RELEASED: 4 Aug 2023 at 04:00
CHON BURI: Cops have actually apprehended 4 Kuwaiti travelers and 2 Myanmar migrants after they shot a trick video about mafia extortion in Pattaya.
Pattaya cops stated the other day that a current clip revealing a group of travelers from the Middle East being held at gunpoint at a perspective on a hill ended up being a scam.
Cops apprehended 4 Kuwaiti nationals: Michael, 20, Mobarak, 20, Ahmad, 19 and Muhammad, 19. All of their surnames were kept.
They likewise collared 2 Myanmar nationals– Kaeo Saw, 25, and Nay Sin Lat, 22– at a corner store on Soi Bongkot Roadway on Wednesday afternoon.
Cops likewise took a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter and clothes seen in the 99-second video, they stated.
Throughout questioning, Kaeo Saw informed officers that a group of 10-15 Kuwaiti travelers rode bikes on Tuesday to the perspective on the hill where Naval Radio Station 5 Pattaya lies.
When the group saw him utilizing the pistol-shaped lighter, they asked him to imitate a shooter holding them up and requiring cash from them, the suspect stated. In the clip, he stated: “I capture you” and “I desire cash”.
He stated the travelers likewise asked his Myanmar pal to utilize a smart device coming from among the group members to tape-record the act since they wished to publish it on TikTok. He stated he believed it was for enjoyable and did not understand that it would trigger any damage.
Cops fined them 1,000 baht each for spreading out incorrect info. The charge brings a prospective prison regard to as much as one month and/or a fine of as much as 10,000 baht.
Cops likewise alerted them– and other content developers who plan to harm Pattaya’s image– that they might deal with a computer system criminal offense charge, which brings a prison regard to as much as 5 years and/or a fine of as much as 100,000 baht.
