Napat
Chamnanphote (background, center) denies charges he tried to steal Oleksandr
Semenets’ gold chain.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
A transvestite got a taste of Ukrainian justice after he
and an accomplice allegedly tried to snatch an expensive gold necklace from
one of the Eastern European men.
Police were called to Pattaya Beach near the Centera
Resort around 1 a.m. April 4 where 27-year-old Oleksandr Semenets and two
friends were holding Napat Chamnanphote, 28, a “woman of the second
category” with Semenets’ 2-baht weight gold chain in his hand.
Semenets told police and his friends were walking along
the beach when Napat approached him and gave him a hug, as if to greet him.
At that moment, a second Thai man drove up on a motorbike and grabbed the
Ukrainian’s necklace.
The three Ukrainians tried to give pursuit, but the
snatcher fled, but not before throwing the chain back to Napat. The
Ukrainians they grabbed the katoey.
Napat predictably denied everything, saying he was simply
welcoming the tourists to Pattaya with a friendly greeting and that he did
not know the motorbike driver.