuek Police Station and Wang Krud Rescue Team after her husband, daughter, nephew, and…

  • Thailand NewsThai soldier arrested with 11 kilogrammes of crystal meth | Thaiger

    Thai soldier arrested with 11 kilogrammes of crystal meth

    The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) arrested a Thai soldier at Rattanaphon Military Camp in the southern province of Songkhla yesterday for possessing and selling 11 kilogrammes of crystal meth. ONCB officers received a tip-off that a 29 year old soldier working in an administrative office at the Rattanaphon Military Camp was a member of a drug trafficking…

  • Thailand NewsDrug suspect accuses police of 300,000 baht extortion and rape | Thaiger

    Drug suspect accuses police of 300,000 baht extortion and rape

    A Thai drug suspect accused Pathum Thani Provincial Police officers of illegally reducing her sentence, extorting 300,000 baht and raping her. The Thai woman and her boyfriend sought help from the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive. The organisation accompanied them in filing a complaint at the Office of the Prime Minister at Government House yesterday, December 11. Addressing the media, the…

  • Thailand NewsParty on: Health Ministry debunks new year cancellation over XBC Covid variant scare as fake news | Thaiger

    Party on: Health Ministry debunks new year cancellation over XBC Covid variant scare as fake news

    The Ministry of Public Health dismissed the cancellation of new year celebrations in Thailand due to the purported spread of a new Covid-19 variant, XBC, as fake news. No unusual outbreaks or dangerous variants have been reported. A Thai Facebook user recently reported that the government was planning to cancel all new year holiday events due to the spread of…

  • Thailand NewsTikTok turmoil: Chinese influencer in hot water after Soi Nana video, fined for illegal work | Thaiger

    TikTok turmoil: Chinese influencer in hot water after Soi Nana video, fined for illegal work

    The Immigration Bureau police conducted an investigation into a Chinese TikToker who gained viral attention for her video shot in Soi Nana. Subsequently, she was fined for working in Thailand without the required permit. Thai netizens urged the police and relevant authorities to take action after the Chinese woman, later identified as Wang Zi Yu, made a video that could…

  • Thailand NewsDiscrediting Thailand: Chinese TikToker’s distorted info about Soi Nana in Bangkok | Thaiger

    Discrediting Thailand: Chinese TikToker’s distorted info about Soi Nana in Bangkok

    A Chinese woman has been slammed by netizens for discrediting and destroying the image of tourism in Thailand by portraying Soi Nana in Bangkok as dangerous and full of bad people. A Facebook page, Lui Jeen (ลุยจีน), shared a video of the spiteful woman who is famous on the Chinese social media platform called Douyin. “Chinese TikToker makes a video…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested over death of Thai woman with tattoos in Chon Buri | Thaiger

    Thai man arrested over death of Thai woman with tattoos in Chon Buri

    Police arrested a Thai man over the death of a Thai woman with tattoos who was found buried in Chon Buri province. Officers insisted her case was unrelated to the body of a Thai man found near the scene. Locals in the Huay Yai district of Chon Buri discovered the lifeless body of the unidentified Thai woman buried in a…

  • Thailand NewsThai man dies on police station waiting room sofa in Bangkok | Thaiger

    Thai man dies on police station waiting room sofa in Bangkok

    A Thai man tragically died on a Bang Khen Police Station sofa in Bangkok yesterday, December 7, while waiting to report a physical assault by his employer’s son. Police officer Somporn Sata approached the 45 year old victim, a Thai man named Tui, to inform him that it was his turn to file a complaint. However, upon reaching Tui, Somporn…

  • Thailand NewsBankrupt millionaire seeks opportunities and jobs after life as thief | Thaiger

    Bankrupt millionaire seeks opportunities and jobs after life as thief

    A victim urged the Thai police to arrest a former millionaire in Chon Buri who, facing bankruptcy, resorted to becoming a thief. The man evaded several arrests by claiming he was mentally ill, evoking sympathy from some, who wished he could rebuild his life. One Facebook user, Aroon Kab, shared security camera footage of a man stealing three aluminium step…

  • Thailand NewsPattaya punch-up: Ex-US soldier seeks answers as Thai man delivers unexpected blow | Thaiger

    Pattaya punch-up: Ex-US soldier seeks answers as Thai man delivers unexpected blow

    A former US soldier sought help from locals in Pattaya after a Thai man punched him in the face. The victim was unaware of the motive for the attack. Mueang Pattaya Police Station officers and rescue team rushed to the Pattaya Sai Song Road near Soi Pattaya 13 after a Thai woman, 44 year old Nattanan, notified them about the…

  • Thailand NewsShark tale: Thai PM warns loan sharks not to test government waters as they target debt-relief participant | Thaiger

    Shark tale: Thai PM warns loan sharks not to test government waters as they target debt-relief participant

    The Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, warned loan sharks not to challenge government power after two loan sharks threatened a debtor who participated in a government debt relief programme. A Thai woman named Som sought protection from the police and the government after the loan sharks came to her restaurant in the Sankaburi district in the central province of…

  • Thailand NewsDrug addicted Thai woman beats mother to death with broom | Thaiger

    Drug addicted Thai woman beats mother to death with broom

    A drug addicted Thai woman beat her mother to death with a broom in their home in the central province of Ang Thong. On December 6, Kanita Thongdee, a 49 year old woman, made a distressing discovery when she observed that her 72 year old mother, Pinthong Thongdee, had not completed her usual daily chores. Concerned, Kanita went to check…

  • Thailand NewsSwiss man accidentally falls from 3rd floor of Pattaya condo while smoking | Thaiger

