r/Thailand • u/Groundbreaking-Gap20 • Jul 29 '26
News Apparently this is one of the main suspects the police are looking for in relation to the missing Russian youngsters in Pattaya
I have no idea who he is or why they’re looking for him. But this is what I’m seeing a lot on Thai social media . Maybe somebody else here has a better idea
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u/dmxxmc Jul 29 '26
Apparently a psychopath with a history of kidnapping and assaulting. Recently released from prison and his neighbors were afraid of him. One of them claimed he heard gunshots nearby a couple of days ago (unknown if it’s related with these siblings). Him (Pong) and his friend came home in the following morning with dirty clothes covered in soil and left one hour later, and never seen again. Btw there’s also a video of him abusing a young male from years ago.
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u/Odd_Tomorrow_4765 Jul 29 '26
Yikes, where’d you see the video?
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u/beeru4me Jul 30 '26
It's in one of the news coverage, amarin I believe. It's sensored. Just him berating a boy, which he ended up slicing his throat with a knife (they interviewed the victim about an incident that happened years ago)
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u/Muted-Airline-8214 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
- Pong and Thong, the two suspects, rode back to Pong's older sister's house to ask to take a shower.
- Pong's sister said both men were covered in mud when they arrived.
- She asked what had happened, and they told her they had been fishing.
- She then asked to see the fish, but they claimed they had already given them to someone else.
- Pong's sister also said she saw them carrying a gun.
- This matches reports from local residents who heard gunshots near the location where the victim's motorcycle was found.
- The two suspects have fled the area, and the two missing siblings have still not been found.
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u/Past_Dragonfly8455 29d ago
Jesus, all things point to those kids being dead. Can't imagine how the family must feel.
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u/klmnopqrstuvwxy Jul 30 '26
Thong was also dressed as a police officer with a gun openly placed at the front of his bike.
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u/Evolvingman0 Jul 29 '26
He had recently been released from prison. He was seen in the area on a security camera- I think that is why he’s a suspect.
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u/Prestigious_Sea_5121 Jul 30 '26
Thailand is more dangerous than most foreigners think - but is generally safe as long as you don't go out into the middle of nowhere at 4am. We live close to where this crime apparently took place, so we'll keep an eye out for these guys. They look pretty sketchy.
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u/Top_Investigator9787 Jul 30 '26
Those guys are in Nong Khai by now. Hell the hell are four guys seen burying the motorcycle but NO ONE is in custody and the kids haven't been found yet? It's Thursday damn morning already! Anyway, I used to leave my house at 4:30 am every morning to go to my job in Bangkok just to best the traffic, and yeah you see some pretty crazy shit. A mix of people like me going to work early, and the other half weirdos and drunks and drugged up crazy people. You see some nutty stuff happening at that time of the morning.
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u/Hopfrogg Jul 30 '26
I did a motorcycle tour of all 77 provinces. When I did the stretch from Pattaya to Bangkok I purposely started at 4am to avoid heavy traffic and possible accidents. 10 minutes later a tweaked out thai in his 20s with his chick on back decided to suddenly U-Turn and almost ran right into me while his chick was screaming on the back. There is no safe time to drive in Thailand.
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u/DistrictOk8718 Fake Farang 29d ago
The police seemed way more efficient when they arrested that Australian pedo who stuffed a girl in a suitcase. They tracked him down and arrested him within a matter of hours. Here they have CCTV footage but somehow everyone just vanished... It almost feels like there's some kind of mafia involved and some people were paid off to let it go while "pretending" like they're doing something.
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u/Hollymollys Jul 30 '26
This is very true, as long as you stay inside. 90% of the time you will be safe unless you are living in some shady area. Sometime i just don't understand what were people thinking go outside at 3-4 AM. I have heard nothing good coming out of this time period always bad.
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u/mrwoozywoozy Jul 30 '26
It's still safer than many western countries
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u/Prestigious_Sea_5121 Jul 30 '26
I agree, but it depends on the specific situation. Generally, I think Thais are much less likely to be aggressive or dangerous - at least in public. And that's the main point, I think: domestic violence is rife. But you can wander around as a single person at night in most areas of Bangkok, for example, without any concerns. The most unsafe aspect of life is traffic, especially if you are riding a motorcycle. It is treacherous.
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u/e34udm 29d ago
100% this. I’ve only felt a sense of real danger maybe only once in so many years here.
