Posted on 12/29/2017 1:15:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
A DNA test will decide the fate of a 30 million baht (S$1.2 million) lottery prize after a Thai teacher said he lost the winning tickets which were later claimed by a former cop.
A bitter legal wrangle unfolded after 50-year-old teacher Preecha Kraikruan filed a complaint that he had lost the five lottery tickets which won a draw last month.
The authorities discovered that the prize had already been collected by retired policemen Charoon Wimon, 62, in western Kanchanaburi province.
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The article does not say how he allegedly lost them. I would think the rule would be “no ticket, no prize”.
No. The rule is, "No tickee, no laundry."
p.s. I vote for the ex cop. I'm prejudice.
“I vote for the ex cop. I’m prejudice.”
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Forget it, Jake, it’s Thaitown. The cop probably retired on bribe money.
Good point. I missed the Thai connection.
Derp on me.
“Good point. I missed the Thai connection.”
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Could be a fine person. It’s just that I expect pretty much any Thai would sell you his sister for a couple Baht.
No, it was mine!
C’mon.
Did the Thai teacher make a record of the numbers before he lost them or how did he know one was a winner?
What? The country is one corrupt mess. If the crooks don’t get you, the officials will.
When there, take a pass at a vacation at the Bangkok Hilton. Well, unless you’re a machine gun aficionado and enjoy looking at the wrong end of one, of course.
Not in my experience with the Thais. Most of them would kick your head off for suggesting such. Good folks with a sense of humor but a bigger sense of family.
“Not in my experience with the Thais. Most of them would kick your head off for suggesting such. Good folks with a sense of humor but a bigger sense of family.”
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There are always good people to found most anywhere, as individuals. I’m saying more that the country in general is a 3rd world hellhole. Lots of tourist-child prostitution going on there, too, which doesn’t help it’s image.
How will DNA solve this mystery?
And stolen lottery tickets....
"No one has been charged yet in this case as we have to wait for the DNA test results," Krissana Sapdet, deputy Kanchanaburi provincial police commander, told AFP.
Fingerprints make more sense than using the term DNA. What if both the ex-cop and the other guy’s fingerprints appear on all of the tickets? Back to square 1 ?
By any chance is there any video from where the tickets were purchased? Worth a shot.
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