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 NewsNoise annoys: Miscarriage blamed on neighbour’s Buddhist music

    Noise annoys: Miscarriage blamed on neighbour’s Buddhist music

    A Thai woman and her husband blamed a neighbour for her miscarriage, claiming she was stressed by the Buddhist music the neighbour played all day and night over several years in the central province of Ayutthaya. The 37 year old man, Chok, asked Channel 7 to share their story in order to reach an agreement with their neighbour. Chok stated…

  • Thailand NewsThai teenager murders his stepmother over money dispute

    Thai teenager murders his stepmother over money dispute

    A 15 year old Thai teenager in the Isaan province of Sakon Nakhon knifed his stepmother to death after a dispute over money on July 2. A 55 year old Thai man, Supoj, filed a complaint with Charoensin Police Station after discovering his 42 year old neighbour, Supranee Thamthong, lying dead in a pool of blood inside her home in…

  • Thailand NewsEngine revving dispute triggers shooting and stabbing in Bangkok

    Engine revving dispute triggers shooting and stabbing in Bangkok

    An argument between three Thai men over the sound of a revving motorcycle engine escalated into a shooting and stabbing at Kheha Nakhorn 2, Soi Lat Krabang 36 in Bangkok on July 4. Lat Krabang Police Station officers were alerted to the physical altercation in Soi Lat Krabang 36 at 6pm. Upon arrival at the scene with the Ruamkatanyu Rescue…

  • Thailand NewsThai man in BMW causes multiple crashes in Bangkok, 9 injured

    Thai man in BMW causes multiple crashes in Bangkok, 9 injured

    A hapless Thai man crashed his BMW into seven vehicles on Sukhaphiban 5 in the Saimai district of Bangkok on the night of June 4, injuring nine people. Two of the victims are in hospital in a critical condition. The wretched BMW driver, That, aged between 40 and 45 years old, crashed his white saloon into a motorcycle on Sukhaphiban…

  • Thailand NewsPoisoned soft drink suspected in death of Thai woman in Isaan

    Poisoned soft drink suspected in death of Thai woman in Isaan

    A Thai man suspects that his mother was fatally poisoned after drinking a green mixed fruit soft drink that was left outside their shared home in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. Officers from the Nong Wua So Police Station intervened in the funeral ceremony of the 52 year old Thai woman, Sarinee, at Tun Awang Temple. Officers requested Sarinee’s relatives…

  • Phuket NewsForeign teacher allegedly sexual assaults at least 5 Thai schoolgirls

    Foreign teacher allegedly sexual assaults at least 5 Thai schoolgirls

    A Thai woman accused the management and teachers of a school in the northern province of Phitsanulok of ignorance after several schoolgirls, including her niece, were sexually assaulted by a foreign teacher. The victim’s 30 year old aunt, Kai, decided to share details of the sexual assault with Channel 3 today, July 4, after the school dismissed the issue. Kai…

  • Thailand NewsThai family seeks help after meningitis scare in South Korea

    Thai family seeks help after meningitis scare in South Korea

    A Thai woman‘s family appealed to the public for financial support after she suffered meningitis while attending a company seminar in South Korea. The woman’s brother, Nakarin Rungthongkumkul, took to social media to share that his sister, Purima “Kim” Rungthongkumkul, was hospitalised at Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital in Busan City, South Korea, due to meningitis. According to Nakarin, Kim…

  • Thailand NewsThai man walks 4km for help after being stabbed by homeless man

    Thai man walks 4km for help after being stabbed by homeless man

    A Thai man walked 4 kilometres to seek help after a homeless man stabbed him to steal alms he collected from an ordination ceremony at a temple in Chon Buri. Sawang Boriboon Dhammasathan Rescue Foundation was called to Soi Photisan in the Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri to rescue the injured Thai man, Somchai. Bang Lamung Police Station also…

  • Thailand NewsPattaya taxi driver assaults 2 women over signal dispute (video)

    Pattaya taxi driver assaults 2 women over signal dispute (video)

    Two women reached out to several Thai news agencies to seek justice after a motorcycle taxi rider physically assaulted them in Soi Pattaya 4 after they complained about the rider failing to signal before turning. The victims, 42 year old Mayom and 25 year old Arthitiya, revealed to Channel 3 and other news agencies that the assault occurred on July…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok man robbed of 3.3 million baht in supermarket car park

