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 NewsForeign man in Phuket caught on TikTok video damaging police wheel clamp

    Foreign man in Phuket caught on TikTok video damaging police wheel clamp

    A video featuring a foreign man, using a stone to smash a lock and chain on his motorcycle after it got clamped by police in Phuket, has gone viral in Thailand. Thai netizens called on the police to clarify the charges the foreigner faces. The video was shared by a TikTok user, @_neung132, who appears to be a traffic police…

  • Thailand NewsThai man and transwoman arrested on child porn charges

    Thai man and transwoman arrested on child porn charges

    Police arrested a Thai man and a transwoman for making and selling child porn. Three female victims were rescued, the youngest was only 13 years old. Officers from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) and Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) reported two successful crackdowns on the production and sale of child pornography to the media yesterday, January 29. The suspect in…

  • Thailand NewsWitchcraft whispers: Swiss man ensnared in black magic murder mystery

    Witchcraft whispers: Swiss man ensnared in black magic murder mystery

    Social media users accused a Swiss man of employing black magic as part of a plot to murder his Thai wife, following the discovery of a Jack of Hearts card in the dead woman’s mouth. Identified only as Roland, the Swiss man eventually admitted to killing his wife, Orathai Phosingam, and disclosed that he had concealed her body in a…

  • Thailand NewsBody of missing Thai man found on roadside, arms and legs bound

    Body of missing Thai man found on roadside, arms and legs bound

    A motorcycle rider stumbled upon the dead body of a missing Thai man on the roadside of a motorway in the Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province near Bangkok. He bore a gunshot wound to his head, and his arms and legs were bound. The 18 year old motorcycle rider, Pornthep Thomthisaeng, reported the discovery of the body to Bang…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman narrowly escapes after car gets stuck on broken footbridge

    Thai woman narrowly escapes after car gets stuck on broken footbridge

    A Thai woman narrowly escaped with her life after she drove her car onto a broken, wobbly wooden footbridge in the northern province of Phrae. The Sung Men Rescue Team successfully retrieved her car after she came a cropper. The 38 year old Thai woman carefully got out of her white sedan, a Honda City, which was stuck on the…

  • Thailand NewsThai transwoman betrayed by friend and caught in Hong Kong cannabis bust

    Thai transwoman betrayed by friend and caught in Hong Kong cannabis bust

    A Thai man allegedly betrayed a transwoman friend by hiding cannabis in her luggage, leading to her arrest in Hong Kong. More than 30 other victims of the Thai man came forward to expose his fraudulent behaviour. The Facebook account, Pat Catty, shared a story of her transwoman friend on January 25 and urged netizens to be aware of a…

  • Thailand NewsThai taxi driver seeks justice after brutal axe attack and car theft (video)

    Thai taxi driver seeks justice after brutal axe attack and car theft (video)

    A local taxi driver sought justice after a Thai man posing as a passenger attacked him with an axe before stealing his car. The taxi driver said he was seriously injured but the police gave the attacker a lenient sentence. The taxi driver, 51 year old Chinnaphat Chokchana, urged non-profit organisation Saimai Survive to help him seek justice. Chinnaphat recounted…

  • Thailand NewsMonks’ misconduct: Temple faces complaint for dog abuse in southern Thailand

    Monks’ misconduct: Temple faces complaint for dog abuse in southern Thailand

    Tha Sala District Livestock Office filed a complaint against an abbot and monks at Jan Por Temple in the Tha Sala district in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat for physically abusing a dog. The dog was seriously injured and may lose its sight. Twitter user @whathappenMr shared a video of three monks and another man beating a black…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman fatally attacked with knife, secret affair suspected as motive

    Thai woman fatally attacked with knife, secret affair suspected as motive

    Police are searching for a killer who fatally attacked a Thai woman with a knife in the northern province of Sukhothai. The motive for the murder is suspected to be a secret affair and jealousy. Officers from the Ban Dan Lan Hoi Police Station dashed to the crime scene at 9.30am yesterday, January 28, and discovered the dead body of a…

  • Thailand NewsThai man rapes daughter and stepdaughter, mother turns blind eye

    Thai man rapes daughter and stepdaughter, mother turns blind eye

    Police arrested a Thai father for repeatedly raping his biological daughter and stepdaughter over a 10- year period. One of the victims became pregnant while the victims’ mother chose to turn a blind eye to the sexual assaults. Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested the 38 year old alleged rapist named Ram on January 27 in the central…

  • Thailand NewsBritish photographer dies after parachuting from Pattaya condo (video)

    British photographer dies after parachuting from Pattaya condo (video)

