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 News2 thieves steal 10 million baht safe from Trang industrial leader’s home | Thaiger

    2 thieves steal 10 million baht safe from Trang industrial leader’s home

    Two thieves stole a safe containing assets worth over 10 million baht from the home of the President of the Federation of Southern Industries in Trang province, stopping to drink wine before fleeing. One suspect was arrested, while a 100,000 baht reward is offered for information leading to the capture of the second. Officers from Sikao Police Station inspected an…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman gropes 74 year old taxi rider before stealing 17,000 baht | Thaiger

    Thai woman gropes 74 year old taxi rider before stealing 17,000 baht

    A Thai woman allegedly groped a 74 year old motorcycle taxi rider during a journey in the central province of Ang Thong before stealing 17,000 baht in cash from him. The motorcycle taxi rider, Chiab, lodged a complaint at Mueang Ang Thong Police Station yesterday, October 2, after discovering the theft. He explained that the stolen money included 5,000 baht…

  • Thailand NewsThai man found dead with leg chained to tree in Nakhon Pathom | Thaiger

    Thai man found dead with leg chained to tree in Nakhon Pathom

    A Thai man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in an abandoned field in the central province of Nakhon Pathom, with his left leg chained to a tree. A cattle herder yesterday, October 2, alerted officers from Sam Kwai Puak Police Station after discovering the body in an overgrown plot of land in Marb Kae sub-district, Mueang district, Nakhon Pathom.…

  • Thailand NewsChanthaburi monk arrested for distributing child pornography | Thaiger

    Chanthaburi monk arrested for distributing child pornography

    Police arrested a monk in the central province of Chanthaburi on charges of distributing child pornography depicting the sexual abuse of young boys, mostly novices at the temple. Chanthaburi Provincial Police were alerted by the Thailand Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (TICAC) that child pornography was being circulated through Telegram and X accounts linked to the Pong Nam Ron district…

  • Phuket NewsCCTV captures foreign thief stealing laptops and wallet in Phuket | Thaiger

    CCTV captures foreign thief stealing laptops and wallet in Phuket

    A Thai man is seeking clues to the identity of a foreign suspect who allegedly stole two laptops and a wallet from accommodation in the Bang Tao area of Phuket on Wednesday, October 1. The victim, Ferosh “Eve” Suriya, posted CCTV footage of the alleged thief on his Facebook account yesterday, October 2, urging netizens to provide any information if…

  • Crime NewsDutch man and Thai woman arrested in Pattaya child prostitution crackdown | Thaiger

    Dutch man and Thai woman arrested in Pattaya child prostitution crackdown

    Police arrested a Dutch man and a Thai woman in Pattaya for procuring children for prostitution after teenage victims were taken to a hotel to provide sexual services to foreigners. Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) received a tip-off from the Destiny Rescue and Free a Girl foundations about a child prostitution ring in Pattaya, allegedly operated by…

  • Thailand NewsThai father attacks daughter with saw in Samut Prakan house | Thaiger

    Thai father attacks daughter with saw in Samut Prakan house

    A Thai father attacked his 15 year old daughter with a saw at a house in Samut Prakan province near Bangkok today, October 1, after she refused to help him with his work. Officers from Bang Kaew Police Station rushed to a house in the Bang Pli district of Samut Prakan this afternoon following reports of child abuse. Rescuers from…

  • Thailand NewsNew minister reveals scam gang bribe offer in Parliament | Thaiger

    New minister reveals scam gang bribe offer in Parliament

    The newly appointed Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES) from Bhumjaithai Party, Chaichanok Chidchob, claimed that call centre scam gangs offered him a monthly bribe of 40 million baht in exchange for halting crackdowns on illegal businesses. Speaking during a Parliamentary session on September 30, Chaichanok explained that this was his first appearance as a minister since being appointed to…

  • Phuket NewsRussian driver injures Thai woman and 8 year old boy in Phuket car crash | Thaiger

    Russian driver injures Thai woman and 8 year old boy in Phuket car crash

    A Russian man in Phuket crashed his sedan into the motorcycle of a Thai woman and her eight year old grandson on September 25, leaving both victims in critical condition. The boy reportedly remains in intensive care. The assistant to a Phuket Member of Parliament, Udomsak Samran, took to an online community to seek clues about the foreign driver involved…

  • Crime NewsLost phone leads to discovery of skeleton in abandoned building | Thaiger

    Lost phone leads to discovery of skeleton in abandoned building

    A lost phone led to the discovery of the skeleton of a Thai man inside an abandoned building in the Chaeng Wattana area of Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. A Thai man posted on Facebook, sharing photos of the skeleton taken inside the abandoned building and appealing to netizens to help him identify the location. He explained that he lost his…

  • Thailand NewsCourt grants bail to drunk BMW driver in Nonthaburi wrong-way collision | Thaiger