    Bangkok man robbed of 3.3 million baht in supermarket car park

    A Thai man yesterday was relieved of 3.3 million baht in cash by two armed robbers in the car park of a supermarket on Pattanakarn Road in the Suan Luang district of Bangkok. The victim, 44 year old Yanai Taechatanabut, reported the theft to Prawet Police Station officers at about 3.30pm yesterday, July 3. Officers then rushed to the supermarket…

  • Thailand NewsTime is up: Fake luxury watch scam busted in Bangkok condo

    Time is up: Fake luxury watch scam busted in Bangkok condo

    Police arrested a foreign couple at their condominium on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok for selling fake luxury watches that caused 12 million baht in damage. Mueang Thong Thani Immigration Bureau in the central province of Nonthaburi reported the successful arrest of the foreign couple yesterday, July 3. According to the officers, the arrest warrants were issued against the couple, a…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok garbage man finds bodies of newborn baby boys in trash

    Bangkok garbage man finds bodies of newborn baby boys in trash

    A garbage collector last night stumbled upon a shocking discovery: the dead bodies of two newborn twin boys at the rear of the garbage truck while working in Soi Phahonyothin 13 in the Phayathai district of Bangkok. Bang Sue Police Station officers, along with medical professionals from the Police General Hospital, yesterday, July 3, at 10pm, investigated the discovery of…

  • Thailand NewsThai passengers seek help from drug-addicted minibus driver

    Thai passengers seek help from drug-addicted minibus driver

    Minibus passengers today sought help from Nakhon Pathom Highway Police after the drug-addicted driver drove dangerously on a trip from the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok. Officers from Nakhon Pathom Highway Police Station today, July 3, were alerted that the Bangkok-Prachuap Khiri Khan minibus driver was driving at a very high speed, and the vehicle was swerving…

  • Thailand NewsThai rangers hunts for invasive peacocks to protect Thai peafowls

    Thai rangers hunts for invasive peacocks to protect Thai peafowls

    Thai rangers and relevant officials at Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in the central province of Uthai Thani are hunting down Indian and mixed-breed peafowl to prevent cross-breeding and the extinction of Thai peacocks, also known as the green peafowl. Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the two main habitats where the endangered green peafowl are most often…

  • Thailand NewsThai mother blames hospital birth procedures for baby’s disability

    Thai mother blames hospital birth procedures for baby’s disability

    A Thai woman blamed a hospital medical team in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok for her daughter’s disability, saying a doctor forced her to give birth naturally when a caesarean section was needed. The 46 year old Thai woman, Pattama, lodged a complaint with the Ministry of Public Health since her 10 month old daughter has been unable to use…

  • Crime NewsThai woman escapes sexual assault at petrol station bathroom

    Thai woman escapes sexual assault at petrol station bathroom

    A Thai woman narrowly escaped being sexually assaulted by a drug addict in a petrol station bathroom in the Isaan province of Khon Kaen. The suspect was identified after he was arrested for drug use by another police team. The story was shared on social media platforms to warn others, especially women, who use public bathrooms at petrol stations and…

  • Thailand NewsThailand rescue: Moroccan call centre scam victims freed

    Thailand rescue: Moroccan call centre scam victims freed

    Immigration Bureau officers in Thailand helped six Moroccans return to Morocco. They were released by a call centre scam gang in Myanmar after their families paid 300,000 baht in ransom. The release of the six Moroccan victims follows the previous release of two other Moroccan nationals. The first two victims paid 200,000 baht in ransom to the scam gang. The two…

  • Thailand NewsThai man sexually assaulted in car after accepting free ride

    Thai man sexually assaulted in car after accepting free ride

    A Thai man accused another man of sexually assaulting him after offering a free ride. The driver then touched his passenger inappropriately and masturbated in the car. The 23 year old man, identified only as To, filed the sexual assault complaint at Mueang Loei Police Station in the Isaan province of Loei at about 3.30pm on July 1. To identified…

  • Thailand NewsPhuket Bolt driver defends actions after entering passenger’s room

    Phuket Bolt driver defends actions after entering passenger’s room

    A Thai Bolt driver in Phuket turned himself into officers at Patong Police Station yesterday to defend himself. He insisted that the female passenger allowed him to enter her room and that he had no ill intentions towards her. The 25 year old Thai woman, Nan, filed a complaint at Patong Police Station after the Bolt driver, later identified as…

  • Thailand NewsThai man plants seed of awareness about pervert underwear thief

    Thai man plants seed of awareness about pervert underwear thief

    A Thai man is warning locals, especially women, to be on the lookout for a pervert with an underwear fetish after finding a large quantity of female lingerie on a eucalyptus plantation in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima. The 49 year old Thai man, Banlaeng Sukkratoke, shared videos of panties and bras hanging on two wooden racks in the…

