Thiefs in Hua Hin

[Jennifer]

Good Name Paradise City, but in the last 2 years it amacing how many break inn's we have in Hua Hin!
Thiefs have no fear anymore, they know the police is sleeping after 5pm and if it's a House from a Farang, then they not even want to know what is missing.
12 Houses in Soi 88/1 in one night!
Finger prints everywhere, but no they just aks the owners to go to the police station and make there report!

Well this is about to change and i need your help!
Please report every break in or any other criminal act, with the stolen items or the amount of money!
More from me in the next days...
Angry! Jennifer

[buksida]

Yes, the increase in break ins and theft in Hua Hin is very concerning, its no surprise that the cops are useless though. I wont vote as it'll probably happen!

Any ideas on promotion of awareness and prevention of this nasty trend are more than welcome.

[richard]

Just to put you in the picture

My recent assault I've been told was not robbery related otherwise they would have waited until I'd opened the door also they/he/she did not frisk me

I've been told it was a revenge attack although I've never upset anyone to my knowledge

Finally I've been told sometimes they get the wrong guy after all we farangs all look the same

Now when I'm out and about my reliable taxi drivers make sure I'm indoors before thay leave. In fact they go into the house first to check

Advise to one and all--- don't upset anyone and be diligent

[sandman67]

The funny thing is here i don't see many house alarms (the yellow boxes on the outside of the house anyway....)

Back home its a simple visit to B&Q, an hours work and hey presto.

Do HomePro sell em or is there yet another illogical law that stops them being sold?

Personally Im thinking of getting my mates back home to send me a 20 foot container full of B&Q DIY alarm sets and setting up a shop....seems there would be plenty of call here now.

Richard,

glad to see you are feeling a bit better mate.

The police are, as usual, wrong - once the assailant saw you had keys for the house you became a target .... there are plenty of cases of burglaries in the UK that involve the victim getting dropped on the doorstep as soon as the keys come out. Once the keys come out the assailant knows you live there and aren't just visiting. My guess would be he was casing the place when you came home at the wrong time.

As you aren't the sort that pisses people off, then that leaves potential burglary or yabba/beer crazed nutball as the two other options. Of course, that requires police investigation.....which is why they palmed you off (as usual here).

[DawnHRD]

Yes, Jennifer, I have been & the police really weren't any help at all. Thread about my experience, here: http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/bu ... t7709.html

[richard]

Sandman

Stupid thing was I didn't tell the police

I'd some bruising and cuts so went inside locked up and went to bed. I was dazed and not pissed

My soi is 99% Thai but of course they were all asleep

My information, as posted, came from the Thais in the Soi

You can lock youself in and feel secure but they can come through the roof. I know someone who experienced that

Dogs? They can be doped or poisoned

Alarm systems? Sounds a good business if you've a work permit

Read Dawns link. That's an eye opener

[crazy88]

Posted 'not yet 'although I did have an intruder a few months ago .Police and locals were very quick on the scene .Nothing taken but still very annoying to say the least .Posted about this at the time .



Crazy 88

[bozzman101]

six houses where i live have been broken into in the last 2 months or so
6/20 houses good or bad average???????????
3/6 have been mild damage nothing of value taken
other 3 have been hard on resedents high valur taken

[Nereus]

The funny thing is here i don't see many house alarms (the yellow boxes on the outside of the house anyway....)

Alarm systems are available here. I have quite an elaborate motion sensor type that was already installed by the developer before I bought the house. I do not leave it activated as most of these types are prone to false alarms, and become more of a liability than a deterrent.

A better option is good sensor operated perimeter lighting. Kamoys hate light, and even if they activate falsely it does not matter very much. I guess that they are of not of much use during daylight, but most breakins seem to occur at night.

[da]

My place was never broke into to but I was pick pocketed one nite when I was 3 sheets to the wind.

[buksida]

I think a lot of these break-ins are being carried out by opportunist, transient, layabout builders. Most sois in Hua Hin have several houses under construction or renovation and hence the pack of Issan builders. We have a number of them in our soi and you can just see them nosing into other peoples houses during their 4 hour lunch break. Doesn't make one feel very secure having to leave the house for a couple of days.

Needless to say the gun turrets, electric fences, halogen spots and randomly placed Claymores have been implemented.

[The understudy]

Hi there everyone!!

as I had red on this post about theft in Hua Hin and the Boys in Brown are unable to do anything exept to totake your complaint and doing nothing to prevent it.

Has anybody Expats and Locals alike thought of a Joint neighborhood watch program? It could work like this on each night of the week one two or three family Members, armed of course are walking around the Moo baan and if they spot a thft in progress they have the right to scare the thieves out of the Houses but They don"t have the right to arrest the person who is about to commit theft.
But this action has to be taken by all who live int he Neighborhood to make everboy have it's part to do in the Neighborhood watch.
Your's the understudy!!!

[huahindolly]

Good idea, Understudy. Neighborhood Watch programs are common in the U.S., and it's quite organized - see the National Neihborhood Watch Institute here: http://www.nnwi.org/. No idea how effective they are, though or if it'd work here.

[nevets]

Richard, sorry to here about your attack .
I live out in the sticks and if any one prowls about at night the dogs will eat you.

[dtaai-maai]

Neighbourhood Watch is also very widely used in the UK. As far as I'm aware it's mostly a question of informing the police if anything suspicious is going on, which would seem to me to be common sense anyway. It certainly doesn't involve armed residents wandering around on the lookout for a likely kamoi.

If any farang wants to spend the rest of his life in the Bangkok Hilton, this sounds like the way to go.