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 NewsPortuguese man missing in Koh Pha Ngan, wife fears suicide | Thaiger

    Portuguese man missing in Koh Pha Ngan, wife fears suicide

    The wife of a Portuguese man, missing from his home in Koh Pha Ngan since November 17, fears he may have taken his own life. The 38 year old half-Thai, half-American woman, Avalon Oneita Juliana, sought help from local police and the Portuguese Embassy in Thailand after her husband, 51 year old Daniel Joao D’Costa Ferreira Dos Santos, disappeared. Santos…

  • Thailand NewsThai man shares footage of woman jumping into his car at red light | Thaiger

    Thai man shares footage of woman jumping into his car at red light

    A Thai man issued a warning to motorists in Chon Buri after an unknown woman entered his car while he was parked at a red light and urged him to continue driving without providing a clear destination. The Thai man shared dashcam footage of the woman entering his car with Channel 7. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, December 10,…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman caught smuggling 6 million baht of cocaine into Japan | Thaiger

    Thai woman caught smuggling 6 million baht of cocaine into Japan

    A Thai woman was arrested at Kansai International Airport in Osaka after she smuggled 6 million baht worth of cocaine into Japan. Local news agencies in Japan recently reported that the 23 year old Thai woman, whose identity remains undisclosed, was arrested at Kansai Airport after 760 grammes of cocaine were found in her possession. The drugs were worth approximately…

  • Thailand NewsThai official sacked after exposing 500-million-baht inheritance fraud | Thaiger

    Thai official sacked after exposing 500-million-baht inheritance fraud

    A government official is seeking justice after being dismissed for exposing alleged corruption and document fraud linked to a 500-million-baht inheritance. The victim, Thanyarot, sought assistance from non-profit organisation Saimai Survive after being sacked from her workplace of 10 years for exposing the truth. She stated that some colleagues accused her of unethical behaviour, which ultimately led to her dismissal.…

  • Thailand NewsDrink driver finally on trial after arrest and assault of innocent man | Thaiger

    Drink driver finally on trial after arrest and assault of innocent man

    Police arrested a drink driver who ran a traffic checkpoint on Prasert-Manukritch Road in Bangkok on December 4, after officers mistakenly arrested an innocent man and allegedly assaulted him on the same day. The conflict between a 33 year old Thai man, Thananop Kirddri, and seven officers from the Traffic Police Division came to light after his family called for…

  • Thailand NewsThai man fatally stabbed after killing 2 relatives in Prachin Buri | Thaiger

    Thai man fatally stabbed after killing 2 relatives in Prachin Buri

    A Thai couple fatally stabbed a relative in self-defence after he killed two other family members in Prachin Buri province. The incident began when 38 year old Surat “Jack” Thongbai carried out a shooting spree in two locations in the Mueang district at around 2pm on Tuesday, December 10. The first location was a fresh market, and the second was…

  • Pattaya NewsSwiss man saved after suicide attempt over financial losses to Thai ex-wife | Thaiger

    Swiss man saved after suicide attempt over financial losses to Thai ex-wife

    A Thai man successfully rescued his Swiss boyfriend from a suicide attempt at a house in Pattaya, reportedly due to financial losses connected to his Thai ex-wife. The 37 year old Thai man sought urgent assistance from Nong Prue Police Station after discovering his 66 year old Swiss boyfriend sitting in the bathroom, covered in blood. Despite the Swiss man’s…

  • Phuket NewsDrunk Belarusian man attacks police in Phuket rampage (video) | Thaiger

    Drunk Belarusian man attacks police in Phuket rampage (video)

    A drunk Belarusian man, naked only for his underwear, went on a rampage in Phuket yesterday, physically assaulting Thai police officers. Locals criticised the police for their ineffective response. At approximately 3.10am, yesterday, December 11, two officers from Karon Police Station arrived at the road along Karon Beach, outside The Emerald Hotel, to deal with the disturbance caused by the…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman seeks justice after attack by unidentified man in Bangkok | Thaiger

    Thai woman seeks justice after attack by unidentified man in Bangkok

    A Thai woman is seeking assistance after she and her male colleague were attacked by an unidentified man on Soi Charan Sanitwong 35 in the Bangkok Noi district of Bangkok on Friday, December 6. The 31 year old victim, identified only as A, reached out to the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive and shared her story publicly, hoping to identify the…

  • Thailand News2 Thai boys arrested for shooting girl, mistaking her for an enemy | Thaiger

    2 Thai boys arrested for shooting girl, mistaking her for an enemy

    Police arrested two Thai boys who mistakenly shot a 15 year old girl in the head on a road in the Phra Phrom district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province last night, December 9, believing her to be their rival. Officers from Phra Phrom Police Station launched an investigation into the attempted murder, which took place around midnight on Jang Hoon-Na Pru…

