Petch Petpailin

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 NewsDrug-addicted Thai man’s petrol fury leaves neighbours in critical condition

    Drug-addicted Thai man’s petrol fury leaves neighbours in critical condition

    A drug-addicted Thai man with a mental illness set fire to three neighbours on Sunday in the central province of Lopburi on the night. Two victims are in a critical condition. The incident took place at about 7pm on Sunday, July 28, at the house of one of the victims in the Ngew Rai sub-district, Mueang district, Lopburi. The three injured…

  • Thailand News2 Chinese men croc-ed in northern Thailand for wildlife trafficking

    2 Chinese men croc-ed in northern Thailand for wildlife trafficking

    Officers at Mae Sot Customs in the northern province of Tak arrested two Chinese men for wildlife trafficking on Monday. Mae Sot Customs officers told Channel 7 that they stopped a suspicious pickup truck at the Huay Kralok community in the Mae Sot district of Tak at about 2pm on Sunday, July 28. The driver was a Chinese man named…

  • Thailand NewsChinese woman rescued from 15 million baht virtual kidnapping

    Chinese woman rescued from 15 million baht virtual kidnapping

    Thai police rescued a Chinese woman in Bangkok from a virtual kidnapping after a call centre scam gang tricked her into staging a kidnap and extorting 15 million baht from her parents. The Chinese man, Liang Luihua, hired a Thai woman, Napaphat Noppasettakarn, to file a complaint at Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station after his daughter, 21 year old Wang Jia…

  • Bangkok News3 Chinese nationals arrested in Bangkok for call centre scam

    3 Chinese nationals arrested in Bangkok for call centre scam

    Officers from the Provincial Police Region 2 Investigation Division arrested three Chinese nationals at a condominium in the Prawet district of Bangkok on July 19 for running a call centre scam using a SIM box to contact targeted victims. The Investigation Division of Provincial Police Region 2 explored the scammers who used the SIM boxes or GSM Gateways to remotely…

  • Thailand NewsTikTok star arrested at Bangkok airport for operating online gambling

    TikTok star arrested at Bangkok airport for operating online gambling

    Police arrested a Thai TikTok star at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok yesterday, after discovering she was operating a gambling website with over 4 billion baht in circulation. Officers from the Special Operation Unit for the Prevention and Suppression of Digital Crimes from the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) arrested a 29 year old Thai woman named Chutima,…

  • Thailand NewsBig Joke changes name for better luck amid gambling scandal

    Big Joke changes name for better luck amid gambling scandal

    The Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police (RTP), Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn, changed his name, adding one more letter for better luck. Big Joke was recently removed from his position following an alleged involvement in a gambling and money laundering operation. It is alleged there were financial connections between him and a gambling network. The deputy commissioner denied all…

  • Thailand NewsThai gambling king seeks justice after assassination attempt in jail

    Thai gambling king seeks justice after assassination attempt in jail

    An imprisoned Thai gambling king hired a lawyer to seek justice after a fellow inmate attempted to kill him inside Bang Kwang Central Prison near Bangkok. The lawyer, Withun Keng-ngan, disclosed details of the assassination attempt against Apirak “Po” Chat-arnon, also known as Sia Po, during an interview with Channel 3 on July 30. Withun and Sia Po’s family are…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman sues Grab driver for drink driving, sexual harassment

    Thai woman sues Grab driver for drink driving, sexual harassment

    A Thai woman is seeking legal action against a Grab driver after he drank alcohol while driving and sexually harassed her. He later tried to enter her condo in the Isaan province of Khon Kaen. The 20 year old victim, Eye, filed a complaint against the Grab driver, Rattaphum Sisompan, at Mueang Khon Kaen Police Station and handed over a…

  • Bangkok NewsDisabled man arrested for throwing rock at car in Bangkok (video)

    Disabled man arrested for throwing rock at car in Bangkok (video)

    A Thai woman took to social media to warn motorists in Bangkok after a disabled man threw a rock at her car while travelling on Banthat Thong Road on Sunday, July 28. Many netizens shared that this man committed the same crime in the Silom area. The female driver shared the video of the disabled suspect attempting to flee from…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman killed by stray bullet after neighbours’ dog dispute

    Thai woman killed by stray bullet after neighbours’ dog dispute

    Two Thai men engaged in a heated argument over a dog which led to the shooting and death of a 61 year old neighbour at a rented room in the southern province of Trang. A 64 year old Thai man, Samran, was charged with intentional murder, attempted murder, and illegal possession of a gun after the death of a 61…