  • Thailand News2 killed and 3 injured in crane collapse at Bangkok construction site

    2 killed and 3 injured in crane collapse at Bangkok construction site

    A crane collapsed at a construction site in Soi On Nut 86 in the Prawet district of Bangkok at around 2.20pm today, July 2, killing two and injuring three others. Praram Radio Centre 199 reported the fatal incident at the construction site in Soi On Nut 86 at 2.20pm today on its official X (Twitter) account. Officers from the Prawet…

  • Thailand NewsKFC Thailand clucks for National Fried Chicken Day with free drumsticks

    KFC Thailand clucks for National Fried Chicken Day with free drumsticks

    KFC Thailand is celebrating the upcoming National Fried Chicken Day on July 6 with a special promotion that will give you a free crispy fried drumstick if you can crow like a chicken at the staff. July 6 is considered National Fried Chicken Day in the United States. Fried chicken lovers will celebrate the day by cooking and eating fried…

  • Crime NewsThai man arrested for raping niece over 7-year period

    Thai man arrested for raping niece over 7-year period

    A court in the northern province of Chiang Rai denied a bail request for a Thai man who repeatedly raped his niece from when she was eight until she was 15. He also threatened the girl to drop a complaint against him. The victim’s 44 year old mother contacted the Paveena Foundation for Children and Women because she was worried…

  • Thailand NewsThai man suspected of killing his wife and staging her suicide

    Thai man suspected of killing his wife and staging her suicide

    A Thai mother urged police to investigate the death of her daughter, suspecting her son-in-law of killing his wife and staging her suicide in a wooden hut on a rubber plantation in the Isaan province of Loei. The 56 year old Thai woman, Hongruethai, told Mueang Loei Police Station and Channel 7 that her 26 year old daughter was found…

  • Thailand NewsThai man in Isaan attempts suicide again after 21st heartbreak

    Thai man in Isaan attempts suicide again after 21st heartbreak

    Another heartbreak, his 21st, forced a Thai man to attempt suicide by jumping off a bridge in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. This wasn’t the man’s first try, he had made multiple attempts to take his life in the past. The story of Natthawut Sanphakarn previously made headlines in Thai and international news in September last year. At that…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman demands justice after finding Phuket Bolt driver in bed

    Thai woman demands justice after finding Phuket Bolt driver in bed

    A Thai woman filed a complaint with the police after a Bolt driver in Phuket entered her condominium room in the Patong sub-district and slept with her in her bed. The 25 year old woman, Nan, shared her story with the Phuket Times to warn other women and urge the app-based driver not to repeat his actions. According to Nan,…

  • Thailand NewsThai father commits suicide after son’s assault and unfair police fine

    Thai father commits suicide after son’s assault and unfair police fine

    A Thai father committed suicide so his family could access his funeral fund to pay an unfair fine imposed by police in the central province of Suphan Buri after the man’s 14 year old son was physically assaulted by his friend’s father. The story of the 63 year old Thai man, Sakorn, and his two sons went viral on Thai social…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman allegedly orchestrates attack and robbery of ex (video)

    Thai woman allegedly orchestrates attack and robbery of ex (video)

    A Thai woman allegedly hired three Thai men to rob and attack her ex-lover yesterday after he allegedly swindled her out of 200,000 baht during their relationship. The 29 year old victim sought help from an officer at Trat Bus Terminal in the eastern province of Thailand at around 3am, yesterday, June 30, stating that he had been attacked and…

  • Thailand NewsTragic turn: Burmese father accidently runs over baby daughter

    Tragic turn: Burmese father accidently runs over baby daughter

    A Burmese father was devastated yesterday after he accidentally ran over and killed his one year old daughter outside their home in the central province of Nakhon Pathom. Sam Phran Hospital in Nakhon Pathom province reported the death of one year old Cherry to Sam Phran Police Station yesterday, June 30. According to the hospital, the girl’s father, a 38…

  • Thailand NewsThai man caught drink driving accuses 5 cops of assault and theft

    Thai man caught drink driving accuses 5 cops of assault and theft

    A Thai man accused five police officers from Nong Hin Police Station in the Isaan province of Loei of brutally assaulting him, and stealing his gold necklace and 1,000 baht in cash after officers arrested him for drink driving. The family of 42 year old Santi asked Channel 7 to help them seek justice, accusing five policemen from Nong Hin…