Hua Hin expat gunned down on doorstep

Hua Hin News 28 Oct: A US citizen permanently residing in Hua Hin has been shot on his own doorstep in what appears to have been an attempt on his life. Donald Whiting opened his front door on the evening of Friday 24th to investigate a suspicious looking vehicle, later described as a bronze coloured Toyota Vigo, outside his house when the gunmen struck. He was hit twice in the chest, one bullet puncturing his lungs, the other going through his stomach into his spine.
He was rushed to hospital to undergo surgery and on Sunday moved to Bangkok where his situation was described as critical several days later. If he survives the surgery he is likely never to walk again.
Mr Whiting was very vocal about troubles he and his wife, also a US citizen, had endured with property developers and the construction of what was to be their dream home in Hua Hin. He often sought media attention to highlight some of the problems foreigners can have with developers in Hua Hin and in doing so attracted a lot of attention. Earlier this year he suffered a firebomb attack which gutted his Honda Jazz (as reported on Hua Hin Report).
A legal case with one well known Hua Hin developer was reported by the local Thai Rath newspaper to be approaching. Whether the incidents are connected remains to be seen however all of Hua Hin’s foreign community should be hoping that the authorities are doing all in their power to bring the perpetrators of this tragic incident to swift justice.

Source: Baht&Sold