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 NewsThai man arrested with 60,000 files of spycam pornography

    Thai man arrested with 60,000 files of spycam pornography

    Officers from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a Thai man in the southern province of Prachub KirKhan for possessing and selling spycam pornography and found 60,000 files of pornography in his possession. The Internet Crimes Against Children Unit of the High-tech Crime Division received a complaint about the Twitter account KingSpy ราชาแอบถ่าย. The account invited Twitter users to join…

  • Thailand NewsVietnamese man arrested in Khon Kaen for murder of his Vietnamese friend

    Vietnamese man arrested in Khon Kaen for murder of his Vietnamese friend

    Police arrested a Vietnamese man for the murder of his Vietnamese friend in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen. The suspect claimed he stabbed a fellow Vietnamese man to death because he tried to rape his wife. A Vietnamese man, 37 year old Hoang Van Tang, was stabbed in the stomach in a rented room in Soi Suksanti 8 in…

  • Crime NewsThai taxi driver steals 1.1 million baht watch from Japanese passenger

    Thai taxi driver steals 1.1 million baht watch from Japanese passenger

    A Thai taxi driver took a two-hour detour to steal a luxury watch worth 1.1 million baht from a Japanese passenger in the Thonglor neighbourhood of Bangkok. The Japanese victim filed a complaint at Thonglor Police Station on December 19 that he lost his watch, an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore model, valued at 1.1 million baht, in a taxi…

  • Crime NewsDrug addicted and mentally ill Thai man stabs police officer to death

    Drug addicted and mentally ill Thai man stabs police officer to death

    A drug addicted and mentally ill Thai man went on a rampage and stabbed a Thai police officer to death in the northeastern province of Nakhon Panom. The deceased officer, police Lieutenant Itsarawut Phonrat, of the That Panom Police Station, was called to check on a Thai man, 49 year old Arnudate Chaipanya, in the Um Mao district of Nakhon…

  • Thailand NewsTaiwanese man allegedly hires Thai soldier for plan to murder son and wife

    Taiwanese man allegedly hires Thai soldier for plan to murder son and wife

    Officers from the Special Weapons and Tactics Team, known as the Hanuman Unit, arrested a Taiwanese man in Samut Prakanr province near Bangkok for allegedly hiring Thai soldiers for his plan to murder his wife and son. The three suspects denied the accusations. A Taiwanese man filed a complaint at the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) that he and his mother…

  • Thailand NewsThai OnlyFans creators arrested for selling child pornography

    Thai OnlyFans creators arrested for selling child pornography

    Officers from the Children and Women Protection Sub-Division arrested two Thai men for producing and selling child pornography on OnlyFans, Twitter, and LINE platforms. Officers discovered that pornographic videos and indecent images were being offered in a group chat on the LINE application. Each member of the group had to pay for membership to access this content. Some of the…

  • Thailand NewsThai man loses his life when using YouTube to repair tractor

    Thai man loses his life when using YouTube to repair tractor

    A 21 year old Thai man lost his life while repairing a tractor using knowledge from YouTube. His older sister revealed that she asked her brother to learn a lot before driving or repairing a tractor. Officers from the Mueang Buriram Police Station were called to the sugar cane plantation in the Mueang district in the Isaan province of Buriram…

  • Thailand NewsParents condemn school bus driver for tricking teenage daughter into sex

    Parents condemn school bus driver for tricking teenage daughter into sex

    The parents of 14 year old Thai girl condemned a school bus driver for tricking their daughter into having sex with him in a bathroom within the school in the northern province of Chiang Mai. The girl insisted they were in a relationship and was worried about the imprisonment penalty for the driver. The teenage girl‘s parents filed a complaint…

  • Thailand NewsRussian arrested after smashing car and attacking Thai man in Chon Buri

    Russian arrested after smashing car and attacking Thai man in Chon Buri

    Police arrested a Russian man for smashing a car and attacking a Thai man in the Nong Prue district in Chon Buri province yesterday, December 21. Locals called officers from the Bang Lamung Police Station to suppress the incident and control the Russian man, later identified as 38 year old Vladmin Dereviannykh. He reportedly smashed a sedan of a resident…

  • Thailand NewsChinese man allegedly leaves pregnant Thai woman over son preference

    Chinese man allegedly leaves pregnant Thai woman over son preference

    A Thai woman is seeking justice after her Chinese man left her and fled the country after discovering she was pregnant with their daughter, not a son. The 36 year old Thai woman named Noey asked the non-profit organisation, Saimai Survive, to help her seek justice. She told the organisation that the Chinese man lured her into marrying him but…