    Court grants bail to drunk BMW driver in Nonthaburi wrong-way collision

    The Nonthaburi Provincial Court granted bail to a drunk BMW driver who drove against the flow of traffic on a Nonthaburi road, causing a pile-up on Monday, September 29. The driver, 37 year old Paphatsarin, travelled the wrong way for over five kilometres along Ratchaphruek Road at around 9pm on Monday. She collided with a pickup truck, leaving its driver…

  • Bangkok NewsBritish man arrested in Bangkok hotel with 1 kilogramme of crystal meth | Thaiger

    British man arrested in Bangkok hotel with 1 kilogramme of crystal meth

    Police yesterday, September 30, arrested a British man at a hotel in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok after finding one kilogramme of crystal methamphetamine in his possession.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) Officers from the Metropolitan Police Division 5 and Lumpini Police Station received a tip-off about a foreign drug trafficker.…

  • Pattaya NewsThai woman loses bag while foreign boyfriend engages in fight on Pattaya road | Thaiger

    Thai woman loses bag while foreign boyfriend engages in fight on Pattaya road

    CCTV footage captured two suspicious people stealing a Thai woman’s bag while she was distracted, intervening in a fight between her foreign boyfriend and another foreigner in Pattaya. The victim sought help from the Facebook news page AEC News Pattaya after losing her bag. She had already reported the theft to Mueang Pattaya Police Station but hoped the online community…

  • Bangkok NewsMercedes-Benz driver faces jail and fine for damaging police motorcycle | Thaiger

    Mercedes-Benz driver faces jail and fine for damaging police motorcycle

    A Mercedes-Benz driver faces two months in prison and a fine of 12,000 baht after parking his car in a prohibited area on Samsen Road in Bangkok and damaging a motorcycle belonging to a traffic police officer. The incident attracted attention from Thai netizens after the Facebook page เรารักด่านตรวจ (translated as We Love Police Checkpoints) shared a video of the…

  • Thailand NewsThai man caught with 60 million baht of drugs in modified car | Thaiger

    Thai man caught with 60 million baht of drugs in modified car

    Police officers, together with soldiers and administrative officials, arrested a Thai man with drugs worth 60 million baht hidden in a modified car in Kanchanaburi province yesterday. The Commander of the 9th Infantry Division, Autsadawut Panyarachun, told the media that local officials had received a tip-off about a major drug trafficking operation from a border area in Kanchanaburi to central…

  • Thailand NewsPickup truck crushes Burmese worker in Chon Buri car care centre | Thaiger

    Pickup truck crushes Burmese worker in Chon Buri car care centre

    A Burmese worker at a car care centre in Chon Buri province crashed a customer’s pickup into a colleague, killing him yesterday. The footage of the incident showed car care employees, customers, and bystanders attempting to pull the pickup truck away from the victim. The vehicle was parked on the car washing platform when both front wheels fell off, pinning…

  • Central Thailand News84 year old Thai woman attacked and nearly raped in Samut Prakan home | Thaiger

    84 year old Thai woman attacked and nearly raped in Samut Prakan home

    An 84 year old Thai woman sought assistance from her neighbours yesterday, claiming that a man attacked her and attempted to rape her at her home in Samut Prakan province. Neighbours of the elderly woman, identified only as Nuan, contacted officers from Bang Pli Police Station and rescuers from the Ruam Katanyu Foundation at around 3pm. They found her lying…

  • Pattaya NewsIndian tourist claims assault by Pattaya nightclub manager and bodyguards | Thaiger

    Indian tourist claims assault by Pattaya nightclub manager and bodyguards

    An Indian man accused an Indian nightclub manager and his bodyguards of physically assaulting him in the early hours of Friday, September 26. The 33 year old Indian tourist filed a complaint with Mueang Pattaya Police Station after the alleged assault by the manager of an Indian nightclub on Pattaya Walking Street and his bodyguards. He emphasised that he had…

  • Thailand NewsDrunk BMW driver drives against traffic and causes 10 car pile-up | Thaiger

    Drunk BMW driver drives against traffic and causes 10 car pile-up

    A drunk Thai BMW driver drove against the traffic flow, causing a pile-up involving 10 vehicles on Ratchaphruek Road in the Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. Officers from Ratchaphruek Police Station arrived to find five vehicles involved in a rear-end collision in the left lane. Among them were a Porsche 911 Carrera and a Porsche Cayenne S, both of which sustained…

  • Thailand NewsPickup driver claims brake failure after crashing man twice in Chiang Rai temple | Thaiger

