News Forum - Tourist says man assaulted her after she refused to pay 50 baht for Koh Samui viewpoint

[Fundok]

On 1/4/2022 at 5:32 AM, Thaiger said:

A Thai man is being accused of hitting a Russian tourist during a heated argument when she refused to pay a 50 baht entrance fee to a viewpoint on Koh Samui, an island in the Gulf of Thailand off the Surat Thani coast. The 33 year old woman and her partner went to a local police station and reported that the man hit her on the cheek and rib. A video shot by a bystander shows the tourist yelling at the 57 year old Thai man while the partner tried to break up the fight. The tourists were driving a […]

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It takes two to dance a Tango. I cannot believe that this lady (?) really started an argument about a 50 Baht fee. Whatever happend, physical force is not acceptable, but the fact is: she trespassed private property which was the the starting point. So my conclusion is that she ultimately is to blame. Might be a cultural thing too as in Russia - as evidenced by numerous dash cam video clips - a 'hands on'-mentality to resolve disputes seems not to be rare. 

This notwithstanding, this sort of news is not a good promotion for Thailand in general and Koh Samui in particular.

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