  • Thailand NewsDrug-addicted Thai man beheads wife, claims ghost possessed her

    Drug-addicted Thai man beheads wife, claims ghost possessed her

    A drug-addicted Thai man beheaded his wife at their shared home in the Laplae district of the northern province of Uttaradit, claiming he killed a ghost, not his wife. Officers from the Laplae Police Station, and local administrative officials, on Sunday, July 28, searched for a 49 year old Thai man named Narin, for the murder of his 49 year…

  • Bangkok NewsChinese tourists accused of killing kitten with luggage

    Chinese tourists accused of killing kitten with luggage

    Thai netizens condemned two foreign tourists for kicking and running their luggage over a kitten, leading to its death in Soi Phayanak near Ratchathewi BTS Station in Bangkok. The tourists were widely assumed to be Chinese. News Facebook page Social Hunter 2022 shared pictures of the dead animal and the tourists, reported to be Chinese, on Sunday, July 28. The…

  • Thailand NewsBritish man rescued after falling off cliff in northern Thailand

    British man rescued after falling off cliff in northern Thailand

    Tourist Police officers rescued a British man on Sunday who fell off a cliff at Pai Canyon in the northern province of Mae Hong Son. Mae Hong Son Provincial Tourist Police Office were alerted to the accident at about 8am on Sunday, July 28. Police officers and rescuers from the Pai Samakki Foundation then rushed to the scene. Upon arrival,…

  • Thailand NewsThai rapist attempts to kill 14 year old victim after her pregnancy

    Thai rapist attempts to kill 14 year old victim after her pregnancy

    The family of a 14 year old Thai girl is seeking justice after an influential 72 year old man in the southern province of Surat Thani repeatedly raped the teenager for over a year and tried to kill her to conceal his crime after she became pregnant. The victim’s 49 year old mother, Suphannee, filed a rape complaint at Hua…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman’s repeated assaults by ex-boyfriend ignored by police

    Thai woman’s repeated assaults by ex-boyfriend ignored by police

    A Thai woman took to social media seeking help after her ex-boyfriend stalked and physically assaulted her and her family members over the past two years, with the police neglecting her case. The victim, identified only as May, shared her story with the Facebook page Esor News 3 after her ex-boyfriend, Deer, continued to evade capture despite years of abuse.…

  • Thailand NewsThai man confesses to killing his friend over love triangle

    Thai man confesses to killing his friend over love triangle

    A Thai man confessed to killing his friend and dumping the body in a pond in the central province of Nakhon Sawan after becoming entangled in a bitter love triangle. A 75 year old Thai woman, Prayong, filed a missing person complaint with Thatako Police Station, stating that her 53 year old son, Yodrak, had been missing from home since…

  • Thailand NewsBurmese couple intervenes in argument, resulting in murder

    Burmese couple intervenes in argument, resulting in murder

    A Burmese couple intervened in an argument with another Burmese couple, resulting in the murder of a woman on Wednesday at an apartment in the Bang Bir district of Samut Prakan province. A Burmese woman was killed while her boyfriend was seriously injured in the incident. Khlong Dan Police Station officers investigated the scene of the crime in Soi Rojanakun…

  • Thailand NewsThai man rescued after brutal torture by employers in Isaan (video)

    Thai man rescued after brutal torture by employers in Isaan (video)

    Social media influencer Guntouch “Gun” Pongpaiboonwet rescued a Thai man after he was brutally tortured by his two employers at an electronic appliance store in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima. The 38 year old victim, Kong, sent his story to Gun’s official Facebook page, asking the influencer to help him. He told Gun that his employers brutally assaulted him…

  • Thailand NewsCult blamed for deadly killing rampage in Surat Thani

    Cult blamed for deadly killing rampage in Surat Thani

    Police reported that a strange cult allegedly led a Thai man to go on a killing rampage yesterday, taking the life of his niece and injuring her daughter at a palm plantation in the southern province. The violent rampage was reported at approximately 2pm yesterday, July 25, at a palm plantation in the Phrasaeng district of Surat Thani. Officers from…

  • Thailand NewsPolish man arrested for ganja LED grow lights theft in Chiang Mai

    Polish man arrested for ganja LED grow lights theft in Chiang Mai

    Chon Buri Provincial Immigration Office officers arrested a Polish man for the theft of LED lights from a ganja farm in the northern province of Chiang Mai as he was about to renew his visa. The owner of a cannabis farm in the Sansai district of Chiang Mai filed a complaint against the farm’s former consultant, 37 year old Polish…