  • Thailand NewsWindow w*nker: Barber’s indecent exposure leaves wife in a snip | Thaiger

    Window w*nker: Barber’s indecent exposure leaves wife in a snip

    A Thai woman expressed shock and fear after discovering that her husband had been masturbating in front of passersby through the clear window of his barber shop in the central province of Ang Thong. Victims of the man’s lewd behaviour sought justice by contacting a Thai news agency and sharing explicit videos of him with the media. Channel 8 broadcast…

  • Bangkok NewsThai man flees petrol station bill with fuel hose attached to car (video) | Thaiger

    Thai man flees petrol station bill with fuel hose attached to car (video)

    A Thai man evaded paying a 500-baht bill at a petrol station by fleeing in his black sedan, dragging the fuel nozzle and hose along Hathairat Road in Bangkok. A motorcyclist who witnessed the theft recorded a video of the black sedan pulling the fuel nozzle and hose along Hathairat Road and shared it on his TikTok account, rosphutnaned, on…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman faced attempted lynching after attacking boy with knife | Thaiger

    Thai woman faced attempted lynching after attacking boy with knife

    Police yesterday intervened to prevent a lynching of a Thai woman who brutally attacked an eight year old boy with knives in her rented room in Chon Buri. Officers from Mueang Chon Buri Police Station were alerted to the knife attack in the Nong Ri sub-district of Chon Buri province at approximately 5.20pm, yesterday, December 8. They rushed to the…

  • Thailand NewsBritish man commits suicide, leaving sand messages for Thai wife | Thaiger

    British man commits suicide, leaving sand messages for Thai wife

    A British man left messages in the sand for his wife and children before taking his own life on Cha-am Beach in the southern province of Phetchaburi. He was reportedly distressed over two legal cases and a 400,000-baht loss to a friend. A Thai tourist discovered the lifeless body of the British man, later identified as 42 year old Antony…

  • Bangkok News124 gay participants arrested at underwear drug party in Bangkok hotel | Thaiger

    124 gay participants arrested at underwear drug party in Bangkok hotel

    Officers from Thong Lo Police Station arrested 124 gay men and women, including doctors and background actors, at an underwear drug party held in a hotel room in Bangkok yesterday. Police were alerted by a witness who reported suspicious activity after observing a large number of Thai and foreign men entering a room on the 20th floor of a hotel…

  • Phuket NewsSingaporean tourist dies allegedly due to oil massage in Phuket | Thaiger

    Singaporean tourist dies allegedly due to oil massage in Phuket

    A 52 year old Singaporean man died at a massage shop in the Patong neighbourhood of Phuket after an oil massage. The cause of his death remains undetermined. Officers from Patong Police Station were called to Patong Hospital on Saturday, December 7, to investigate the death of the Singaporean man, identified as Lee Mun Tuck. Upon their arrival, they found…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman finds rare Moonrat in southern Thailand canal (video) | Thaiger

    Thai woman finds rare Moonrat in southern Thailand canal (video)

    A local angler in the southern province of Yala discovered a rare and endangered species known as the moonrat while fishing in a canal. She plans to return it to its natural habitat. The President of the Betong Animal Lover Club, Phatcharin Prathummek, contacted several news agencies to report her rare find. She later guided journalists to her house, where…

  • Thailand News2 Thai women arrested for tricking young virgins into prostitution | Thaiger

    2 Thai women arrested for tricking young virgins into prostitution

    Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) officers arrested two Thai women for operating a child prostitution ring, tricking young virgin women into offering sex services to illegal Chinese nationals. CIB officers arrested the 21 year old Thai woman named Panida and a 22 year old woman named Nalatporn for their involvement in child prostitution. Panida was arrested at her condominium in the…

  • Thailand News2 year old Thai boy crashes motorcycle into glass door, injuring mum | Thaiger

    2 year old Thai boy crashes motorcycle into glass door, injuring mum

    A two year old Thai boy crashed his mother’s motorcycle into the glass door of a house in the Isaan province of Buriram on Wednesday. The boy was unharmed but his mother sustained injuries from broken glass. The Siam Ruamjai Pu-in Rescue Foundation responded to the incident at a house on Nang Rong-Lam Plai Mart Road in the Nang Rong district of…

  • Thailand NewsThai man kills neighbour’s dog for alleged chicken attack (video) | Thaiger

    Thai man kills neighbour’s dog for alleged chicken attack (video)

    The owner of a light brown Siberian Husky in the southern province of Songkhla is seeking justice after the dog was beaten to death by a neighbour, who claimed it attacked his chickens. Rachan, the owner of the female Siberian Husky named Lucky shared the tragic story on social media, along with a video of the violent attack captured on…

  • Thailand NewsMarried landlord shoots car of tenant’s boyfriend in jealous rage | Thaiger

