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UNPROTECTED GANG OF DRUNKEN THUGS THREATEN EXPAT POLICE VOLUNTEERS
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g ang of drunken thug s threatening expat police volunteers on patrol has exposed the lack of police protection provided at the police box at the beach end of Bang la Rd in P atong . The g ang turned up at the scene in a white pickup at 10:5 0pm on July 10 and started playing loud music from the vehicle while drinking beers on the steps rig ht in front the police
bo , noted an incident report filed to Lt Col P ong pichan Chayanonpiriya at the P atong police station. “There were no police in attendance at the police box all nig ht and it was locked… The people were asked to leave as parking the car [and] drinking alcohol [there] is not allowed and playing loud music was not appropriate at the police box – and they left immediately,”
a lead volunteer said in the report. But the g ang was soon back, in g reater numbers and looking for a fight. “They returned with more people at 11:20pm, parked the car in the same spot, played loud music, drank alcohol and told Thai people they were looking for the farang [foreig n] police [volunteer] to fight them,” the report said. “I chose not to eng ag e them as
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the g irl I spoke to outside Starbucks said they were waiting to fight with us and there were no police on Bang la Rd.” Lt Col P ong phichan Chayanonpiriya, the officer in P atong responsible for co-ordinating police volunteers, this week told T h e P h uk et N ew s that he had little to say to rectify the lack of police presence on the busy tourist street.
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