  • Thailand NewsHomeless Thai couple caught having sex in temple in Isaan (video)

    Homeless Thai couple caught having sex in temple in Isaan (video)

    A Thai monk caught a homeless couple having sex in a temple in the Isaan province of Surin and called the police to the scene to stop them from continuing the dirty deed. Officers from Mueang Surin Police Station were called to the temple in the middle of the night after the monk found the homeless couple engaging in sexual…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman killed, girl injured in rampage in Surat Thani

    Thai woman killed, girl injured in rampage in Surat Thani

    Phrasaeng Police Station officers have surrounded a palm plantation in the southern province of Surat Thani after a Thai man went on a rampage, killing one woman and injuring a young girl. Police were notified about the rampage at approximately 2pm today, July 25, and rushed to the scene along with a rescue team. Officers reported to KhaoSod that the…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman accuses ex-husband’s wife of killing him for fortune

    Thai woman accuses ex-husband’s wife of killing him for fortune

    A Thai woman in the southern province of Krabi accused her ex-husband’s wife of killing him for his 10 million baht fortune. The wife admitted to killing her husband but did not mention her husband’s assets. Officers from Khao Phanom Police Station were alerted to the death of 52 year old Thai man Preecha at 9pm on July 22. He…

  • Thailand NewsThai motorcycle taxi rider survives stabbing, robbery in Pattaya

    Thai motorcycle taxi rider survives stabbing, robbery in Pattaya

    A 60 year old motorcycle taxi rider managed to escape from an armed robber who posed as a passenger before stabbing him in the neck and an attempt to steal from him on Soi Thung Klom Tanman 13 in Pattaya. The motorcycle taxi rider, Sakchai, sought help from a rescue team in the early hours of yesterday, July 24, after…

  • Thailand News3 year old Thai boy rescued from drug-addict mother

    3 year old Thai boy rescued from drug-addict mother

    A neighbour urged a social media influencer to save a three year old Thai boy from his party-loving, drug-addicted mother at their home in the central province of Pathum Thani. The mother confessed to leaving her son alone at home while she enjoyed some fun and frolics at a drug party with friends. The neighbour called the social media influencer,…

  • Thailand NewsChinese couple deported over passport sale billboard in Bangkok

    Chinese couple deported over passport sale billboard in Bangkok

    The Immigration Bureau blacklisted a Chinese woman from entering Thailand and deported her Chinese husband over a controversial advertising billboard about passport sales at the Huay Kwang Intersection in Bangkok. Thai netizens recently shared a picture of a Chinese billboard that advertised a service for issuing passports for Indonesia, Vanuatu, Cambodia, and Turkey, raising suspicions about whether the service was…

  • Thailand NewsThai man at risk of losing eyesight after being mauled by a bear

    Thai man at risk of losing eyesight after being mauled by a bear

    A Thai man risks losing his eyesight after a bear attacked him on his plantation on Tuesday in the central province of Nakhon Nayok resulting in severe injuries. Locals in the Pak Plee district of Nakhon Nayok reported the discovery of a bear weighing about 100 kilogrammes to the director of Khao Yai National Park on July 19, prompting rangers…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman arrested for knife-point robbery at Chon Buri store

    Thai woman arrested for knife-point robbery at Chon Buri store

    Police arrested a Thai woman yesterday after she robbed a convenience store in Chon Buri province and threatened a worker with a knife on July 22. The armed robbery took place at a convenience store in the Sriracha district of Chon Buri on Monday night, July 22. Security footage shared on Channel 7 showed the female thief in a red…

  • Thailand NewsPolice finds 400,000 Yaba pills in car abandoned on Isaan road

    Police finds 400,000 Yaba pills in car abandoned on Isaan road

    The deputy commissioner of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and his team yesterday discovered 400,000 tablets of methamphetamine, also known as Yaba, in a car abandoned along the Sakhon Nakhon-Nakae Road in Khok Si Suphan, in the Isaan province of Sakhon Nakhon. Deputy Commissioner of the CSD, Chatree Pongpaiboon, and his team members spotted a grey Toyota Yaris saloon and…

  • Thailand News2 Thai men wanted for dumping body of infant at Bangkok temple

    2 Thai men wanted for dumping body of infant at Bangkok temple

    Police are searching for two Thai men who left a foam box containing the frozen body of an infant girl at Phai Liang Temple in Soi Petchkasem 101 in the Nong Khaem district of Bangkok yesterday. A Thai man yesterday, July 23, called Nongkangplu Police Station and rescuers to the Phai Liang Temple after the two men abandoned the baby.…