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 girl reunited with Swiss hero who saved her life in car accident

    Thai girl reunited with Swiss hero who saved her life in car accident

    A 15 year old Thai girl expressed her gratitude to a Swiss man who saved her from a road accident in the Isaan province of Buriram last year. The 46 year old Thai woman, Rattanaporn, and her 15 year old daughter, Piyathida, had been searching for the foreign man who helped Piyathida after the accident last year. With the help of…

  • Phuket NewsWitnesses overturn car to save motorcyclist who later dies in hospital

    Witnesses overturn car to save motorcyclist who later dies in hospital

    Nearly 20 Thai, Burmese, and foreign witnesses worked together to overturn a sedan to save a motorcyclist who was trapped beneath the vehicle on a road in Phuket yesterday, February 9. They successfully retrieved the rider but he later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The Phuket Times shared a touching video showing a group of people working hard to…

  • Bangkok NewsJealous Thai man sets fire to ex-wife’s boyfriend leading to fatality

    Jealous Thai man sets fire to ex-wife’s boyfriend leading to fatality

    A jealous Thai man set fire to his ex-wife’s boyfriend in a temple parking lot in Bangkok on Friday, February 8, leading to the victim’s death. Officers from Bang Pongpang Police Station and rescuers from the Poe Teck Tung Foundation rushed to the Dokmai Temple’s car park after reports of a fire. Upon arrival, they found a Suzuki pickup ablaze, with…

  • Thailand NewsThai man goes on mall rampage over forgotten phone password

    Thai man goes on mall rampage over forgotten phone password

    A mentally ill Thai man went on a rampage at a shopping mall in the Isaan province of Khon Kaen after a worker at an iCare store was unable to repair his phone because he could not remember his Apple ID password. A video of the incident was shared by several media outlets, showing his violent behaviour at the iCare…

  • Thailand News3 suspicious men spotted near scene of suitcase with dead body

    3 suspicious men spotted near scene of suitcase with dead body

    A local Thai woman encountered two suspicious vehicles and three dubious men near the scene where a suitcase containing a naked body was discovered in the eastern province of Rayong. A local fisherman noticed an unpleasant smell coming from the suitcase while fishing in a canal near a shopping mall in Rayong province on Friday, February 7, and decided to…

  • Thailand NewsForeign TikToker goes viral for innocent mistake with Thai monks

    Foreign TikToker goes viral for innocent mistake with Thai monks

    A foreign man went viral on Thai social media for his TikTok video featuring an innocent mistake with two Thai monks at an airport in Thailand. The TikTok account @thibo_fockenoy shared a video of him requesting to take a picture with two Thai monks at the airport last week. The foreign man captioned the video, “Very loving people, though. #thailand…

  • Thailand News2 Thai LGBTQIA+ university students arrested for soup attack

    2 Thai LGBTQIA+ university students arrested for soup attack

    Police arrested two LGBTQIA+ university students in a soup attack on another student in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok on Friday, February 7, and denied their bail requests. The victim, whose name remains undisclosed, filed a complaint with Khlong Luang Police Station on Friday following the attack at a restaurant, reportedly over financial issues. At the station, the victim happened…

  • Thailand NewsBurmese drug adddict fatally assaulted for sexual harassment

    Burmese drug adddict fatally assaulted for sexual harassment

    A group of men fatally assaulted a Burmese drug addict after he sought sex from their female friend at an apartment in the Chon Buri province. The 29 year old apartment worker, Pimchanok, called officers from Bor Win Police Station to investigate the brutal attack at building number 8 in the Si Racha district of Chon Buri yesterday, February 6. Upon…

  • Bangkok News8 South Koreans arrested for illegally teaching in Bangkok schools

    8 South Koreans arrested for illegally teaching in Bangkok schools

    Officers from the Immigration Bureau arrested eight South Korean nationals for working illegally as teachers at two language schools in Bangkok. The officers raided two language schools in the Bang Na and Ratchada areas of Bangkok yesterday, February 6. The schools had multiple separate classrooms, each equipped with students’ tables and teachers’ tools, including whiteboards, student exercises, Korean textbooks, and…

  • Thailand NewsThai MP with history of sexual assaults accused of raping Taiwanese woman

    Thai MP with history of sexual assaults accused of raping Taiwanese woman

    Police issued an arrest warrant for a Thai Progress Party MP for allegedly raping a Taiwanese woman at a hotel in Chiang Mai province on January 9. The Taiwanese woman filed a complaint against MP Chaiyamphawan “Puaut” Munpianjit at Mueang Chiang Mai Police Station following the incident, which took place at 2am on January 9. The alleged assault occurred at…

