Ms Ratree Chumwong, 55, has recieved immense appreciation, a certificate of honour and tentatively will get her part-time status turned full-time. A street cleaner in Thailand has been given rewards for her loyalty , getting praise and an extraordinary certificate of honour given by local authorities on Wednesday, after she discovered and gave back gold jewellery worth nearly 200,000 baht (S$7,680) to its owner.
Ms Ratree Chumwong, 55, was on her morning cleaning duty in the Mueang Phetchabun district on Monday when she caught an eye of a round box with a clear lid that seemed to have a number of gold jewellery pieces, a Thai online news platform reported. She said she understood that the box was precious as it resembled with the one from a local goldsmith and jeweller. She did not open it, she prefered to cover it with a plastic bin while she revealed to a nearby restaurant’s operator about this box. Together, they revealed to the police who tried and successfully contacted the owner of the gold to reunite him with his belongings.