"Makarova, alleging invasion of another's premises, assault and arson. According to the legislation before bringing formal charges against him and the trial can be held in pre-trial detention to 84 days, "- said police Lt. Col. RIA Novosti Phongsavat Vongvan of Pattaya City Police Department, who leads the investigation into Russian. 37-year-old Makarov, who is currently detained in pre-trial detention in prison, "Nong Plalay" near Pattaya, Thailand arrived in Petrozavodsk from July 31 as a tourist. August 11, he had to fly back to Russia. On the eve of departure, 10 August, Russian rented a lightweight motorcycle, leaving his passport as a deposit. However, the same day, at about 21.00, he was stopped by traffic police for a traffic violation. Makarov could not produce a police permit, so that they rented a motorcycle was arrested, and he was sent to the police station to pay the fine. "After a motorcycle was arrested by traffic police, I went to pay a penalty, but because of the late time of day, the officer receiving the fines, was not there" – told RIA Novosti Makarov, who visited the agency on Wednesday in the prison. "All this is tedious, but the bike in the meantime had been sent to a penal camp. Not knowing the language and being in an unfamiliar city, I could not navigate, not knowing what to do and decided to go and pick up your passport in exchange for a receipt, which I finally gave in a police station. After the morning I had to leave. But in the rental office did not understand me "- said the Russian. Massage parlor manager of Thai Cosy Massage 43-year-old Thanyaphon Chaythongsi, which is also engaged in renting motorcycles, told RIA Novosti his version of subsequent events. "We are five women, who spend the night right in the cabin. August 11, at about 2 am we were awakened by a loud knock at the door, and we saw the Russian, who the day before we took the bike rental. He banged on the glass door of the saloon and demanded his passport, but our motorcycle with him was not, therefore, to return his passport, we could not. Then the night we could not sleep because all the time heard his cries about our salon, "- recalls Chaythongsi. According to her, women were afraid to go to talk to an angry client, as a tourist threatened them by waving a telescopic metal baton. "Around 6:00 I saw through the glass, as he hacked into the locker with our documentation, which faces us from the outside, the door saloon, and set fire to the paper. It is good that we were able to quickly knock down the flames. Then, when he saw that ne of us trying to call on his mobile phone, he burst into the room and began to pull the phone from her hand and struck with a baton on her back. Between us began the real struggle. All of us were then covered with bruises and abrasions. In addition to clubs, we saw him pocket knife and brass knuckles. And another gas canister, which he several times brought into play. As a result, he was able to open the box with the documents inside and pull out your passport. Fortunately, the neighbors called the police who soon arrived and arrested him. Never before have we had such problems, the Russian has always been our good customers ", – said the manager of the cabin. One of her subordinates, a 36-year-old Natthanicha Suksengrat, the same day, August 11, sought medical attention in hospital Pattaya Memorial, a doctor testified that she had numerous bruises of the head and body. "Telescopic truncheon and brass knuckles, I really was" – confirmed the agency Makarov. "I bought them in Pattaya. It's not forbidden, they are sold openly. A knife and a gas container brought from Russia – for self-defense. In general, there is no one I never hit him, just waving a club, to scare and to collect the passport. These women are so actively resisted, that they even managed to connect me and lay my legs. So I have to some extent also affected. I am sorry that all this happened. I would like to apologize to them, if possible ", – said the Russian. If convicted, the punishment which the court chooses to Makarov, will largely depend on the extent received massage parlor employee injuries. On other charges related to arson and burglary, a Russian tourist could face up to three years in prison. "We already provide and will continue to Makarov, a Russian citizen consular assistance", – told RIA Novosti in the office of Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation to the provinces of Chonburi and Rayong. By the consular section of the city is Pattaya. From a legal point of view of practice requirements for security of the passport completely illegal, but it is widespread in Pattaya and other Thai resort towns. All news about travel
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