  • Crime NewsVietnamese man arrested for illegally operating beauty clinic in Bangkok condo

    Vietnamese man arrested for illegally operating beauty clinic in Bangkok condo

    Officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) arrested a Vietnamese man for turning a condominium in Bangkok into a beauty clinic and illegally providing beauty services without a permit. CPPD officers received a report that a Facebook user of a Vietnamese man advertised a beauty clinic in Bangkok. The complainant was unsure whether the beauty clinic was legal or…

  • Thailand NewsDrunk British suspect refuses arrest and tries to injure Thai police

    Drunk British suspect refuses arrest and tries to injure Thai police

    Police released a video of a drunk British man refusing to be arrested and attempting to assault Thai police after he crashed his pickup into another vehicle in Sattahip district, Chon Buri province. The Englishman, identified as Martin, reportedly crashed his white Nissan pickup into a white Toyota Fortuner of a 43 year old Thai woman whose identity was not…

  • Thailand NewsFrom winter solstice festivals to Thai celebrations: Unveiling the history of Christmas

    From winter solstice festivals to Thai celebrations: Unveiling the history of Christmas

    Folks all around the globe immerse themselves in Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations and festivities during the winter month of December each year with no exception. The atmosphere filled with lively celebrations, joyful reunions, and new beginnings serves as a remedy for the exhaustion accumulated throughout the year. Get ready for the festive season by going back in time to…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for smuggling 15 Bangladeshi nationals

    Thai man arrested for smuggling 15 Bangladeshi nationals

    The Songkhla Provincial Immigration Police arrested a Thai man for smuggling 15 Bangladeshi people into the country in exchange for a transport fee of 2,000 baht each. Immigration police received a tip-off that a Thai driver was using the Asian Highway in the Rattanaphum district in the southern province of Songkhla to transport Bangladeshi workers to a construction site in…

  • Thailand NewsThai man kills girlfriend in jealousy and refusal to convert to Islam

    Thai man kills girlfriend in jealousy and refusal to convert to Islam

    A Thai man killed his girlfriend in a luxury condominium in the Jana district in the southern province of Songkhla before taking his own life. The motives for the murder were reportedly jealousy and the woman’s refusal to convert to Islam. Officers from Hat Yai Police Station were called to the murder-suicide in room number 13 on the 25th floor…

  • Thailand NewsThai TikToker condemned for encouraging cheating and partner manipulation

    Thai TikToker condemned for encouraging cheating and partner manipulation

    Thai netizens condemned a Thai TikToker for encouraging his followers to cheat on their partners and manipulate them for money and other benefits. The videos which now under fire were created and shared by the TikTok account, ครูตี๋ สอนจีบสาว. which means learning how to flirt with girls with teacher Tee. The TikToker is identified as Tee. He has over 500,000 followers…

  • Thailand NewsIllegal meatball factory raided, dirty products flood Bangkok and surrounding areas

    Illegal meatball factory raided, dirty products flood Bangkok and surrounding areas

    The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) police conducted a raid at an illegal meatball factory in the central province of Pathum Thani on December 18. The substandard and dirty products were found to be shipped throughout Bangkok and surrounding provinces. CIB officers launched proactive measures and operations against illegal food producers in the country after six children suffered dizziness and rapid…

  • Crime News2 drunk police and former police injured in fight over female waitress

    2 drunk police and former police injured in fight over female waitress

    A drunk police officer and a former Border Patrol Police officer suffered injuries after they fought each other over a female waitress at a restaurant in the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum. One was shot in the legs while the other was hit in the head. Mueang Chaiyaphum Police Station received a report of a shooting at a restaurant on the…

  • Thailand NewsBangkok BTS Skytrain extends service hours to 2am on December 31

    Bangkok BTS Skytrain extends service hours to 2am on December 31

    Bangkok BTS Skytrain will extend moments of happiness for the passengers with extended service hours from midnight to 2am on the last day of the year December 31. The board director of the Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company, Surapong Laoha-unya, announced yesterday, December 19, that the BTS Skytrain will extend its operating hours at all stations and lines on on…

  • Thailand NewsThai driver evades arrest after crashing and killing nursing student

    Thai driver evades arrest after crashing and killing nursing student

    A Thai driver evaded arrest after crashing his pickup into a motorcycle on a bypass road in the central province of Ratchaburi, killing a nursing student and injuring her mother. Officers from the Mueang Ratchaburi Police Station and Ratchaburi Hospital rushed to the accident scene to rescue two victims. A 55 year old woman named Chuanpit was a motorcycle rider.…

