Man arrested for allegedly trying to rape and rob Chinese tourist in Pattaya

The 29-year-old Chinese woman identified as Meilin alerted police officers at Nong Prue station on Sunday that she had been attacked and robbed by a Thai man. She said the suspect, along with another Thai man, had offered her and her brother a ride while they were waiting for public transport on Sattahip-Nakhon Ratchasima Road, about 10 km. from the crime scene.

The woman said she and her brother agreed to go with the two men to the South Pattaya area on separate motorcycles, but the man on whose motorbike she was riding took a different route, forced her off the vehicle then tried to rape her.

When the rape attempt proved unsuccessful, the man tied her hands and legs, took her cash of 15,000 baht and 15,000 Chinese yuan, and set the grass around the scene on fire to destroy the evidence before fleeing the scene.

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