News Forum - Thai man injured in a gunfight with his son over 1 million baht debt

[Thaiger]

A Thai man yesterday sustained an injury to his left leg during a gunfight with his son over a 1 million baht debt at the son’s pawn shop in the Isaan province of Khon Kaen. Officers from Mueang Khon Kaen Police Station were alerted to the shooting outside the pawn shop on Na Mueang Road … …

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[NonThaiKiwi]

Nothing like family squabbles in Thailand.   Normally it involves money and it gets ugly when debts aren't repaid. 

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I was bought up with the understanding that you  'Never loan money to relatives'.  You either give money not expecting it back or say you don't have any spare. 

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If your relatives return the money then that's a bonus.

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Half the problem here is that a lot of Thais don't know how to budget.