Just for the record (these stories aren’t quite “breaking news” anymore): Yet another Indian tourist had a gold necklace snatched from around his neck by a ladyboy presumably riding a motorcycle last night. According to Pattaya One, the incident occurred at around 1 a.m. Sunday morning outside Mona’s Bar on Soi 14 in Central Pattaya.… Continue Reading
Chinese Tourist Loses 150k Baht Gold Necklace to Ladyboys
It’s a frustrating reality. Theft cases where foreign tourists have a gold necklace or a handbag snatched from a bunch of ladyboys or motorcycle snatch-and-grab-thieves have become a nearly daily fixture in Pattaya. Most often the victims are Chinese or first-time visitors from India who all appear rather clueless about the risks of hitting town… Continue Reading
Pattaya Beach Ladyboy Snatches Indian Tourist’s Gold Necklace
Another day, another gold necklace snatched on the darkly-lit Pattaya beach road promenade, the seaside resort’s #1 hangout for nocturnal freelance hookers of either gender and similarly dodgy creatures of the night, popularly also known as “Coconut Bar.” Who in his right mind would wear a gold necklace there after dark? Once again the culprit… Continue Reading
Body of Missing Scottish Ex-Soldier Found Dead in Pattaya
The body of Scottish ex-soldier and dad Steve Balfour who went missing last month during one of his regular trips to Pattaya has been found dead in a police morgue in Bangkok now. Steve had come to Pattaya to visit his daughter who lives with his estranged Thai ex-wife in Pattaya and was last seen… Continue Reading
Ladyboy Pickpocket Nabbed by Pattaya Motorbike Taxi Driver
In the early hours of Thursday, a quick-witted Pattaya motorbike taxi driver stationed outside the Royal Garden Plaza mall on Pattaya Beach Road caught a ladyboy pickpocket red-handed and managed to detain the suspect and hand him over to the police. Less than two weeks ago, the alert 35-year-old taxi driver along with a colleague… Continue Reading
Ladyboy Gang Nabbed for Robbing Tourist on Beach Road
A four-men ladyboy gang were arrested by a police patrol on Pattaya Beach Road late Saturday night after they had snatched a gold necklace from a Sri Lankan tourist opposite the entrance to Soi 13. All four transgender sex workers were found to be repeat offenders and admitted to many similar crimes against tourists in… Continue Reading
Ladyboy Pickpockets Nabbed by Motorbike Taxi Drivers
Two ladyboy pickpockets who had just robbed an Iranian tourist on Walking Street were detained in a citizen’s arrest on Pattaya Beach Road early Monday morning. The arrest of the two repeat offenders who had just been released from prison and claimed they needed money to continue their “gender reassignment” came about thanks to the… Continue Reading
Foreigner Dies During Short Time Session with Pattaya Ladyboy
The naked body of an unidentified foreigner was reportedly found in a short time hotel room off Walking Street early Sunday morning. In a most unusual way to go the way of all flesh even for Pattaya standards, it seems the middle-aged European succumbed to his injuries after he hit his head on the wall… Continue Reading
Ladyboy ‘Nong Mo’ Crowned Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2016
In a three-hour event broadcast live on national TV Friday night, 22-year-old fashion design graduate Jirachaiya Sirimongkonnawin a.k.a. Nong Mo was crowned Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2016. Thailand’s biggest annual beauty pageant exclusively for ladyboys is being held by the Tiffany’s Show theatre in North Pattaya since 1998 and this year featured 30 transgender contestants from… Continue Reading
More Tourists Robbed by Ladyboys on Pattaya Beach Road
Just a couple of days after police launched a brand-new (foredoomed) tourism safety campaign aiming to enforce a “zero crime” rate against holidaymakers in Pattaya a total of four tourists were robbed by a bunch of ladyboys on Pattaya Beach Road in just a single day. In the first case, two Indian tourists, aged 33… Continue Reading
Tourist Robbed by Ladyboy As Police Launch Safety Campaign
Isn’t it ironic? Just a few hours after police had launched a well-publicized campaign on Walking Street to protect the safety of tourists in town a 33-year-old man from Kazakhstan was pickpocketed by a ladyboy at the other end of town in Naklua. Tuesday night had actually started promising, with more than 100 police and… Continue Reading
Pattaya Ladyboys Rob Two Foreign Tourists on Beach Road
Less than 24 hours after a German tourist was viciously attacked and robbed by two ladyboys in Jomtien, a gang of ladyboys on Pattaya Beach Road snatched two gold necklaces and a diamond ring worth almost 90,000 Baht in total from two foreign tourists in two separate incidents late Friday night. Both cases involved a group… Continue Reading
