After nine burglaries in just three months, a desperate householder in Ayutthaya has finally hung a cloth banner outside her home, beseeching the police to just do their job and catch the thieves.
Napaporn Khamdee, 33, a nurse at Angthong Hospital, said on Thursday that thieves had broken into her house in tambon Pitpian, Maha Rat district of Ayutthaya province, nine times in that last two or three months.
They made off with cash, gold ornaments, Buddha amulets and other valuables worth more than one million baht.
Her family had lodged a complaint with Rong Chang police on each occasion, but there had been no progress in the case, no arrests, said Ms Napaporn.
Running out of patience, the nurse decided to hang a cloth banner in front of her house with a message calling for police help.
The message on the banner reads, “This house has been robbed for the ninth time and the thieves are still at large. We are begging police for help. There is nothing left for the burglars to take.’’
Ms Napaporn said she had been staying alone in the house, because her husband is a soldier and had been deployed to the deep South. She had to work nights at the hospital and the burglars took this opportunity to break into her house. Her house was firmly locked and fitted with metal doors and windows, but the thieves still managed to get inside.
She bought a safe, weighing about 50kg, to store her valuables, but thieves stole the safe too. She had since bought another safe, weighing 100kg. She planned to install a closed-circuit security camera system.
Mrs Napaporn said her husband had only recently transferred from the deep South back to Ayutthaya, because of worries over the frequent burglaries. Her 65-year-old mother had also moved in to stay with her and take care of the house when she and her husband were at work.
However, she was worried her mother's safety, because the thieves were stilll at large and could return.
This two-storey house in Ayutthaya has been broken into nine times by thieves in recent months and the burglars are still at large. The sign hanging outside begs the police to do their job and catch them. (Photo by Sunthon Pongpao)