Sailor returns lost wallet to South Korean golfer

Jung Tae Huohin (right) thanks Chief Petty Officer Somrat Kijdee (left) for returning his wallet.

Patcharapol Panrak
A Royal Thai Navy sailor earned the gratitude of a South Korean golfer when he returned the tourist’s wallet left in a Sattahip restroom.
Jung Tae Huohin, 19, thanked Chief Petty Officer Somrat Kijdee, 44, at Sattahip Police Station Dec. 1 for return of the wallet, which contained 5,600 baht and identification cards.
The Air and Coastal Defense Command sailor said he found the wallet in a restroom the Tesco-Lotus department store and immediately called police. Police notified the South Korean embassy, which contacted Jung, a student on holiday in the kingdom.
Jung said he was impressed and touched by the honesty shown and he will spread the word back home about the kindness he received.

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