Pattaya —
A disabled woman in Pattaya fell victim to a heartless thief who stole her electric handcycle on December 31st, 2023.
Ms. Alisa Umsin, a 20-year-old Thai woman with impaired legs, reported the theft to Pattaya police after discovering her electric handcycle, a hybrid of a bicycle and a wheelchair designed for people with lower body mobility limitations, went missing near the Taksin Maharaj shrine, located close to Soi 6. The estimated value of the stolen equipment was 28,000 baht, a significant sum for Ms. Alisa who relies on it for mobility.
According to the victim, she parked the handcycle near the shrine while setting up a water-selling booth for the New Year’s countdown festival. Upon returning from her sales, she found the handcycle gone, forcing her to manually push her wheelchair home for several kilometers before reporting the theft to the Pattaya Police Station on January 1st, 2024.
Ms. Alisa revealed to The Pattaya News that she is having great difficulties moving around, as the handcycle was like her legs. Despite the presence of several surveillance cameras in the area, the perpetrator showed no qualms about committing the crime, she added.
According to Pattaya police, investigators had been deployed to the scene to collect CCTV footage. The investigation is continuing. The Pattaya Police Chief himself has taken a personal interest in the case, saying it was abhorrent to take a disabled person’s mobility device, and vowed to catch the criminal.
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