In the early hours of March 9th, the Pattaya Mingmanshan Rescue Center in Thailand received a call for help, reporting a dispute and injury inside a hotel in central Pattaya. Rescue personnel immediately coordinated with Pattaya police to respond to the scene.
The incident took place in a second-floor guest room of the hotel. Upon arrival, police detained two transgender individuals in the hotel lobby, awaiting transport to the police station for further investigation. The injured party was a 61-year-old Japanese man, Yusuki, with an approximately 3-centimeter-long knife wound on his right wrist that was quite deep and bleeding heavily. Rescue personnel administered onsite bleeding control and preliminary first aid before sending him to Pattaya Hospital for treatment.
During the initial police investigation, the 27-year-old transgender individual involved, Suta, stated that he met the Japanese tourist in the Pattaya Beach Walking Street area, and the two subsequently went to the hotel room together. Suta claimed that while alone in the room, the tourist attempted to assault him. He cried out for help but received no response, so he called a friend to come assist. When the friend knocked on the door, a physical altercation broke out between the two parties. As Suta claimed to be at a disadvantage, he grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the other party's wrist, resulting in the injury. Suta’s friend only came up to knock on the door to help and did not participate in the fight.
The injured Japanese tourist told reporters that not only was he stabbed, but he was also robbed of 5,000 baht (about 620 ringgit) in cash by the other party.
Currently, police have taken the two transgender individuals back to Pattaya Police Station for further investigation and are awaiting the injured man's recovery before he can file an official report. The authorities will then decide whether to bring charges in accordance with the law.