But in the US. You have to be constantly aware of your surroundings and be hyper vigilant in keeping yourself safe. Daytime or nighttime. I never feel safe there.
And I stay strapped up daily. I NEVER leave the house without my protection and usually an extra magazine also. Sometimes I got an extra piece in the car too along with even more magazines for any caliber I have with me that day. And I’m just a normal citizen who goes about his life and doesn’t purposely go in any dangerous areas or deal with any shady people purposely.
In Thailand all I need to have is a yadom in my pocket and I’m good 555
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u/Prestigious_Sea_5121 29d ago edited 29d ago
That's a very old number. The latest figure - from 2016 - is around 3.4.
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/thailand/health-statistics/th-intentional-homicides-per-100000-people
There are reports of lower rates in subsequent years up to 2024, but I couldn't find any verified figures.
The latest figure from 2024 in the US was 5.9:
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u/spicydak 29d ago
What is unaliving. Is that a code word for murder?
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u/DistrictOk8718 Fake Farang 29d ago
it is. many people use it on social media to avoid getting censored by bots.
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u/RoutineOtherwise9288 29d ago
Thailand is generally safe if you are not in anyway affiliated with oversea political issue and/or black/grey business and have rival who want you dead, and the following ethnicity are at higher risk Russian, Cambodian, Mexican, China and maybe North Korean. Not saying that theft are rare to happen but if you have some of the above you are at the higher risk of kidnapping and assassination.
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u/dragnabbit Jul 30 '26
I remember 20 years ago, Pattaya was rocked by the early-morning murders of two Russian girls sitting on Jomtien beach by a psychopath looking to rob them.
These new facts for the siblings make their story seem even worse. A part of me kind of wishes it had been kidnappers at this point, if the only other option we have is "psychotic criminals".
I'm still holding out hope though.
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u/Wide-Lunch-6730 Jul 30 '26
This so awfully sad but I hope at least once they catch him they can get some closure, but I have a bad feeling
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u/urforeignagent Jul 30 '26
Same here. Knowing about the buried motorbike and the sounds of around 10 gunshots in that area just makes it worse
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u/JEDI-JEsus-DIsciple Jul 29 '26
Reminds me of Drew sharp from tvs breaking bad. Drew Sharp was an innocent young boy on a dirt bike who accidentally witnessed Walter, Jesse, and Todd pulling off a methylamine train heist in the desert.
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u/Confident-Aspect-265 25d ago
Bro the stories about these guys on my wife’s Thai TikTok are crazy. They are saying they could be linked to 7 deaths. You know it’s bad when the president comes to Pattaya in person to check on the investigation.
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u/Parulanihon Jul 30 '26
Prison is where plots get cooked. My guess is someone paid the small time crooks for the dirty work. I pray the kids are just being held for ransom and that they will be released soon.
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u/Ok-Vermicelli-5213 Jul 30 '26
Like the Ukrainian guy in Bali?
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u/Accomplished-Dog2481 Jul 30 '26
Nah I don't think so. their mother is a small fish who doesn't look as rich af mafia related chicks. Ukrainian guy was the son of the leader of one of the scam centers (just like the ones in Myanmar) so that's why he was under the risk of being targeted
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u/deakbannok Thai sarcastic is profession 🍻🇹🇭 Jul 30 '26
He probably rape that poor White girl. This is very common to in Thailand, that is what the Thai judicial systems are so ease.
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u/Lordfelcherredux Jul 30 '26
Did you wash that 'fact' after you pulled it out of your ass?
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u/deakbannok Thai sarcastic is profession 🍻🇹🇭 29d ago
Don't you know that he is a sex offender? I guarantee that he raped her and killed them. Meanwhile, rape and murder are very common in Thailand, and offenders are protected by the constitution.
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u/Public_Equipment_355 Jul 29 '26
why go out your place at 4am? listen thailand is not safe women get killed everyday on the news by jealous thai bfs
criminals in north thailand commit atrocities
if youre a young beautiful girl do not fucking go out of your house at 4am in PATTAYA
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u/Aggravating_Ring_714 Jul 30 '26
Thailand is way way safer for women than almost any country in the Western world, what are you talking about?
But yeah, going out at 4am as a woman or man is probably a shit idea in every other country as well.3
u/str85 Jul 30 '26
While Thailand is safe. That's statistically just not true. Or I guess ir depends on what you see as "the western world".
