Man arrested in Pattaya following vicious attack on Chinese tourist

Pattaya police collect evidence at the crime scene.

Pattaya police have arrested a 41-year-old Thai man for attempting to rob, rape, detain and set fire to a Chinese tourist in Chon Buri province on Sunday.

The suspect, identified only as “Tib”, allegedly confessed to police, claiming that he had initially tried to rape the tourist but, when that failed, he stole her belongings and tried to kill her by setting her on fire before escaping.

The crime has widely been reported in Thailand. On Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website, there were, however, only two posts about the crime, but they received thousands of comments.

Most of the commentators maintained that Thailand remains a dangerous place for Chinese tourists. They wrote that they are not confident about travelling to Thailand, while others recommended that their compatriots do not visit Thailand.

They also said, despite…