Suphawan Piemmun (right)
tells police what she thinks happened with around 700,000 baht she allegedly
found alongside the road.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
A housekeeper who claimed she gave police 700,000 baht she found on the
roadside is now being accused of filing a false report after the money
mysteriously disappeared.
Suphawan Piemmun, 30, said she was returning home from her job as a hotel
housekeeper when she spotted a bag lying on Soi Khao Tao 8. Opening the bag,
she found seven bundles of 1,000 baht notes totaling almost 700,000 baht and
some English-language documents.
She said she turned the money into a man manning a police box on Soi Khao
Talo, who counted it and promised to find the owner. She then returned home
and later returned to check on the progress of the search, only to be told
no one knew about the 700,000 baht.
Fearing police would think she stole the money, Suphawan said she called the
media to plead her case.
Nongprue Police Lt. Col. Detchpee Khongdee presented Suphawan with the 12
officers and volunteers who man the booth, but she didn’t recognize any of
them. She described the man she gave the money to as in his 40s, fat,
dark-skinned and wearing glasses.
Nongprue police plan to have the woman review the entire Nongprue station
force of about 40 men. If she does not identify the person who last had the
money, she will be charged with filing a false police report.