    Pickup driver claims brake failure after crashing man twice in Chiang Rai temple

    A Thai man accused a female pickup truck driver of intentionally crashing into his father, killing him as he sat within a temple in Chiang Rai province. CCTV footage captured the vehicle striking the victim twice. The incident occurred inside Mung Mueang Temple in the Wiang sub-district of Mueang Chiang Rai district on Saturday, September 27. The victim, 68 year…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok graffiti vandals slammed for defacing Spanish artist’s mural | Thaiger

    Bangkok graffiti vandals slammed for defacing Spanish artist’s mural

    Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt condemned the three suspects responsible for vandalising a mural by Spanish artist in Soi Charoen Krung 30.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) A follower of the popular Drama-addict Facebook page urged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to expose the culprits who defaced the wall painting by Carolina…

  • Bangkok NewsThai construction worker killed in staircase collapse in Bangkok hotel | Thaiger

    Thai construction worker killed in staircase collapse in Bangkok hotel

    A concrete staircase collapsed and killed a construction worker at a hotel in Huai Khwang, Bangkok, yesterday, September 28. Officers from Huai Khwang Police Station were notified of the incident at about 3pm. The accident occurred at a hotel on Thiam Ruam Mit Road in Huai Khwang district. Police officers attended the scene together with a medical team from Ramathibodi…

  • Thailand NewsThai millionaire market owner found dead in Ratchaburi canal | Thaiger

    Thai millionaire market owner found dead in Ratchaburi canal

    A female millionaire disappeared from her home in Ratchaburi province yesterday, September 28, before her body was found floating in a canal. Officers from Photharam Police Station were alerted to the discovery of a body in the Mae Khlong Canal at around 11.30am. The woman was dressed in a yellow shirt and white and green striped shorts. She bore no…

  • Thailand NewsIndian actor quits Cambodia tourism role amid border tensions with Thailand | Thaiger

    Indian actor quits Cambodia tourism role amid border tensions with Thailand

    Indian actor Gagan Malik announced his resignation as Cambodia’s Tourism Goodwill Ambassador on Saturday, September 27, following a border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. He declared, “Thailand is my second home.” Malik is best known for his leading role as Lord Buddha in the film Sri Siddhartha Gautama. He renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism in 2014, later becoming an outspoken…

  • Pattaya NewsForeign couple filmed having sex in sea off Jomtien Beach in Pattaya | Thaiger

    Foreign couple filmed having sex in sea off Jomtien Beach in Pattaya

    Police urged the public to await further investigation after a video showing a foreign couple having sex in the sea off Jomtien Beach in Pattaya sparked widespread online backlash.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) The explicit act came to light after the news Facebook page ท่านเปา (meaning Bao Gong) shared a…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket ice cream vendor sparks debate with free ride for foreign tourists | Thaiger

    Phuket ice cream vendor sparks debate with free ride for foreign tourists

    Thai netizens are left divided after an ice cream vendor in Phuket allowed two foreign men a free ride on his ice cream cart.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Thaiger (@thethaigerofficial) A Thai motorcyclist encountered the two men on the cart and shared a video of them on his TikTok account, @lionqueenzyy, on…

  • Phuket NewsRussian pickup driver surrenders over viral sex video in Phuket | Thaiger

    Russian pickup driver surrenders over viral sex video in Phuket

    A Russian man surrendered to police today, September 26, admitting that he was the driver of the black pickup truck featured in the viral sex video in Phuket. The explicit footage, showing 23 year old Russian national Georgii and a 42 year old Thai woman engaging in sexual activity on the moving vehicle along Phuket Bypass Road, to the ire…

  • Bangkok NewsOld woman saved after being left to scavenge for food in Bangkok condo | Thaiger

    Old woman saved after being left to scavenge for food in Bangkok condo

    A non-profit organisation, Be One, rescued an elderly woman who had been abandoned to live alone in a Bangkok condominium and was forced to search for scraps of food in rubbish bins. A 35 year old resident of the same condominium, identified only as A, reported the matter to Be One in the hope of finding a solution. A explained…

  • Chiang Mai NewsChiang Mai police caught extorting money from foreign tourist | Thaiger

    Chiang Mai police caught extorting money from foreign tourist

    A viral video emerged showing a police officer in Chiang Mai extorting money from a foreign motorcyclist, prompting an investigation into alleged corruption. The Facebook page Guru Guroo Chiang Mai shared the video yesterday, September 25, with the caption, “Another viral video! Thai police asked for ‘something’ from a foreign tourist. What’s that thing? The incident occurred near Chiang Mai…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman sues police for shooting and killing her mentally ill father | Thaiger

    Thai woman sues police for shooting and killing her mentally ill father

    A Thai woman is suing police in Ratchaburi province for abusing their authority after officers fatally shot her mentally ill father. Police defended their actions, citing the man’s repeated violent behaviour in the community. On September 24, officers from Mueang Ratchaburi Police Station responded to complaints from residents in Tha Rarb sub-district. Locals reported that 60 year old Suraphon, who…