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Title: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: theking on May 02, 2016, 02:29:40 AM
When abroad where the laws are different, use common sense, and never give up your passport as a deposit of any form:


(http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/world/2016/04/29/brutal-attack-on-tourists-in-thailand-caught-on-video/_jcr_content/par/featured-media/media-0.img.jpg/0/0/1461936706081.jpg?ve=1)
Title: Re: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: Giggles_Shyly on May 02, 2016, 08:37:56 AM
Wow, how scary!
Title: Re: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: tRouBLe on May 02, 2016, 10:07:05 AM
Here's the full story....

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/29/brutal-attack-on-tourists-in-thailand-caught-on-video.html (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/29/brutal-attack-on-tourists-in-thailand-caught-on-video.html)

Both parties were at fault but it shouldn't have gotten that far.  I guess that's what happens when alcohol is involved.  Tsk tsk tsk.
Title: Re: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: Jiggles on May 02, 2016, 02:37:48 PM
That's why I am perfectly fine staying put.  O0
Title: Re: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: azn-guy on May 02, 2016, 02:43:26 PM
dam talk about wrong place wrong time, i do like to travel the world but some parts of the country worries me sometimes.
Title: Re: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: baddabing on May 04, 2016, 12:21:42 PM
...some tourists don't know what's good for them.  This should teach a lesson, don't act stupid or arrogant so you won't get beat up.

I've watched an uncut video carefully and this is what happened:  The son of the British couple looks to be drunk, he rudely bumped into the Thai guy and shoved the Thai guy first.  Then the Thai guy retaliated by pushing him from behind causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground.  Then his mommy and daddy both turn around started confronting the Thai guy.  His mommy eventually slaps the Thai guy across the face.  His father was also nagging and causing an altercation with some other Thai guy as well.  As they all decided to walked away, that's when this other Thai guy started punching them.  He punched the Daddy first, knocking him down, then he punched the Mommy knocking her down too.  The kicking to their faces and head continued knocking them all out cold.

What the tourists should have done was not retaliated and just walk away for their safety and happy travel.  Or they should have called the police instead, if they insisted on confronting the Thai guy.

The Thai guys went over board with their actions, no excuse for beating up senior citizen folks in such ways.

Moral to the story, they all had it coming to them.
Title: Re: Tourists brutally attacked in Thailand
Post by: theking on June 06, 2016, 02:25:08 PM
Update: The attackers just received "prison" time...:

Four given prison for British family's videotaped assault in Thailand


BANGKOK - Four men who brutally attacked a British family vacationing in Thailand have been sentenced to two years in prison for the assault, which was captured on video and widely shared on social media, officials said Monday. The video showed Rosemary and Lewis Owen, both in their 60s, and their 43-year-old son getting punched in the faces, knocked down and kicked until they fell unconscious. The attack occurred April 13 attack in the seaside resort town of Hua Hin. It was the latest blow to Thailand's image as a tourist haven and prompted officials to vow swift punishment for the attackers. "This should serve as an example," police Maj. Gen. Kasana Jamsawang said. "Let this be a reminder to ...