PATTAYA — Pattaya’s nightlife scene offers more than just entertainment—it can also be the setting for hot-tempered confrontations. Two recent incidents occurred in areas frequented by foreign tourists.
In the first incident, a group of transgender women clashed with foreign tourists. Video footage captured by bystanders at 1:06 a.m. on March 17 near Walking Street shows transgender women confronting male foreign tourists. The argument escalated when a woman in black slapped one of the tourists, who responded by pushing her head, further angering the group who shouted back in retaliation.
Reporters later interviewed one of the transgender women involved, 24-year-old Fah Sai. She explained that before the incident, they had been sitting on a foreigner’s motorcycle. When the owner arrived, he allegedly complained about them using his vehicle and suggested they use their own, which they perceived as disrespectful. This led to an argument, though she claimed it didn’t escalate to physical violence before both parties separated.
Local residents reported that this group of transgender women regularly patrols the area seeking foreign clients, essentially behaving as if they own the tourist zone. Local residents have called for relevant authorities to enforce stricter measures, warning that such behavior inevitably affects tourism.
This incident followed another altercation between a foreign man and a Thai man on Pattaya 2 Road in South Pattaya, which was also captured on video and shared on social media. According to the post, the fight began after a motorcycle collision. The footage shows a large-built foreigner kicking a Thai man to the ground before bystanders intervened to separate them.
At 1:00 p.m. on March 17, Tourist Police and Pattaya City Police arrested 35-year-old Mr. Stefan, a Swiss national who appeared in the video, at his residence in Soi Phra Tamnak, Pattaya. He admitted to being the person in the footage and explained that before the incident, the Thai man’s motorcycle had collided with his own motorcycle, leading to an argument during which the Thai man struck him with a helmet. This prompted the physical altercation seen in the video.
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