  • Crime NewsThai man murders 2 year old stepdaughter while intoxicated

    Thai man murders 2 year old stepdaughter while intoxicated

    A Thai man admitted to murdering his two year old stepdaughter at a house in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok while he was intoxicated. Police suspected a 16 year old caregiver of involvement in the murder. Medical professionals reached out to officers from Phra Pradaeng Police Station at night on December 17 after an unconscious girl, 2 year old Focus,…

  • Crime NewsState-owned company officer accused of age fraud to prolong retirement

    State-owned company officer accused of age fraud to prolong retirement

    A group of people calling themselves the State Enterprise Lover Club accused a deputy executive director of a state-owned telecommunications company in Thailand of committing age fraud to extend his retirement. The State Enterprise Lover Club urged a renowned Thai lawyer, Sittha Biabangkerd, to expose the matter to the public as they filed a complaint with the relevant government agencies, but…

  • Thailand NewsThai lottery vendor accused of fraud in refusal to pay 18,000 baht prize

    Thai lottery vendor accused of fraud in refusal to pay 18,000 baht prize

    A Thai woman filed a complaint against a lottery vendor accusing her of fraud after the seller refused to pay a prize of 18,000 baht on the December 1 draw. The 51 year old real estate business operator, Aramsri Hathongkham, filed a complaint with the officers at Mueang Ubon Ratchathani Police Station in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani on…

  • Crime NewsThai man accuses 6 relatives of embezzling nearly 200 million baht

    Thai man accuses 6 relatives of embezzling nearly 200 million baht

    A Thai man accused six relatives of embezzling nearly 200 million baht assets from him and his mother. The relatives allegedly took advantage of the mother’s illness and the man’s imprisonment to make wills and transfer property to themselves. A 42 year old Thai man named Preecha and his 32 year old wife named Siriluck filed a complaint against six…

  • Thailand News5 foreigners injured in minibus-truck crash in southern Thailand

    5 foreigners injured in minibus-truck crash in southern Thailand

    A Thai driver crashed a minibus into a truck on a road in the southern province of Phetchaburi at 8.55am today, December 19, injuring five foreigners. Two of them suffered serious injuries. Officers from the Thayang Police Station and rescuers from the Sawang Sanphet Dhammasatan rescue team rushed to the scene of the accident on Phetchakasem Road in Thayang district…

  • Crime News2 Thai men create and sell AI generated nude images of Thai celebrities

    2 Thai men create and sell AI generated nude images of Thai celebrities

    Cyber police arrested two Thai men for creating nude images of more than 30 Thai celebrities with an artificial intelligence (AI) program and selling them on a Russia-based social media application, Vkontakte, also known as VK. Two female Thai actresses, Panadda Wongphudee, Known as Bum, and Sakuntala Tianpairoj, known as Tonhom, filed complaints with the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB)…

  • Thailand News3 cyber police allegedly extorts 30,000 baht from driver with fake registration plate

    3 cyber police allegedly extorts 30,000 baht from driver with fake registration plate

    The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) transferred three officers for allegedly extorting 30,000 baht from a Thai driver who used a fake registration plate with his car in the Prathum Thani province near Bangkok. A Facebook page, Police Network (เครือข่ายเพื่อนตำรวจ), revealed that the page received a complaint from the victim in Prathum Thani province that three officers from the Cyber…

  • Thailand NewsThai man rides motorcycle 20,000 kilometres from Thailand to France

    Thai man rides motorcycle 20,000 kilometres from Thailand to France

    A Thai man went viral on TikTok for riding a motorcycle 20,000 kilometres for 55 days from the Krabi province in southern Thailand to France. A Thai TikToker, newkooy, who was travelling in Slovenia shared a video of a touring motorcycle with a Thai flag and Thai registration plate on her TikTok account yesterday, December 17, with a caption that…

  • Thailand NewsThai man with mental illness disappears after his arrest in Bangkok

    Thai man with mental illness disappears after his arrest in Bangkok

    A Thai mother sought help from news agencies after her son, who had a history of mental health treatment, disappeared after being arrested by officers and was last seen at Don Mueang Police Station in Bangkok on December 1. The 57 year old woman Boonyuen revealed with Channel 3 that her son, Wasan Prasitthikasikorn, also known as Tee, had a…

  • Crime NewsDebtor crashes and kills loan shark while trying to collect debt

    Debtor crashes and kills loan shark while trying to collect debt

    A debtor crashed his pickup into a loan shark and killed the victim while trying to collect a debt from his wife at a house in the Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. Officers from the Rattanathibet Police Station were called to investigate a car accident at a house in Soi Pracha Niwet 3 in Nonthaburi province at 9pm on December 15.…