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 NewsIndonesian man wreaks havoc after Thai woman rejects him (video)

    Indonesian man wreaks havoc after Thai woman rejects him (video)

    Police apprehended an Indonesian man yesterday in a rented room in the Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakan province near Bangkok for causing a disturbance after being rejected by a Thai woman. The Indonesian man, Iqbal, trashed the rented room in Samut Prakan while drunk. Phra Pradaeng Police Station officers were called to the scene to control the situation. Each…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman fights off bag snatcher in Cambodia to save belongings

    Thai woman fights off bag snatcher in Cambodia to save belongings

    A Thai woman working in the Cambodian city of Poipet yesterday fought off a bag snatcher and managed to retrieve her belongings. Thai nationals previously filed nine similar theft cases to the Cambodian police without any successful arrests. Both Thai and Cambodian nationals working in Poipet have fallen victim to thefts in recent months, prompting officials from both countries to…

  • Thailand NewsBody of Thai woman found abandoned in Samut Sakhon forest

    Body of Thai woman found abandoned in Samut Sakhon forest

    A garbage collector yesterday stumbled upon the dead body of a Thai woman by a roadside forest in the central province of Samut Sakhon. Officers from Khokkham Police Station yesterday, July 11, were called to the roadside forest along Ban Khanom-Ban Kwang Road to investigate the dead body. The spot was far from any residential area and was used as…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for pimping out 16 year old boy to sex creator

    Thai man arrested for pimping out 16 year old boy to sex creator

    Police arrested a Thai man in the central province of Prachin Buri for pimping out a 16 year old boy to a sex creator who sold child pornography on X (Twitter). Officers from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) arrested the 24 year old Thai man, Weerayut, also known as Toey, at his home in the Nadee district of Prachin…

  • Thailand News13 year old Thai boy dies after ketamine injection by his friends

    13 year old Thai boy dies after ketamine injection by his friends

    The family of a 13 year old Thai boy suspected his friends of killing him with a poisonous kratom drink. The teenager’s friends later confessed to giving the victim an injection of ketamine, which led to his death. The teenager, Akkarawat “Tigger” Phonlasen, was found lying lifeless on the sofa in his home in Bangkok on the morning of July…

  • Thailand NewsPattaya residents sin-sitively slam ‘Sin City’ slur

    Pattaya residents sin-sitively slam ‘Sin City’ slur

    Pattaya residents hit out to defend their city’s image after a major Thai news outlet referred to Pattaya as “Sin City” and a “Paradise of Prostitutes” in a recent headline. One of the biggest Thai news agencies, ThaiRath, recently published an article with the alleged offensive headline this week. It sparked criticism from Thai netizens, particularly those living in Pattaya.…

  • Thailand NewsThai-British couple ‘paws’ to save puppy from restaurant abuse

    Thai-British couple ‘paws’ to save puppy from restaurant abuse

    A Thai woman and her British husband rescued a puppy after a mentally ill Thai man abused the animal outside his restaurant in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. Officers from Mueang Udon Thani Police Station were alerted to the animal abuse at 11.20am today, July 11. They were called to the incident scene, a restaurant in Soi Adunlayadet 5…

  • Thailand NewsThai man denies rape despite presence of semen at crime scene

    Thai man denies rape despite presence of semen at crime scene

    A Thai man denied raping a 17 year old girl despite the presence of semen in the victim’s home in the Isaan province of Buriram. He admitted to using drugs and claimed that he only intended to steal from the victim’s home. The 17 year old victim arrived at the house of a deputy community leader on her bicycle at…

  • Thailand NewsCentral Thailand gas plant blast claims one life, injures another

    Central Thailand gas plant blast claims one life, injures another

    An explosion at a gas filling plant this afternoon, in the Doem Bang Nang Buat district of the central province of Suphan Buri, reportedly claimed the life of one worker and injured at least one other. The Thai News Agency reported, at around 2pm today, July 11, that several workers at the gas filling plant were trapped inside after the…

  • Thailand NewsCannabis crusaders’ hunger strike: High stakes classification protest

    Cannabis crusaders’ hunger strike: High stakes classification protest

    Cannabis supporters began a hunger strike yesterday in reaction to the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) agreeing to reclassify cannabis as a Narcotics Category 5 drug. Marijuana was removed from Narcotics Category 5 on June 9, 2022, allowing people to use cannabis products containing no more than 2% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for health-related purposes only, not recreation. While there were…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok taxi rider’s suspicion leads to discovery of passenger’s body

