‘Pickup attack’ sisters hear three charges, counter with police complaint of their own

[webfact]

‘Pickup attack’ sisters hear three charges, counter with police complaint of their own

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

 

The two sisters in the highly publicised axe-and-shovel attack on a pickup truck that was parked blocking the entrance gate to their Bangkok home last month, heard the charges against them of property damage, threat and carrying weapons to a public place at Prawet district police station on Monday.

 

To counter 37-year-old female plaintiff/pickup driver Ratchanikorn Lertwasana’s complaint for these three charges, Rattanachat Seangyoktrakan, 61, and Ranee Saengyoktrakan, 57, lodged a police complaint accusing Ratchanikorn of annoying or bullying them in public or causing them to be troubled.

 

 

This criminal charge – which is punishable with a maximum jail term of one month and/or a fine not exceeding Bt10,000 – is often accompanied by a traffic law charge of parking a vehicle to block the way of others, for which police had previously fined Ratchanikorn Bt500 in connection with the case.

 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30340223

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-05

[rebo]

When I see their pic I think one shouldn't come too close to them ...

[webfact]

Officials face probe in ‘furious aunties’ case

By THE NATION

 

Rattanachat and Ranee Saengyoktrakan speak to the media after they heard charges against them of property damage, making threats and carrying weapons in public at Bangkok’s Prawet district police station yesterday.

 

QUESTIONS OVER NEGLIGENCE OF DUTY AFTER FIVE MARKETS NEAR HOUSE DECLARED ILLEGAL
 

BANGKOK GOVERNOR Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang plans to set up a committee to consider disciplinary action against six officials linked to five illegal markets near the house of the so-called “furious aunties” in Bangkok’s Prawet district.

 

The investigation should conclude in one week. 

 

The “furious aunties” case refers to the attack by Rattanachat Seangyoktrakan, 61, and Ranee Saengyoktrakan, 57, using an axe and a shovel on a pickup blocking their residence’s gate. This action has focused public attention on their previous complaints about illegal markets in their neighbourhood.

 

Aswin’s comments yesterday followed news reports that a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) fact-finding investigation led by Bangkok Metropolitan Councillor Niran Praditkul had found that all five markets were illegal because they lacked market permits. 

 

Aswin said he had not yet received a formal report of the findings, but once he did he would set up a committee to consider whether the officials had failed to do their duty regarding the markets.

 

While the construction permits for the markets were legal, except for the Talad Rom Leung weekend market, they did not have permits to operate as markets, Niran said. He said at least six current and retired officials from 2008 until the present had allegedly been linked to markets, including four Prawet district directors – three retirees Somchai Chatsakulpen, Achara Horsombat and Narong Jaemfa, as well as the current district chief Thanasit Metphanmuang. 

 

Former BMA Department of Public Works directors, Jumpol Sampaopol, who held the office from 2009 to 2011, and Winai Limsakul, from 2011 to 2013, were also implicated. Jumpol had resigned to serve as a deputy governor during former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paripatra’s administration. The district office is in charge of market registrations and permits, while the Department of Public Works is responsible for construction permits.

 

The committee also found that the markets had been the subject of resident’s complaints, resulting in court-ordered fines for the market owners, but officials had also allegedly failed to implement appropriate fines, Niran said.

 

Aswin also said the Central Administrative Court would next week summon a Land Department official for questioning about the housing estate area and whether it was zoned exclusively as residential, in connection with the ongoing lawsuit in which Rattanachat cited the Land Development Act to challenge the markets’ legitimacy. 

 

Meanwhile, the sisters heard charges of property damage, making threats and carrying weapons in public at Prawet district police station yesterday.

 

The sisters have filed their own complaint against the pickup’s driver, Ratchanikorn Lertwasana, 37, accusing her of annoying or bullying them in public and causing trouble. 

 

That charge, which is punishable by a maximum jail term of one month, a Bt10,000 fine or both, is often brought together with the traffic charge of parking to block a public route, for which police have fined Ratchanikorn Bt500 in connection with the case.

 

The two sisters’ axe and shovel assault on the pickup was recorded on video and uploaded to social media, eliciting a mixed reaction online. When the clips went viral, widespread initial condemnation of the attack changed to sympathy for what the family had to endure as a result of illegal markets near their home.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30340244

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-06

[lamyai3]

11 hours ago, rebo said:

When I see their pic I think one shouldn't come too close to them ...

The pic is just from the shoulders up. Taken from further back it would reveal one brandishing an axe, and the other a metal pole. 

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK GOVERNOR Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang plans to set up a committee

Setting up a committee. The solution to everything in Thailand. That way no individual can be blamed if the committee makes the wrong decision. Participants can just suck up the perks that go with committees and then scuttle away to dark corners never to be heard of again.

[RichardColeman]

Looks like another one of those silly Thai women that shave off all their eyebrows and pencil them in again ! 

[Russell17au]

9 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

The pic is just from the shoulders up. Taken from further back it would reveal one brandishing an axe, and the other a metal pole. 

And it would show that they had balls for fighting for what is right after the disgusting way they and the other residents have been treated and ignored for so long by the authorities. Maybe there needs to be more old ladies with balls to get things done properly here in Thailand. Put them in charge of the RTP and get the road laws enforced.

[oldlakey]

On 3/5/2018 at 7:04 PM, rebo said:

When I see their pic I think one shouldn't come too close to them ...

or their drive 5555555