    A British photographer died after parachuting from the 29th floor of a condominium in Pattaya, Thailand. Bang Lamung Police Station officers received a notification of the parachute accident at about 7.30pm on Saturday, January 27 and rushed to the scene, Lumpini Condo Town North Pattaya-Sukhumvi. Officers found the lifeless body of the foreign man, later identified as a 33 year…

  • Thailand NewsNeedle-ss to say: Thai teachers suspended for piercing students’ mouths

    Needle-ss to say: Thai teachers suspended for piercing students’ mouths

    The director of a primary school in the Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok temporarily suspended two Thai teachers from duties after they punished 36 Grade 2 students by piercing their mouths with needles. A 30 year old woman, Am, filed a complaint against two female teachers at Samrongnuea Police Station on the evening of January 25 after hearing about the…

  • Thailand NewsThai father attacks suspect who sexually assaulted his daughter

    Thai father attacks suspect who sexually assaulted his daughter

    A Thai father in the southern province of Chumphon tied up and brutally attacked an alleged pedophile who reportedly sexually assaulted his 11 year old daughter. Police said they could not arrest the pervert until they got results from the victim’s medical examination. The physical assault against the 42 year old Thai man was reported to the Phutta Phratheep Lang…

  • Thailand NewsGerman reporter allegedly makes up story about Thai police corruption

    German reporter allegedly makes up story about Thai police corruption

    A German man arrested in Pattaya last year for having sex with an underage girl insisted that he had never paid a 1 million baht bribe to Thai police. The man said a German reporter distorted and sensationalised the story from his interview to attract public attention. Police raided a nightclub, Cobra Beer Bar, in Pattaya for human trafficking in…

  • Thailand NewsLithuanian man fined 12,000 baht for drifting BMW in Chon Buri

    Lithuanian man fined 12,000 baht for drifting BMW in Chon Buri

    Chon Buri Provincial Court fined a Lithuanian man 12,000 baht for dangerous driving and getting behind the wheel without a licence after a video of him drifting his luxury BMW Z4 went viral on Thai social media earlier this month. The footage captures a black BMW Z4 drifting through the centre of an intersection, surrounded by stationary vehicles waiting at…

  • Thailand NewsBear necessity: Swiss man sacrifices arm in bear attack

    Bear necessity: Swiss man sacrifices arm in bear attack

    A Swiss man cut off his right arm as a bear locked his teeth onto his arm and stubbornly refused to release its grip while he was volunteering at a wildlife foundation in the northern province of Chiang Mai. The 32 year old Swiss man is in a private hospital in Chiang Mai province after being attacked by the Asian black…

  • Thailand NewsChester’s Thailand serves fried chicken with Thai tea sauce and whipped cream

    Chester’s Thailand serves fried chicken with Thai tea sauce and whipped cream

    Fast food joint Chester’s Thailand launched a unique menu item in an exclusive collaboration with popular Thai tea brand ChaTraMue to serve fried chicken and fries with Thai tea sauce and, wait for it, whipped cream. We’re not joking! Chester’s Thailand’s official Facebook page unveiled the new promotion four days ago, encouraging followers to guess about the latest addition to…

  • Thailand NewsRoaring surprise: Lions on the loose startle Chon Buri residents

    Roaring surprise: Lions on the loose startle Chon Buri residents

    Locals were shocked today after witnessing two lions roaming the streets of the Bang Lamueng district of Chon Buri in broad daylight. Residents of Soi Khao Makok 13 in Chon Buri reported the shocking discovery of two lions to the DailyNews today, January 25. The lions came out of the home in the area without a caretaker. They wandered around…

  • Thailand NewsChinese man searches for missing friend, only to find her on trip to Koh Pha Ngan

    Chinese man searches for missing friend, only to find her on trip to Koh Pha Ngan

    A Chinese man filed a missing person’s report with the Thai police to find a missing friend, only for her to turn up in Koh Pha Ngan, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani. The 32 year old Chinese man, Sui Mingyang, filed a missing person’s report with Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat Police Station in Nakhon Si Thammarat…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman saved after drunk boyfriend lets friend rape her (video)

    Thai woman saved after drunk boyfriend lets friend rape her (video)

    Police intervened after a report of a drunk Thai man allegedly allowing his friend to rape his girlfriend in a rented room in the eastern province of Trat. The two men denied the allegation. Officers from the Trat Provincial Police received an attempted rape report at 2am today, January 25, and visited the incident scene in Soi Tashare in the Mueang…

  • Thailand NewsThai millionaire allegedly murdered to settle 30 million baht debt

