CHON BURI - A 30-year-old South Korean man has been charged with stealing from two foreign guests at hotel rooms in Pattaya after he was caught trying to break in for a third time.
Seung Gyun Yoo was not present at a media briefing on Wednesday when Pol Maj Piyapong Ensarn of Pattaya tourist police announced his arrest.
However, the manager of Qing Lian Youth Hotel in Pattaya, Siralak Samutsapthawee, showed up to identify a photo of the suspect as the man who broke into rooms at the hotel and stole guests' valuables early this month.
Footage from the hotel’s security cameras captured the man breaking into two rooms - one occupied by an Indonesian guest on June 9, and another by a Lithuanian on June 12.
The thief fled after the robberies, but he was seen when he tried to enter the hotel again through the roof deck on June 25 .
The hotel called police who later found the man hiding in a wardrobe in a room in a nearby building.
Police said the suspect had overstayed his visa.