    Bangkok taxi rider’s suspicion leads to discovery of passenger’s body

    A Thai motorcycle taxi rider tragically discovered the lifeless body of a regular customer on a camp bed in his apartment room after the man had been missing in Samut Prakan province near Bangkok. The body of 53 year old Thaweechai was found on a camp bed in his apartment in Soi Suksawat 70, Phrapradaeng district, Samut Prakan province, on…

  • Thailand News27 young Thai girls sexually assaulted by school director in Lopburi

    27 young Thai girls sexually assaulted by school director in Lopburi

    The Thai parents and guardians of 27 girls accompanied them to file a complaint against the director of Wat Phongam School in the central province of Lopburi for allegedly sexually assaulting them. The victims and their parents and guardians visited Chai Badan Police Station to take legal action against the school director, whose identity has not been revealed. The issue…

  • Thailand NewsRussian man arrested for illegal business, bribe attempt

    Russian man arrested for illegal business, bribe attempt

    A Russian man attempted to secure his freedom by offering a 1 million baht bribe to Thai police after being arrested for illegally operating a motorcycle rental service in Koh Pha Ngan, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani. Pha Ngan Tourist Police received a tip-off about a foreigner working illegally in Thailand. Following further investigation, the man…

  • Thailand NewsThai man wanted for groping woman’s breasts on motorcycle

    Thai man wanted for groping woman’s breasts on motorcycle

    A Thai woman urged netizens to help her locate a man who groped her breasts while she was travelling on a motorcycle with her friend in Phuket on Tuesday. The victim took to social media to share the story, saying it happened around 9.30pm on Tuesday, July 9, near the SuperCheap grocery store in Soi Kok Makham, Rawai sub-district, Phuket.…

  • Thailand NewsJapanese man arrested for assaulting and detaining Thai ex

    Japanese man arrested for assaulting and detaining Thai ex

    Immigration Bureau officers arrested a Japanese man for physically assaulting and detaining his Thai ex-girlfriend. He also overstayed his visa while hiding from arrest in a Japanese kidnapping case. The Thai woman, identified only as Bee, filed a police complaint stating that her Japanese ex-boyfriend, Ichiro, physically abused and detained her during their relationship. Bee said Ichiro exhibited aggressive behaviour…

  • Thailand NewsForeign man smashes car window and tries to assault Lao man

    Foreign man smashes car window and tries to assault Lao man

    A Laotian businessman demanded that a foreigner in the Isaan province of Udon Thani take responsibility for smashing his car window and attempting to punch him in the face. Mueang Udon Thani Police Station was alerted to investigate a damaged car at Nong Bua Market Intersection at 4pm yesterday, July 9. Upon arrival, officers met the car’s owner, a 68…

  • Thailand News3 year old kidnapped by mother’s ex and abandoned on roadside

    3 year old kidnapped by mother’s ex and abandoned on roadside

    Locals in the Isaan province of Nakhon Phanom found a three year old girl abandoned by a roadside after she had been kidnapped by her mother’s ex-boyfriend from a school in Kalasin province. The Thai mother took to social media to search for her three year old daughter, Aung Ing, who went missing from her school yesterday, July 9. Security…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman denies detaining brother amid inheritance dispute

    Thai woman denies detaining brother amid inheritance dispute

    A Thai woman denied detaining her younger brother amidst a 100-million-baht inheritance dispute, as claimed by her brother’s wife. The Thai woman hit back, accusing her sister-in-law of failing to care for her brother properly. The woman, Sunee Tanboonheng, urged non-profit organisation Saimai Survive to help free her husband, Wisit, from the control of his older sister, Sawitri, also known…

  • Thailand NewsBurmese woman confesses to dumping newborn twins in Bangkok

    Burmese woman confesses to dumping newborn twins in Bangkok

    Police identified a Burmese woman as the mother of two newborn twin boys whose bodies were abandoned in a garbage bin in Soi Phahonyothin 13 in Bangkok on July 3. A refuse collector discovered the dead bodies of two baby boys at the rear of his rubbish truck while working. The bodies were wrapped in plastic bags and left in…

  • Thailand NewsThai PM Srettha honoured with President’s Award of Service

    Thai PM Srettha honoured with President’s Award of Service

    The Claremont Graduate University in California, USA, honoured Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin with the President’s Award of Service. This award recognises his significant contributions to the public, the promotion of human development, and the advocacy of human rights. The Thai premier is the first alumnus of Claremont Graduate University to receive this award. The university’s executive team and representatives…

