“Welcome aboard.” A new employee heard some version of that on his first day in a Bangkok office. By that same afternoon, he was gone—and more than ฿400,000 worth of his employer’s valuables were allegedly gone with him.
On October 5, 2026, a 37-year-old Thai man allegedly stole valuables from his female employer’s private room at an office on Yaowarat Road, Bangkok’s historic Chinatown district. The employer reported the case to Chakkrawat Police Station the following day.
The strange part is not simply that an employee allegedly stole from an employer. It is that this was his first day.