    Thai millionaire allegedly murdered to settle 30 million baht debt

    Police continue to investigate the death of a Thai millionaire in the central province of Chantaburi. The dead woman’s sister harbours suspicions that her sibling was murdered in connection to a 30 million baht debt settlement. The dead body of the 77 year old woman, named Panithi Kosalanan, was discovered in a pond within her fruit plantation in Chantaburi on…

  • Thailand NewsThai man arrested for attempting to rape 74 year old distant relative

    Thai man arrested for attempting to rape 74 year old distant relative

    Locals rescued a 74 year old Thai woman after her 42 year old distant relative attempted to rape her in the Satuek district in the Isaan province of Buriram. The 74 year old victim, Mongpramoon, filed a complaint with Satuek Police Station officers that her distant relative, Uthen Jampanuan, stole 400 baht and tried to rape her yesterday morning, January…

  • Thailand NewsThai police officer kills boyfriend of his friend’s daughter in Bangkok

    Thai police officer kills boyfriend of his friend’s daughter in Bangkok

    A Sutthisan Police Station officer shot dead the boyfriend of his friend’s daughter outside the victim’s house in Huay Kwang district of Bangkok last night. The officer’s disapproval of the relationship was cited as the motive behind the tragic incident The death of the 25 year old Thai man, Thitiwat Auayklang, was reported to Huay Kwang Police Station at 7pm,…

  • Thailand NewsMy Thai Boyfriend, new LGBTQA+ dating sim game inspired by Pattaya

    My Thai Boyfriend, new LGBTQA+ dating sim game inspired by Pattaya

    Game developer Alright Peaches Studio launched a dating simulator game inspired by the LGBTQA+ community in Pattaya called My Thai Boyfriend. My Thai Boyfriend has been available on Steam since January 1. The game is a dating simulator, also known as a dating sim or visual novel, which allows players to interact and build relationships with characters in the video…

  • Thailand NewsCyber cops collar loan shark for high-interest loans with sex repayment

    Cyber cops collar loan shark for high-interest loans with sex repayment

    Cyber police arrested a Thai man in the southern province of Trang yesterday for offering high-interest loans and allegedly forcing debtors to repay debts with sex. “loan-shark love: Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau officers came across videos posted by the 38 year old loan shark, Thaweesak, on social media where he publicly shamed debtors unable to repay his loans. Further investigation…

  • Thailand NewsTranswoman thief allegedly tricks victim into oral sex to steal assets

    Transwoman thief allegedly tricks victim into oral sex to steal assets

    A Thai man caught a transwoman thief in the act of attempting to steal from a parked pickup on a road in the central province of Ayutthaya and turned her into the police. The transwoman reportedly tricked drunk victims by offering them oral sex before stealing from them. The witness, 26 year old Sittichai Watechadate, reported the attempted theft by…

  • Thailand NewsEx Thai politician agrees to compensation, rape charge dropped

    Ex Thai politician agrees to compensation, rape charge dropped

    Chon Buri police dropped a rape charge against an accused former Thai politician saying the case did not qualify as rape while the politician’s brother agreed to pay the victim female party entertainer 36,000 baht in compensation. The 35 year old Thai party entertainer, named Bee, filed a complaint against the former Thai politician, identified as Gun, on January 20,…

  • Thailand NewsThai monk sent to rehab after discovery of drugs, condoms, and penis enlargement pump

    Thai monk sent to rehab after discovery of drugs, condoms, and penis enlargement pump

    The Thai authorities sent a monk for rehabilitation at a hospital in the Isaan province of Maha Sarakham after the jaw-dropping discovery of drugs, condoms, and a penis enlargement pump in his accommodation. Complaints flooded the Borabue district office, in the Maha Sarakham province, by locals who were fearful of the 54 year old monk named Thawee. Frightened locals voiced…

  • Thailand NewsFatal ride: Garbage truck tragedy as sanitation workers hit a dead-end on tunnel rooftop

    Fatal ride: Garbage truck tragedy as sanitation workers hit a dead-end on tunnel rooftop

    Two sanitation workers tragically lost their lives when they were seated on the roof of a garbage truck while it passed through a tunnel in the central province of Kanchanaburi. The workers sustained fatal head injuries as the vehicle entered the tunnel, colliding with its ridge. Officers from the Tha Rua Police Station received a report of the accident at…

  • Thailand NewsLocal fishermen hooked over Vietnam warplane wreckage found in Mekong

    Local fishermen hooked over Vietnam warplane wreckage found in Mekong

    Thai and Lao men discovered the wreckage of a Vietnam warplane while fishing in the Mekong River within the Isaan province of Nong Khai. In light of safety concerns, locals have been banned from accessing the site, given the potential presence of explosives within the wreckage. A 40 year old Thai man, Chonnathep Suriwong, shared his account of finding the…