Thai woman files theft report but police mistakenly list her as thief
A Thai woman filed a police report after losing 400,000 baht in valuables to her former tomboy girlfriend but ended up being labelled a thief herself when police mistakenly switched her name with that of the suspect.
The 28 year old victim, Puifai, shared details of the crime with Channel 3 after the suspect, Earn, managed to secure her release on 150,000 baht bail. Earn’s employer, who bailed her out, also mocked Puifai on social media by posting…
“Police always lose to a rich thief.”
Puifai explained that she had dated Earn when they were school classmates. Although they later broke up, they remained friends. Earn frequently borrowed money from Puifai and other friends but never repaid them. As a result, Puifai avoided lending Earn money and instead opted to hire her.
On the day of the incident, Puifai employed Earn to look after her cat at her condominium while she was away. Upon returning home, Puifai discovered that numerous valuables worth over 400,000 baht were missing, including five designer handbags, a laptop, a tablet, and a mobile phone.
Puifai checked security camera footage and saw Earn leaving the property with her belongings. When she confronted Earn, Earn admitted to the theft but refused to return the items or compensate Puifai. This prompted Puifai to file a complaint against her at Khlong Tan Police Station.
Following this, Puifai travelled to Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok to fly to Shanghai with her boyfriend. However, she was detained at immigration, where officers informed her that she was the subject of an arrest warrant for theft.
Despite this clerical error, Puifai never received justice, as the police allowed Earn to go free despite clear evidence of theft. Recently, Puifai encountered Earn by chance at a fair at Kasetsart University in Bangkok and confronted her.
Earn’s employer, a man, was the one who bailed her out and later posted the sarcastic comment against Puifai on social media.
In an interview with Channel 3, police insisted that they handled the case according to procedure and were committed to providing justice to both parties.
However, she later discovered that the car did not belong to Earn but was a rental vehicle. She has yet to determine whether the land deed she provided was genuine.
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