News Forum - Teenage student steals 700,000 baht from teacher to buy 11 iPhones for friends

[Thaiger]

A Thai teacher sought justice after her 14 year old student stole 700,000 baht from her house to buy 11 iPhones for her boyfriend and friends and the children’s guardians failed to take responsibility for the losses. The victim, 42 year old Rungrat Chokchai, urged Amarin TV and other news agencies to tell her story … …

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[Ramanathan.P]

That is a huge chunk of cash to be kept at home. 

[Fanta]

So why haven’t the cops charged the teenager with theft? 

[23RD]

A Teacher in Thailand with 700k stashed? 

Maybe over inflatied exactly how much she had stashed. 

[jojoe]

I read this news and am saddened. Today we live in an era where materialism is more important than spiritual values or social values. In fact, this materialism has been around for a long time. Going back to ancient times Humans already give importance to objects. But today's materialism is more intense and widespread than in the past.

[butterfly]

1 hour ago, 23RD said:

A Teacher in Thailand with 700k stashed? 

Maybe over inflatied exactly how much she had stashed. 

private tutoring and his 20-year savings?

[Guest1]

On 12/18/2023 at 5:38 AM, Thaiger said:

Officers were able to recover all the phones, resell them to the seller and return 120,000 baht to Rungrat.

I phones got really cheap in Thailand, methinks.

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