    Married landlord shoots car of tenant’s boyfriend in jealous rage

    A landlord in Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok, fired shots at his tenant’s boyfriend’s car on Wednesday, reportedly driven by jealousy, despite being married with children. The 40 year old car owner, Suradate, filed a complaint with Bang Bua Thong Police Station at 5pm on Wednesday, December 4, after discovering his silver-bronze Toyota Vios sedan riddled with three bullet holes. Broken…

  • Thailand NewsUkrainian woman found dead in Krabi hotel with suicide letter | Thaiger

    Ukrainian woman found dead in Krabi hotel with suicide letter

    A Ukrainian woman left a suicide note and took her own life at a hotel room in the southern province of Krabi, a few days before her body was discovered by a hotel maid yesterday, December 5. The maid, whose identity was not disclosed, alerted officers from Mueang Krabi Police Station to investigate the room on the fourth floor of…

  • Thailand NewsChinese man dies during paragliding competition in Thailand | Thaiger

    Chinese man dies during paragliding competition in Thailand

    A Chinese man died in an accident during a paragliding competition in the northern province of Phetchabun yesterday, December 5. Officers from Lomkao Police Station were alerted to the fatal fall of a paragliding athlete by the owner of a house in the Lomkao district of Phetchabun at about 3.45pm yesterday and rushed to the scene with a medical team…

  • Bangkok NewsDrunk Mercedes-Benz driver kills delivery rider in Bangkok (video) | Thaiger

    Drunk Mercedes-Benz driver kills delivery rider in Bangkok (video)

    A drunk Mercedes-Benz driver crashed into a female Thai delivery rider on the Thai-Japanese Bridge in Bangkok, causing the victim to fall off the bridge and die at the scene. Officers from the Pathum Wan Police Station received a report of the accident at approximately 2.18am on Wednesday, December 4. The incident occurred on the Thai-Japanese Bridge above the Henri…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok traffic cop under fire for fine collection via tuk tuk driver | Thaiger

    Bangkok traffic cop under fire for fine collection via tuk tuk driver

    Concerns over corruption arose after a Bangkok traffic police officer was caught in a viral video instructing a motorist to pay a fine through the bank account of a tuk tuk driver. The alleged misconduct came to light after a TikTok account, Talk with the Police, shared a video of the questionable incident at the end of November. The caption…

  • Thailand NewsForeign driver at large after hit-and-run and chase in Bangkok (video) | Thaiger

    Foreign driver at large after hit-and-run and chase in Bangkok (video)

    A foreign driver managed to flee following a hit-and-run in the On Nut area of Bangkok and a high-speed chase with Thai motorcycle taxi riders. An app-based motorcycle taxi rider shared a video of the incident on his TikTok account, tukgii3, on Monday, 2 December, with the caption: “On Nut is very thrilling. #HitAndRun #OutsideBigCOnNut.” The video showed a red…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for driving into wife outside police station (video) | Thaiger

    Thai man arrested for driving into wife outside police station (video)

    Police in the southern province of Krabi yesterday arrested a Thai man after he drove his pickup into his wife and her family outside a police station in Nakhon Si Thammarat on November 20. The domestic violence case initially went largely unnoticed despite occurring over two weeks ago. However, it gained public attention after officers apprehended the suspect yesterday, December…

  • Crime NewsThai police officer denies sexually assaulting teenage girl (video) | Thaiger

    Thai police officer denies sexually assaulting teenage girl (video)

    Alarming viral footage on social media allegedly shows a Thai police officer sexually assaulting a young girl in the Isaan province of Sisaket. The officer vehemently denied the accusation. The local social media influencer in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani shared videos of the incident on his Facebook account, บ้านเฮียชาญ อุ้ยอุบล (Ban Hia Charn, Aui Ubon), on November 29.…

  • Pattaya NewsForeign man safely rescued after suicide attempt in Pattaya condo | Thaiger

    Foreign man safely rescued after suicide attempt in Pattaya condo

    Mueang Pattaya Police Station successfully rescued a foreign man from joining the Pattaya Flying Club after a suicide attempt at a beachfront condominium on Thappaya Road in Pattaya today, December 4. Police rushed to the 22-storey condominium following reports of a suicide attempt. The man, estimated to be between 70 and 75 years old, was spotted on the 21st floor,…

  • Thailand NewsUNESCO honours Thailand’s Tom Yum Kung as intangible cultural heritage | Thaiger

    UNESCO honours Thailand’s Tom Yum Kung as intangible cultural heritage

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) today, December 4, approved the renowned Thai dish Tom Yum Kung (hot and sour shrimp soup) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Thailand proposed the country’s iconic dish, Tom Yum Kung, for UNESCO’s consideration, and the proposal was officially approved today. The announcement was made during the 19th Session of…