Pool villa suspect screamed on the floor before fleeing

2026-02-25 - 03:13

PATTAYA — 24 February 2026, Thai police are investigating a series of incidents involving a transgender suspect accused of theft and assault against foreign tourists in Chonburi province. Video clips shared online show a confrontation between a South Korean tourist and a transgender woman at a pool villa in Huai Yai subdistrict, Bang Lamung district. The incident occurred at about 00:00 on 24 February. Police believe the same suspect was involved in a separate robbery and assault on a German tourist on Pattaya beach in Bang Lamung district, on 24 February 2026. The suspect that police believe was the same one that involved in a separate robbery and assault on a German tourist on Pattaya beach. Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the beach attack. Two others remain at large, including a suspect known as “Fuangfa”, who is described as having a distinctive appearance due to heavy body lotion giving a notably pale complexion. Investigators say Fuangfa appeared in both the beach assault footage and the pool villa incident. In the villa case, which occurred at 03:53 on 24 February, Kim, 46, and two fellow South Korean nationals invited three transgender women from Pattaya South beach, including Fuangfa, to drink at a pool villa in Moo 1, Huai Yai. Kim later reported that 20,000 baht in cash had gone missing and asked the group if they had seen it. The suspect fleeing the pool villa. During the search for the money, Fuangfa allegedly became agitated, shouting loudly, brandishing a wooden table leg and threatening anyone who approached. At one point, the suspect lay on the ground screaming, filmed video on a mobile phone and ran outside, climbing onto a wall and continuing to shout, witnesses said. The behaviour left the tourists and others at the villa shocked. Fuangfa then fled the scene. Kim subsequently filed a complaint with investigators at Huai Yai police station, submitting video clips as evidence. Police in Pattaya City and Huai Yai are coordinating efforts to locate and question the remaining suspect.