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GTA IV in Hot Water in Thailand
Monday, August 4, 2008
The distribution of Grand Theft Auto IV in Thailand could be halted following the confession of a teenager who claimed he robbed and murdered a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the game. According to Reuters, Thai game distributor New Era Interactive Media has requested that shops pull the game from their shelves following the incident, with the company offering to replace it with other games should they co-operate.

An 18-year-old high school student is in custody after Thai police arrested him on Saturday night when he was found driving a taxi backwards down a Bangkok street with the wounded cab driver in the backseat. If the teenager is found guilty of robbing and murdering the 54-year-old cabbie he faces death by lethal injection.

The youth, who has been described as an obsessive player of Grand Theft Auto, apparently confessed to the crime as a result of playing the game, with chief police investigator Veeravit Pipattanasak adding: "He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game." However, according to newspaper reports the suspect admitted he didn’t mean to kill the driver, but stabbed him to death when he fought back.

Whether the ban of the game will be enforced across the whole of Thailand remains to be seen. Meanwhile, Rockstar declined to comment on either the ban or the murder.




Thursday, August 7th @ 7:03 AM
lastliphe wrote..."man that kind of news shouldnt even be brought over here. its that kind of stuff thats gonna mess with our freedom to play games. its like reminding the teacher they forgot to [$%#@!]ign homework on a friday you know the other kids gonna beat you up after cl[$%#@!]. dont post news like that."
Wednesday, August 6th @ 11:42 AM
Enamelized420 wrote..." WOW, it's amazing how some people can blur the difference between a game and reality. non-sense violence and he does deserve what he gets for doing it..."
Tuesday, August 5th @ 8:39 PM
Sam-XBA wrote..."Rockstar shouldn't have to comment on this murder.

This is what you call retardation. INSANITY

People will now chase a falsified issue of game bred murderers rather than directing their efforts at the real culprits - the nut jobs who actually do this stuff."
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