Thai Superstar Bashed & Robbed on Pattaya Beach Road

Published : August 09, 2010 :: 13:08:17 [ 5,770 views ]

A famous Thai musician has been assaulted & robbed along Pattaya’s Beach Road on Monday morning. Despite the presence of several witnesses, the group of offenders managed to flee the scene with over Bt80,000 in cash and valuables.

Pattaya, the 9^th of August 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 3:30am on Monday, Pattaya Police were informed of an assault and robbery along Pattaya’s Beach Road. A team of officers were immediately dispatched to the incident to investigate.

At the scene, between Soi 10 and Soi 13 along Pattaya Beach Road, officers discovered the unconscious body of Mr. Chalathit Tontiwut [29]. Mr. Tontiwut, a famous Thai musician, had been assaulted and robbed by a group of unknown Thai males.

A witness to the incident explained that Mr. Tontiwut had been walking along the Beach Road before being randomly attacked by a group of men. Transported to the Pattaya Memorial Hospital, the victim required 7 stitches to a wound on his face, while he had suffered severe head and neck bruising in the assault. He was later transferred to the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya for further treatment.

Investigation with the victim’s mother, Mrs. Rotsukhon Tontiwut [48] revealed that he had attended a friend’s birthday party at the nearby Central Festival Shopping Center prior to the attack. At the time of the incident, Mr. Tontiwut is thought to have been returning to his Phratamnak Hill residence.

Mrs. Tontiwut revealed that her son had been in possession of approximately Bt20,000 in cash, a new i-Phone and wristwatch valued at over Bt70,000 combined.

At present, Mr. Tontiwut remains in a critical but stable condition in the Bangkok Hosptial Pattaya ICU, while police investigations into the identity and whereabouts of the offenders are ongoing.

Video of Chalathit “Ben Chalatit” Tontiwut in Concert

Comments

GARY

said :

what kind of people- falangs decide to invest -retired in pattaya the worst place -shithole in the world!

Email : STDS@GMAIL.COM Date : 2010-08-13 10:28:26

ottoman fucker

said :

Come on thai officials you are gonna loose the tourism income very soon if you keep ignoring safety on the pattaya beach road. Why dont you do anything about this?? I ve been twice to Pattaya but this year I ill not go because of the high crime rates and lack of safety on the streets..

Email : tarko9@yahoo.com Date : 2010-08-11 04:41:47

Breaker

said :

maybe if more "Famous" Thais get bashed we'll see some real crime work from the Police.
Oh wait this is Thailand. Sorry, never mind.

Email : g-unit@gmail.com Date : 2010-08-10 07:46:38

mark

said :

What ?

no way with all the new video camera around and the new crime squad..

Email : markusfa@yahoo.com Date : 2010-08-09 19:32:37

Dirk The Daring

said :

Welcome to the party!!

Email : 123@yahd.cn Date : 2010-08-09 19:04:56

GARY

said :

HA HA HA HA HA

Email : STDS@GMAIL.COM Date : 2010-08-09 16:03:21

pete

said :

An where are all those CCTV cameras??
Didn't they recently invest for a few hunderd thousand bahts on those cameras?

Email : baiganie@gmail.com Date : 2010-08-09 15:12:25

steve

said :

soi 10 to 13 hhhmmm bet he was looking for a lady boy

Email : steve_smith@hotmail.com Date : 2010-08-09 15:08:18

harry hatred

said :

Probably takes a famous / influential Thai person to get their head bashed in for the cops to take any notice of what happens on the Beach Rd in the early hours.
Expect a 'crackdown' anytime soon.

Email : harry@hatred.com Date : 2010-08-09 14:45:33

Bob

said :

Over 80,000 baht in cash and valuables. What do you expect. Good to hear it was a Thai. for a change, and not a farang.

Email : bob@toobad.com Date : 2010-08-09 14:21:31

ronin

said :

???"...returning to his Phratamnak Hill residence.."

is the beach road the correct way headin' to phratamnak hill?

55555

Email : ronin@socialworker.net Date : 2010-08-09 14:01:12

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