  • Thailand NewsCCTV captures undie-clad man with a stick causing chaos in Isaan

    CCTV captures undie-clad man with a stick causing chaos in Isaan

    CCTV footage showed a Thai man with mental health issues wandering around a community in the Isaan province of Udon Thani wearing only underwear and damaging locals’ property with a wooden stick. The owner of a dormitory in the Ban Lao community, Somphit Tosuk, filed a complaint against the 50 year old Thai man named Pom and handed security camera…

  • Thailand NewsStoke-victim detained by sister over 100 million inheritance dispute

    Stoke-victim detained by sister over 100 million inheritance dispute

    A Thai woman allegedly kidnapped her stroke victim brother for nearly two weeks because of a 100-million-baht inheritance conflict. Sunee Tanboonheng contacted non-profit organisation Saimai Survive, claiming her husband was kidnapped from their shared home in Bangkok by his older sister, Yok. The sister then detained him in her home in Samut Prakan province near Bangkok. Sunee revealed to Saimai…

  • Thailand NewsThailand on track to upgrade third-class trains with air-con & seats

    Thailand on track to upgrade third-class trains with air-con & seats

    The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to improve the service and facilities of its third-class trains by spending 780 million baht on new seats and air conditioning. For the first phase, 130 third-class carriages will be equipped with air conditioning by next year. The Deputy Minister of Transport, Surapong Piyachote, told DailyNews that the SRT is now seeking operators…

  • Crime NewsPhuket man arrested for raping his stepdaughter and niece

    Phuket man arrested for raping his stepdaughter and niece

    Police arrested a Thai man for repeatedly raping his nine year old stepdaughter and 11 year old niece at the homes of his wife and mistress in the Chalong sub-district of Phuket. A teacher from Ban Chalong School in Phuket filed a complaint with Chalong Police Station officers at about 8pm on July 6 that two young girls were victims…

  • Thailand NewsThai-Singaporean singer hits sour note after assault in Nonthaburi

    Thai-Singaporean singer hits sour note after assault in Nonthaburi

    A Thai-Singaporean singer yesterday filed a complaint against a Thai man who physically assaulted him over an alleged affair with his girlfriend at a condominium in Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok. The singer, 23 year old Kittisak “Hun” Boonsan, reported the attacker, identified only as Q, to Mueang Nonthaburi Police Station yesterday, July 8. Hun explained that Q accused him of…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman attacked by homeless man near On Nut BTS Station

    Thai woman attacked by homeless man near On Nut BTS Station

    A Thai woman took to TikTok on Sunday to issue a warning and seek justice after a homeless man randomly attacked and punched her in the face, under On Nut BTS Station in Bangkok. The victim, Pimpisa, also known as Mingju, recounted the attack in a video shared on her TikTok account, @mingjupimpisa. The incident occurred on a footpath under the…

  • Thailand NewsPattaya bus office robbed of cash, phones, and documents

    Pattaya bus office robbed of cash, phones, and documents

    Police are searching for thieves who stole cash, mobile phones, and important documents from an office of the Pattaya Bus Cooperative last night, July 8. Pattaya Bus Cooperative President Raewat Chiangchin filed a complaint with Bang Lamung Police Station reporting that an unknown number of thieves entered the three-storey office at night. The thieves are suspected to have entered the…

  • Thailand NewsSleepy driver kills 3 and injures 2 in Songkhla accident

    Sleepy driver kills 3 and injures 2 in Songkhla accident

    A Thai woman, suspected of falling asleep at the wheel, crashed her pickup into another vehicle on the Songkhla-Natawee Road in southern Thailand. The tragic incident resulted in her death, along with two others, while two more sustained serious injuries. Officers from Khuanmeed Police Station and rescuers from the Chanong Sub-district and Nitimittaparb Rescue Foundations arrived at the scene at…

  • Thailand News2 Thai women unite to expose soldier’s extortion scheme

    2 Thai women unite to expose soldier’s extortion scheme

    Two Thai victims stepped forward to warn other women about their ex-boyfriend, a soldier in the Royal Thai Army (RTA) after he extorted money from them and recorded explicit videos involving one victim. The first victim, 41 year old Nok, disclosed to Channel 3 that she initially encountered Lance Corporal Sun on TikTok. Sun had been interacting with her videos…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok governor urged to address homeless & sex workers issue

    Bangkok governor urged to address homeless & sex workers issue

    Facebook page Hey, This is Thailand’s Footpath (เฮ้ย นี่มันฟุตบาทไทยแลนด์), demanded Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt address the issue of a footpath near the Airport Rail Link Makkasan Station being occupied by homeless people and sex workers. The Facebook page shared a picture on Saturday, July 6, showing a clothes rack on the footpath opposite Asoke Skin Hospital. The caption read, “Footpath…