Dating app crimes: Bangkok police warn against predator with extensive criminal record

A public alert regarding an increase in dating app crimes has been issued by the Metropolitan Police Bureau. Vigilance has been urged due to a man capitalising on a dating application to lure in, rape, and subsequently rob women. The individual has a criminal record spanning 15 years.

The man, known under the pseudonym “Tum Chonburi,” but legally named Wattana Srikhaney, has been found to utilise the Omi app for his sinister aims. By cultivating an image of a “nice guy,” he lures his victims into a false sense of security, offering to meet and take them on a date to a designated location. However, rather than the agreed-upon destination, he diverts to a different locale where he subsequently sexually assaults them. Shockingly, in one dating app crime incident, a woman was found raped and abandoned naked at a rice field’s perimeter, reported