The China Post
Date: September 25, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Six Taiwanese tourists were reportedly robbed after falling into a deep sleep at a
Wallets and other personal belongings of six Taiwanese tourists were found scattered across the floor of a guest room in a Pattaya resort villa, with over 70,000 Thai baht in cash stolen. (CNA)
resort in Pattaya Thursday evening.
The tourists, all women, found that over NT$63,300 in cash had been stolen when they woke up Friday morning, the Central News Agency reported on Saturday from Bangkok.
The six tourists, who were traveling together in Thailand, called the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand for help.
The tourists had made an online reservation at a well-known resort called VIP Villas Pattaya Palm Oasis Jomiten Beach.
In a telephone interview with CNA, the tourists said that they had found the check-in process “strange.”
“After we checked in, the counter service staffers found various reasons to deny us room keys. They asked us to put our luggage in the rooms and to have a walk around,” one tourist said.
The woman reportedly told staff that their room telephone did not work and that the French windows did not lock. [FULL STORY]