Questions raised over cameraman’s role in Facebook Live suicide bid

By The Nation

 

 

The fate of an 18-year-old girl filmed jumping from a Bangkok bridge early on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt after a reported break-up with her boyfriend remained unknown on Wednesday.

 

And the motorcycle taxi driver who filmed her has not been charged with any offence pending further police investigations.

 

Pataradanai Noomsrinart claimed he didn’t know the girl’s suicidal intentions prior to the jump and thought she had simply hired him to give her a lift to the bridge. When she asked him to stay and shoot a Facebook Live post, he thought it just to “record the atmosphere”, said Boworn Mongkol Police Station superintendent Pol Colonel Wiradol Tabtimdee on Wednesday.

 

Pataradanai said he was the one to call the police and urge others at the scene to help after seeing the girl jump off the bridge.

 

The Facebook Live broadcast at 2am on Tuesday showed the apparently-drunk teenager singing along with a song about a break-up. She then climbed to sit on the bridge rail while drinking, then stepped over the rail and jumped into the Chao Phraya River.

 

The post has drawn criticism from social-media users asking why the man holding the camera didn’t try to stop the girl from jumping.

 

Among those critics was Kosolwat Indaruchanyong, deputy spokesman of the Office of the Attorney-General, who warned that anyone filming a suicide attempt could face a criminal charge.

 

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Kosolwat said: “Seeing the girl climb onto the bridge rail, listening to a heart-break song, you should have stopped her or pulled her back from getting across the rail. It’s a legal duty for a person to stop another’s action deemed dangerous to their life, but you just stood there shooting the clip. This can be a criminal offence punishable with a jail term for the person holding the camera or those just standing by without stopping a suicide attempt.”

 

Kosolwat was referring to the Criminal Code’s Section 374, which provides for one month’s jail and/or a fine of up to Bt10,000 for such an offence.

 

The girl’s body has not been found, and many are holding out hope that she has survived.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30335281

 

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 a tradgedy...what is this world coming too???

i am reading *suicide bid*   *suicide attempt* so until there is a conclusion then i presume that is what we have to adhere to ,very sad, as she has not been found i fear the worst

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It’s a legal duty for a person to stop another’s action deemed dangerous to their life

That's some big BS.

You are responsible for your own actions.

48 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

That's some big BS.

You are responsible for your own actions.

Otherwise people could be held responsible for letting people drink and drive.. as its dangerous to their life too. I doubt the guy will be prosecuted. I doubt he thought he was going to film a suicide because im not sure many would stand by and just film it.

Well, well if an innocent individual is considered responsable towards others, for health or life hazards caused by a third party, fine... but in that case....

 

kindly also persecute the CEO's and board of Directors of :  the tobacco companies, the booze distillers, the automobile firms, the supertanker manufacturers, the major arms brands etc. etc. etc.

Edited January 3, 20188 yr by observer90210

4 hours ago, BuaBS said:

That's some big BS.

You are responsible for your own actions.

I gave you a heart.. but it does not mean someone has to film a suicide he should have tried to talk her out of it.

 

People that commit suicide dont call a help line either.

 

He should have tried to stop her

7 hours ago, Coconutman said:

I gave you a heart.. but it does not mean someone has to film a suicide he should have tried to talk her out of it.

 

People that commit suicide dont call a help line either.

 

He should have tried to stop her

Sorry , I don't agree . If some-one wants to take his/her own life , or harm themselves , others shouldn't interfere .

The camera man did nothing wrong . It's wasn't a "weird" bloody suicide , just a clean jump into the water .

4 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Sorry , I don't agree . If some-one wants to take his/her own life , or harm themselves , others shouldn't interfere .

The camera man did nothing wrong . It's wasn't a "weird" bloody suicide , just a clean jump into the water .

Although its important of differentiate on situations :

If an elderly person with an incurable disease makes conscious choice to end it all, rather than living his days out in pain , then let them go ahead .

   This situation was of a drunken teenager who acted on the spur of the moment , with her thoughts affected by alcohol .

  She seemed to have been going through relationship troubles , everyone goes through them and how ever bad you feel, it always gets better .

  So, Im quite sure this girl , would have appreciated someone stopping her from jumping .

If someone would have stopped her , it would be highly likely that she was be thankful to him , in the future .