Translation 1: Sample for Discussion

Burglary in village headman’s house, thief gets away with cash and gold

On November 19, 2020, at 6.00 p.m., Pol.Lit.Gen. Thawon Khawsai, a commander at Chachoengsao Provincial Police Station, was notified of a burglary case inside a house in Baan YaNa community, Bang Khla Sub-district, Plaeng Yao District, Chachoengsao. He rushed into the scene together with inquiry officials.

The scene is a one-floor house. The authorities found an opened ceiling near windows inside the house and footsteps, climbing the window outside.  The bedroom was ransacked, and things were scattered. One piggy bank with 600 baht inside was stolen. On searching the next bedroom, which belonged to the village headman and his wife, officers found a bag with a two-baht gold necklet and 40,000 cash at the headboard was missing. All of them were worth around 90,000 baht.

On questioning the village headman, Chumpol Rungrot, age 58, a victim told that before the incident, no one was there. At 5.30 p.m., his son came home from work and found out that the house was broken. The bedroom was ransacked and when he checked around, some belongings were missing. He then called the police to hurry bring the suspect to justice. 

Translation 2: Sample for Discussion

Burglar still at large after stealing village headman’s cash and gold

 On the 19th November, 6 PM, Pol.Lt.Gen Thaworn Khaosai, commander of the provincial police of Chachoengsao province, was reported of a burglary in Ban Yana village, Bang Kla sub-district, Plaengyao district. He then rushed to the scene with an inquiry official.

The scene where the burglary took place is a one-story house owned by the village headman and his wife. A ceiling slot was left open. There are footprints on the window from the outside. The bedroom was thrashed and belongings were taken. Including a piggy bank with 600 Thai Baht, a bag which contains 40,000 Thai Baht and a gold necklace of roughly 30 grams. The damage totals to approximately 90,000 Thai Baht.

The village headman, Chumpol Rungroj, 58, told the police that the break-in happened around 5.30 PM when nobody was home. His son who came back from work saw that the bedroom was searched, contacted the police to bring the burglar to justice as soon as possible.

The police suspect that it is the work of an outsider, because this is a small community where everyone knows each other well. There has not been a burglary in this village in 80 years. Inhabitants in the nearby areas are warned to lock and secure their houses properly to prevent burglaries from happening again.

Translation 3: Sample for Discussion

Village headman break-in, burglar escapes with gold and cash

 On November 19, 2020, 6 p.m. Pol.Lt. Gen. Thavorn Khawsai, the commander of Chachoengsao Provincial Police, was reported of burglary at a house within a local community, Baan Ya-Naang, Chachoengsao. The officer, along with the investigator, rushed to the scene.

The break-in occurred at a single-storey house, where the ceiling sheet next to the interior window was found open and a footprint supposedly indicated a trace from outside the window. The bedroom was left scattered. A piggy bank with 600 baht in cash was gone while in another bedroom next to the previous one, the village headman and his wife’s, a bag with around 30 grams of gold necklace and 40,000-baht cash on their headboard also went missing, all of which was worth 90,000 baht in total.

The victim or the village headman, Chumpol Rungroj, 58, said that prior to the burglary no one was in the house. He discovered that the burglar broke in around 17.30 p.m. as his son, who just got home from work, entered his bedroom and found that someone had rummaged through the room. So he checked out the other, noticed several missing properties then went on to inform the police in order to further proceed with the investigation and arrest.

The police primarily presumed the burglar was an outsider since people in the community knew each other well. Moreover, such an incident had never happened in the past 80 years. To avoid any burglary, those who live in the vicinity should check and lock their houses properly.

Translation 4: Sample for Discussion

Burglar loots house of village chief, makes off with gold and cash

At 6.00 p.m. on November 19, 2020, Police Lieutenant General Taworn Khaosai, commander of Chacherngsao Provincial Police, was notified of a break-in at a house in the Ban Ya Na community in Bangkla sub-district Bangkla, Plaeng Yao District, Chacherngsao province. He rushed to the scene with a team of investigators.

The location was a single-storey house. There, police found a ceiling panel by the windows open and a trail of footprints going up to the windows outside. A bedroom was found to have been ransacked and a piggy bank with around 600 baht inside was missing. Upon checking a connecting bedroom where the village headsman and his wife stay, police learnt that a bag containing a gold necklace weighing 2 baht and 40,000 baht in cash, at the head of the bed, was gone. The stolen items amounted to about 90,000 baht in total.

On questioning, Chumpon Roongroj, aged 58, the village headman and victim, said that nobody was home before the incident. He learned of the break-in at around 5.30 p.m. when his son, who was back from work, entered the bedroom and found it to have been ransacked. When they checked their belongings, they found some items missing and informed the police so that the culprit would be brought to justice.

At this point, police believe the thief was an outsider because the village is a tight-knit community where everybody knows each other well and this incident had never happened in the past 80 years. Police also urged locals to keep their homes secured at all times to prevent a recurrence.