There’s been one other incident involving mortgage sharks in Thailand.
In Pattaya, two members of a mortgage shark gang turned themselves in to the cops after they threatened a contract reporter earlier this week. The incident started when local Thai reporter, Buronsak Bunnodyom, asked the 2 men to not litter mortgage flyers in entrance of his residence on Soi 9, Central Pattaya, Bang Lamung District. In response, the men, 23 yr previous Chinnawat Posingarm and 20 12 months old Natthiwut Sudprasert, verbally assaulted the reporter and tried to attack him with a large rock.
Following the incident, Chinnawat and Natthiwut surrendered to the police yesterday. Chinnawat admitted to littering loan flyers in entrance of people’s houses, whereas Natthiwut confessed to using a bike for Chinnawat. The two were captured on video by the reporter as they threatened and attempted to assault him.
Regarding their motive, the two men said they have been annoyed with the reporter for warning them to not distribute flyers, including that it was a spontaneous choice to pick up a rock and attempt to assault him. Chinnawat and Natthiwut have since apologised for his or her excessive actions, The Pattaya News reported.
The two individuals now face charges for threatening others and violating the Cleanliness Act.
Another incident involving loan sharks occurred in Pattaya, the place a bar proprietor and her workers faced harassment and threats for unpaid money owed. The 31 year old bar owner, Daranee, accumulated round 800,000 baht (US$23,100) in debt from 14 totally different loan providers. Monetize resorted to borrowing to address her monetary points and struggled to pay the every day interest of 30,000 baht (US$870)..