  • Phuket NewsScouting trouble: Russian woman nabbed after uniform theft in Phuket

    Scouting trouble: Russian woman nabbed after uniform theft in Phuket

    Police arrested a Russian woman in Phuket after breaking into a local’s house and stealing a scout uniform before leaving. The homeowner took to social media to share details of the unusual theft with his followers. He posted a picture of a leopard-print shirt along with a caption that read… “Beware of a Russian woman walking around in a scout…

  • Thailand NewsChinese man arrested for spray-painting pharmacy in Chiang Mai

    Chinese man arrested for spray-painting pharmacy in Chiang Mai

    Police yesterday arrested a Chinese man for spray-painting on the roller shutter doors of two pharmacies in the northern province of Chiang Mai. The pharmacist, who owns a shop on Bamrung Buri Road in Chiang Mai, caught the 33 year old Chinese man, He Ma, red-handed yesterday, February 6, while he was spray-painting the store’s roller shutter door. The pharmacist…

  • Thailand NewsThai man accidentally stabs New Zeland son-in-law in Buriram

    Thai man accidentally stabs New Zeland son-in-law in Buriram

    A Thai man accidentally stabbed his New Zealand son-in-law at their shared home in the Isaan province of Buriram yesterday while attempting to attack his drug-addicted nephew. Officers from Prakhonchai Police Station investigated the stabbing at a house in the Ban Bordin community in Prakhonchai district, Buriram, yesterday afternoon, February 6. They found the 60 year old New Zealand man…

  • Thailand NewsThai Grab rider shocked after being booked to transport corpse at 53 baht

    Thai Grab rider shocked after being booked to transport corpse at 53 baht

    A Thai Grab motorcycle rider took to social media to share his experience of being booked for 53 baht to transport a corpse to a temple in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok. The Grab rider shared a screenshot of the booking and his conversation with the female passenger on a Facebook group for Grab drivers on Wednesday, February 5. The…

  • Thailand News4 Israeli men fined for causing chaos at hospital in Mae Hong Son

    4 Israeli men fined for causing chaos at hospital in Mae Hong Son

    Police fined four Israeli men 3,000 baht each for causing chaos at Pai Hospital in the northern province of Mae Hong Son on February 2 by entering an emergency room without permission. The medical professionals at Pai Hospital expressed their dissatisfaction with Israeli nationals in the province to Channel 7 following the incident. One of the doctors revealed that a…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman admits to faking pregnancy and child loss

    Thai woman admits to faking pregnancy and child loss

    A Thai woman today confessed to faking her pregnancy, child loss, and accusation against a hospital in Pathum Thani province but refused to reveal her motive. The 38 year old Thai woman Rungarun and her 42 year old husband Wicharn sought help from the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive to obtain an explanation from Pathum Thani Hospital as to why one…

  • Thailand NewsCall centre scams stay lit while Burmese locals suffer Thai power cut

    Call centre scams stay lit while Burmese locals suffer Thai power cut

    Innocent Burmese nationals, affected by Thailand’s measures to combat call centre scams, visited petrol stations to stock up, causing the price to rise. As part of a solution to tackle the call centre scam issue, the Thai government cut off power in five key areas of Myanmar, which were believed to be the headquarters of the scam gangs. In addition…

  • Thailand NewsThai man assaulted by seller for trying on shoes without buying

    Thai man assaulted by seller for trying on shoes without buying

    A Thai woman took to social media to seek justice for her family after a shoe seller at a shopping mall in the Si Racha district of Chon Buri physically assaulted her husband when their son tried on a pair of shoes but did not buy them. The woman named Ploysai shared videos of the assault on her TikTok account,…

  • Phuket NewsPublic debate erupts after over foreign foot masseur in Phuket

    Public debate erupts after over foreign foot masseur in Phuket

    Thai netizens demanded action from relevant government departments after a viral video showed a foreign man working as a foot masseur in Phuket. The video showing the foreign man providing a foot massage service to two customers was shared by the Phuket Times yesterday, February 5. In the video, the foreigner was seen cleaning the feet of male and female…

  • Thailand NewsAmerican man and Thai wife lose 15.2 million baht in Hua Hin property fraud

    American man and Thai wife lose 15.2 million baht in Hua Hin property fraud

    An American man and his Thai wife are pursuing justice after being duped by a real estate firm into buying two plots of land and a house in Hua Hin, located in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, amounting to 15.2 million baht. Despite their investment, they have been unable to gain ownership of the property. The couple, Patrick…

