Infamous YOLO shoplifting girls apologise for foolishness, claim they broke down and cried

For all their foolish grins and utter contempt for the law in other countries, the two girls who were caught making light of their shoplifting incident in Bangkok don’t seem too jovial now. 

In case you’ve missed out on their shenanigans, two Singaporean millennials shot to viral infamy on Thai social media after pictures of them beaming and smirking for their mugshots emerged online. The full story of their overseas misconduct was revealed on The New Paper today; the two 18-year-olds had stolen spaghetti-strap tops from My Faiday, a shop in Bangkok’s Platinum Fashion Mall, which was temporarily closed when the attendant was in the loo. 

Though they left the mall soon after, they were quickly apprehended at Mahboonkrong (MBK) Center when pictures of them via CCTV footage spread around on Line chat groups — which included about 1,000 retailers in Bangkok. Meaning they couldn’t have escaped far, and also a really good reason why you shouldn’t fuck around with Thai retailers. They were soon brought back to Platinum, where they were told to hand over their passports. 

Throughout their detainment in the security office however, they treated the whole thing like a joke, posing for pictures and putting up mugshots on Instagram. 

The girls managed to escape arrest by negotiating a deal with the shop attendant — fork out 5,000 baht (SGD190) to buy the entire stock of the spaghetti-strap tops they stole and for the attendant’s transport costs. Case closed, and the two girls (foolishly enough) decided to take funny photos of themselves. Very millennial. 

The girls weren’t getting off that easily however. On behalf of the shopkeepers of Bangkok, Auk Thanima — one of the admins of the Line group — posted the now viral post about the two shoplifters as a way to “inform Singaporeans” about the incident. The internet hivemind reacted in rage thusly, and the identities of the two troublemakers were publicly revealed for all to shame. 

One of the duo, Low Yu Min, spoke to The New Paper about the whole incident. According to her, they both “broke down and cried” after finding out that they had been outed. 

“We were not thinking straight at the time. It was a silly thing to do,” she says. “I really regret what we did, and I can’t say sorry enough”. 

Explaining the smiling mugshots, she claims that the security guard handling the case had been trying to lighten the mood at the time, and their smiles had been captured on camera. 

It’s a whole different story on the Thai side however. A shopkeeper who was present at the girls’ detainment said that they were smiling throughout the ordeal, having fun taking photos all the way. 

“We told them that is was a serious matter and it wasn’t fun and games,” he said, adding that they did not show any remorse and have yet to apologise to them. 

Presumably drained by all the nationwide infamy and possible harassment upon her family (details of her loved ones were publicly posted online), Low must be really trying everything to garner some clemency. 

“I sincerely apologise for the incident, and I’ve learnt my lesson,” she says, before promising to work towards being a better person in the future. 



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