    Swiss man accidentally falls from 3rd floor of Pattaya condo while smoking

    A Swiss man suffered head and leg injuries after he accidentally fell from the third floor of a condominium in Pattaya while smoking at 5am today. The accident was reported to the Sawang Borriboon Dhammasatan Rescue Team at 5am today, December 7, where rescuers rushed to the scene in the Jomtien neighbourhood of Pattaya. At the scene, the rescuers found…

  • Thailand NewsDrunk Thai man stabs 7-Eleven worker for refusing to sell alcohol after hours | Thaiger

    Drunk Thai man stabs 7-Eleven worker for refusing to sell alcohol after hours

    Police used a stun gun to subdue a drunk Thai man after he stabbed a 7-Eleven convenience store worker with a pair of scissors in the central province of Lop Buri because the victim refused to sell him alcohol. The incident occurred at a 7-Eleven store next to the Lop Buri Provincial Police Office on Phra Piya Road in the…

  • Thailand NewsTaiwanese man arrested for animal smuggling at Bangkok airport | Thaiger

    Taiwanese man arrested for animal smuggling at Bangkok airport

    Officers from Suvarnabhumi Animal Quarantine at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok arrested a Taiwanese man for animal smuggling yesterday, December 5. Suvarnabhumi Animal Quarantine chief Phakkapong Phathong said officers received a report of a suspicious Taiwanese man at 9.05am that day. Officers suspected that the 22 year old Taiwanese man was concealing live animals in his clothing when he passed…

  • Thailand NewsSlumber or blunder? Underwear-clad party entertainer crashes and kills motorcycle rider | Thaiger

    Slumber or blunder? Underwear-clad party entertainer crashes and kills motorcycle rider

    A female party entertainer from Thailand claimed she was sleepy, not drunk, after crashing her car into a motorcycle rider and killing him on Phetchakasem Road in Cha-am district in the southern province of Phetchaburi. Officers from Cha-am Police Station were notified of the car accident at an ice factory on Phetchakasem Road at 7am today, December 6, and rushed…

  • Thailand NewsBark and brawl: 2 families engage in physical altercation after conflict over dog pee (video) | Thaiger

    Bark and brawl: 2 families engage in physical altercation after conflict over dog pee (video)

    Two families living in the Yannawa district of Bangkok engaged in a physical bout of fisticuffs after a pet dog peed on a car. Two Thai women named Ya and Phat shared footage of the brawl with the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive of Ya being physically assaulted by a neighbour called Pop at 9pm on November 29. Ya and Phat…

  • Thailand NewsLao woman’s harrowing experience with Thai taxi driver in Bangkok | Thaiger

    Lao woman’s harrowing experience with Thai taxi driver in Bangkok

    Officers from Bang Kruai Police Station in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok arrested an illegal Thai taxi driver for sexually harassing and overcharging a Lao woman. The driver denied he sexually harassed the woman, stating that he was just teasing the passenger. The Lao victim, 19 year old Phouangmalay Keovilay, and her older brother filed a complaint against a Thai taxi…

  • Thailand NewsMissing Thai man found dead, questions raised over link to unidentified woman | Thaiger

    Missing Thai man found dead, questions raised over link to unidentified woman

    A Thai mother found the body of her missing son by a roadside forest along the Sattahip-Nakhon Ratchasima Road in Chon Buri province. The plot thickens, however, as queries have emerged regarding a potential connection to the body of an unidentified Thai woman discovered just 2 kilometres away from the dead man. On Sunday, December 3, officers from Huay Yai…

  • Thailand NewsChinese man in Thai police uniform sparks drama about VIP service | Thaiger

    Chinese man in Thai police uniform sparks drama about VIP service

    A video of a Chinese man wearing a Thai police uniform sparked debate about VIP service on social media. The police officer in the video insisted that no special service was provided, adding that he is just a service-minded person. The Facebook page Lui Jeen (ลุยจีน) shared the video from Weibo along with its translation yesterday, December 5. The footage…

  • Thailand NewsThai drug addict leaves 9 year old boy fighting for life in shocking Isaan attack | Thaiger

    Thai drug addict leaves 9 year old boy fighting for life in shocking Isaan attack

    Police arrested a Thai drug addict after he attacked three victims in the Isaan province of Nakhon Panom on November 29. Among the victims were a nine year old boy who is battling to save his life and another individual who sustained serious injuries. Phonsawan Police Station officers swiftly responded to the incident at Phon Sawang Temple in the Phonsawan…

  • Thailand NewsThai man punches neighbour to death after conflict over dog waste | Thaiger

    Thai man punches neighbour to death after conflict over dog waste

    A Thai man reportedly punched his neighbour to death on the side of the road in the northern province of Lampang after a dispute over dog waste. The killer claimed he acted in self-defence. Mueang Lampang Police Station officers and a rescue team rushed to the scene on Lampang-Ngao road at 7.45am today, December 1. The deceased, 68 year old…

  • Thailand NewsThai man jailed for up to 10 years for illegally selling tiger carcasses | Thaiger

    Thai man jailed for up to 10 years for illegally selling tiger carcasses

    The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and related departments arrested a Thai man for running an online shop illegally selling tiger carcasses and other protected animals. This comes in the wake of the arrest of two individuals in January this year for selling tiger carcasses online. The case was connected to another suspect managing a Facebook…

  • Thailand News409 million baht assets of Thai senator seized for transitional crime involvement | Thaiger

    409 million baht assets of Thai senator seized for transitional crime involvement

    The Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) raided seven locations yesterday linked to Thai senator Upakit Pachirirangkun and seized assets worth 409 million baht on charges of involvement in a transitional crime organisation. Move Forward Party MP Rungsiman Rome revealed the alleged close relationship between Senator Upakit and Myanmar’s leading drug trafficker, Tun Min Latt, during a 2022 Parliament debate.…