  • Pattaya NewsEscaped Thai inmate from Nonthaburi caught on Chon Buri beach

    Escaped Thai inmate from Nonthaburi caught on Chon Buri beach

    Police arrested an inmate who had escaped from Nonthaburi Provincial Prison on February 2 while enjoying the beach in Chon Buri. The 32 year old prisoner, Wasan Obnual, seized an opportunity while working for the Department of Corrections at the Corrections Museum in Nonthaburi to escape. He immediately took a taxi back home, which was close to both the museum…

  • Thailand NewsThai man throws ex-girlfriend down stairs, threatens to share explicit videos

    Thai man throws ex-girlfriend down stairs, threatens to share explicit videos

    In a shocking display of violence, a Thai man reportedly threw his girlfriend down a 1.7-metre stairwell outside her workplace in the eastern province of Rayong. Not content with this abhorrent act, he brazenly took to social media, offering explicit videos as a twisted bounty for any information on her whereabouts. The Facebook page Jmoi v+ shared security camera footage…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman suspected of burning father to death in Kalasin

    Thai woman suspected of burning father to death in Kalasin

    Police suspect a Thai woman of burning her father to death in a hut in the Isaan province of Kalasin on January 31. The woman continues to deny the accusation. The fire broke out in the hut in the Khong Chai district of Kalasin on January 31, and the body of a 73 year old man, Boonliang Jansri, was found…

  • Pattaya NewsJealous Thai man smashes ex-wife’s car, writes vulgarities on it

    Jealous Thai man smashes ex-wife’s car, writes vulgarities on it

    A Thai man in Pattaya apologised to his ex-wife after smashing her car and writing vulgar words on the vehicle yesterday, February 4. The 24 year old Thai woman, Thananya Khunwiset, filed a complaint against her ex-husband, 26 year old Thanadon, for causing damage to her car, a dark blue Honda Brio with the registration plate ขน 1747 Chon Buri.…

  • Thailand NewsEscaped Thai inmate suspected of hunting wife’s lover in Bangkok

    Escaped Thai inmate suspected of hunting wife’s lover in Bangkok

    The father of an inmate who escaped from a prison in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok on February 2 suspected his son fled after learning about his wife’s lover. The escaped inmate, 32 year old Wasan Obnual, was arrested for snatching in September 2022 and sentenced to three years in prison. He had been imprisoned at Nonthaburi Provincial Prison for nine…

  • Thailand NewsThai man refuses to pay 80-baht fare, attacks Bangkok Bolt rider

    Thai man refuses to pay 80-baht fare, attacks Bangkok Bolt rider

    Police arrested a Thai man for refusing to pay an 80-baht fare to a Bolt rider and attacking him in Soi Pracha Uthit 17 in Bangkok at the weekend. The Bolt rider, Kitikawin, took to a Facebook group for Bolt drivers to warn others and filed a complaint against the attacker, 19 year old Phuwadon, at Rat Burana Police Station.…

  • Thailand NewsThailand cuts power to Myanmar border areas to tackle call centre scam

    Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border areas to tackle call centre scam

    In a dramatic crackdown, Thailand cut off the power, Internet, and petrol supplies to five border areas of Myanmar suspected of harbouring call centre scam operations. The bold move, effective from 9am today, February 5, aims to dismantle what officials believe are the headquarters for a notorious scam gang operating along the Thai border with Myanmar. An MP from the…

  • Phuket News3 foreigners caught in Phuket for illegal motorcycle modifications

    3 foreigners caught in Phuket for illegal motorcycle modifications

    Officers from Karon Police Station stopped three foreigners at a checkpoint on a road in Phuket due to illegal modifications to their motorcycles. Karon Police set up a checkpoint outside the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket to monitor both Thai and foreign motorists violating traffic laws. At approximately 3.30pm, Monday, February 3, officers stopped a suspicious Frenchman, 29 year old Mehdi Lamine…

  • Thailand NewsChinese-American arrested for antisocial behaviour with fireworks

    Chinese-American arrested for antisocial behaviour with fireworks

    Police arrested a Chinese-born American citizen in Chon Buri for antisocial behaviour in the community by setting off fireworks, despite repeated pleas and warnings from his neighbours. A resident of a luxury housing estate in Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri, recorded a video of the fireworks and shared it with the media to seek police intervention. The footage showed a Chinese…

  • Thailand NewsThai father shoots friend dead for repeated assaults on his daughter

    Thai father shoots friend dead for repeated assaults on his daughter

    A Thai father shot dead his close friend yesterday for repeated assaults on his 11 year old daughter at her school in the Isaan province of Chaiyaphum. Officers from Mueang Chaiyaphum Police Station investigated the murder of 31 year old Kittiwet at a petrol vending machine in the Mueang district of Chaiyaphum province at around 2pm, February 3. Kittiwet had sustained…