Briton thanks Samui hotel staffer for returning lost wallet

SURAT THANI: A British tourist will be going home with a happy holiday memory after a hotel employee returned the wallet he lost on Koh Samui during the New Year countdown. Pakdee Trirat, an employee of the Holiday Inn Samui, found the wallet on Bophut beach on the night of Dec 31 during the countdown celebrations on the tourist island, said Pol Col Naruewat Phutthawiro, chief of Surat Thani immigration police. Mr Pakdee brought the wallet containing Thai and other currencies totalling about 30,000 baht, credit cards and a driving licence to immigration police and asked them to help find the owner of the wallet. Immigration officers checked their records and found that British national Paul Davies, 48, was staying…

Source: Bangkok Post
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