"Early morning in Karon, Phuket, saw a British tourist sustain a knife injury following a dispute over money with three local ladyboys in his condominium, located near the base of Kata Hill.
The incident was reported at 4am to Police Lieutenant Surasak Sudmuang of the Karon Police, who promptly arrived at the scene with his team to initiate an investigation.
The 23 year old British man, 23 had invited the three ladyboys from Patong to his condo. The agreed-upon price was 4,000 baht each, reported The Phuket New.
The situation escalated when the British man handed only one of them 2,000 baht, instructing the other two to leave. It was at this point that an altercation broke out, leading to a tussle over the British man’s wallet".
British tourist injured in money dispute with Thai ladyboys in Phuket | Thaiger (thethaiger.com)