Thai women fight Kuwaiti tourists in Soi Bangla, Phuket (video)
Netizens have called on Patong Police Station officers and Phuket administrative officials to intensify their efforts in safeguarding the province’s reputation, following yet another physical altercation on Soi Bangla. Reports indicate that the incident involved Thai women and Kuwaiti tourists.
The news Facebook page, โหดจัง จังหวัดภูเก็ต (translated as “So Brutal, Phuket Province”), shared a video today, August 21, showing Thai women and foreign tourists, later identified as Kuwaiti, engaged in a physical altercation. The page also criticised the work of Patong Police Station officers and the superintendent.
“You all make a living on Soi Bangla, Patong, and Phuket, but never protect its image. You always damage the reputation of this tourist destination. So brutal. Fighting each other over a man.
“Patong Police Station officers and the superintendent, please be more active. Stop boasting about your football skills. Have as much passion for your work as you do for football. Locals know that drugs and illegal items are everywhere in the area you supervise, but you don’t. It’s so embarrassing. Please work as hard as the Commissioner of Police Region 8 trusts you to. Do more, speak less.”
In the video, a Thai woman in a long black dress can be seen arguing with a group of foreign tourists, consisting of three men and one woman, on Bangla Road. Another Thai woman in a white dress joined the argument before the first one in black threw her shoe at a Kuwaiti man in a black shirt.
Police criticised
The foreign man attempted to kick her in the head but she managed to avoid it. The group of foreigners then tried to leave the scene but the Thai women followed and attacked them in the middle of the road.
A Thai man in a blue shirt suddenly appears, brandishing a knife. He attempted to slash one of the foreign men but missed and then left the scene.
Many Thai netizens condemned the police for their inaction, stating that altercations occur almost every day at the same time, between 4am and 6am, but no police officers are ever present. Others focused on the man in the blue shirt, saying he should not be carrying a knife in public.
According to a report on Amarin TV, the incident did not involve Thai women on Soi Bangla, but rather four Kuwaiti nationals and three Thai women. The altercation began inside an entertainment venue when a Thai woman poured alcohol over the Kuwaiti woman.
The media reported that the police intervened and escorted both parties to the police station for questioning and further legal proceedings.
However, the police have not yet come forward to clarify the incident and the legal punishment for those involved.