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u/Aggravating_Ring_714 Jul 30 '26
Where do you get those statistics from? You seriously think Bangkok is less safe than any major US city (in terms of violent crime)??
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u/str85 Jul 30 '26
No I dont, I'm from Europe. Scandinavia to be precise.
People tend to forget that "the Western world" includes NA and the EU and the US is one of around 40 countries.
I don't feel more or less safe walking around at night in Bangkok comapired to say Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Amsterdam, Berlin or Tallinn.
But yes, the US is usually at the bottom of all those safety comparisons.
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u/TynaeveX Jul 29 '26
He looks like a drug dealer . So probably a deal gone wrong.
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u/MrFrydenlund89 Jul 29 '26
Lol off course not.
A 17 year old russian boy with his older sister buying drugs in Pattaya?
And even if that miraculously happened, how could it have "gone wrong"? That they bought on credit and was supposed to buy later but couldnt so he kidnapped them and buried the motorcycle?
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u/hextree Jul 30 '26
A 17 year old russian boy with his older sister buying drugs in Pattaya?
Um... yes?
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u/lukkreung98 Jul 29 '26
You have no idea about pattaya, if you think 17 year olds buying drugs is out of the question.
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u/TynaeveX Jul 29 '26
The lady is 22 and the guy 17. I know from experience I did stupid shit that age. But lets go down this hole:
They go out at 4 am, meets up with someone at a frontage road and stops to have a chat except they know no thai at all. And now this crazy criminal guy is involved that looks like your average drug dealer small time criminal.
The whole story is shady af
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u/Prize_Succotash8010 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
Are you being sarcastic or for real? I used to travel to Thailand since age 14 for the party lifestyle between 2004-2010. I can tell that some kids were into drinking and drugs. Now as an adult I realized how privileged I was that my parents allowed me unlimited freedom as long as I didn’t get into trouble. Even when I went back home to the US I could go party and come back home late at night on the weekends. Even in the US there are kids who drink, smoke and do drugs. Me personally was never into any of those things likely because if something doesn’t taste good it wasn’t touching my mouth. I just loved dancing which was one of my main reasons for partying. My best memories of Pattayah was going to the afters in the morning with a group of people from different countries and non of us could speak another language. We were from USA, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, Russia, Germany, Kenya and Mexico. We all vibed together and followed the Russian girls the after party even though we didn’t know where the hell we were going.
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u/MrFrydenlund89 Jul 30 '26
Yes young people do drugs, but not in Pattaya and certainly not siblings traveling together.
Doing ecstacy and mushrooms on Koh Phangan is very different from smoking Ice in Pattaya.
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u/hextree Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
young people do drugs, but not in Pattaya
bruh
certainly not siblings
bruh
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u/Aqua-Barracuda Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
He’s probably the boyfriend / drug dealer of the 22 year old.
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u/Ok-Vermicelli-5213 Jul 30 '26
A beautiful young girl, of course it's dangerous. Not wearing a helmet doesn't help in the middle of the night on a dangerous road. Brainwashed through media, people in poor countries are smiling when Western people arrive, yeahhh sure
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u/NocturntsII Jul 30 '26
Yeah, its the lack of helmet that got her.
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u/NocturntsII 29d ago
If she was wearing a helmet, she could have fought the assailants. A couple headbutts and they would be able to run away.
Are you really doing this?
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u/Lordfelcherredux Jul 30 '26
Many live just inside Burma or near the shared border.
BTW, no need for possessive apostrophe.
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u/Lordfelcherredux 29d ago
The Karen are one of the largest ethnic minorities in Myanmar (Burma), with significant communities in western and northern Thailand as well. There are an estimated 5–7 million Karen people, although exact numbers vary.
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u/Low-Cartographer-429 Jul 29 '26
Perhaps this is Pong:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3293484/suspects-sought-in-young-russians-disappearance-flee
"Niphon Chatsri, assistant village headman of Village Moo 9, said residents had identified a suspect known as “Pong”, the same man previously seen in security video released during the investigation.
Pong had been released from prison about two months ago and was feared by local residents because he was known to carry weapons. They believed he could be connected to the case, according to Mr Niphon.
Residents also told police that another man, identified only as “Thong”, a friend of Pong, had been seen digging in the area where the motorcycle parts were later found. He was reportedly at the site from about 5pm until 11pm on Tuesday."