Bangkok police hunt four ‘free running’ YouTube posters

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Bangkok police hunt four ‘free running’ YouTube posters

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok police have launched a manhunt for four young men who filmed themselves performing a ‘free-running’ show by jumping and running on the hoods of vehicles stuck in Bangkok traffic.
 

Pol General Chalermkiart Sriworakhan, deputy police commissioner general, said he has ordered Metropolitan Police chief Pol Lt-General Charnthep Sesawej to locate and investigate the four “Youtubers”.

 

 

Chalermkiart ordered the legal action after Facebook user Wanchalerm Permasem on Wednesday shared a YouTube clip of the four to criticise them for “inappropriate action”.

 

The four were apparently seeking YouTube fame by shooting clips of them free running in various places and then editing and joining the clips.

 

 

Among other things, they were seen sliding down an escalator rail, jumping on the roof of a subway station, jumping on a sidewalk fence, as well as jumping on and running along the hoods of vehicles stuck in traffic.

 

 

Most Facebook users criticised them for causing a nuisance and damaging other people’s cars.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30347750

 

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[anon789561]

yeah hilarious. yawn off

[Emmess]

Nincompoops!

[snoop1130]

Police arrested four ‘free running’ posters

By The Nation

 

 

Police on Thursday afternoon apprehended four young men who had filmed themselves performing a “free-running” show by jumping and running on the hoods of vehicles stuck in Bangkok traffic.

 

The four “Youtubers” - identified as Suphot Sakobkaew, 20, Wanchalerm Premkasem, 19 and two other boys aged 18 and 16 (names withheld due to their age) - were arrested from a computer game cafe in Samut Prakan's Phraek Sa area. Each of them were fined at Bt1,000 over the charge of causing a public disturbance per each stunt carried out at jurisdiction areas of Thong Lor and Lumphini precints. 

 

Earlier on Thursday, Pol General Chalermkiart Sriworakhan, deputy police commissioner general, had ordered Metropolitan Police chief Pol Lt-General Charnthep Sesawej to locate and investigate the four “Youtubers”after Facebook user Wanchalerm Permasem on Wednesday shared a YouTube clip of the four to criticise them for their “inappropriate action”.

 

The four were apparently seeking YouTube fame by shooting clips of themselves free running in various places and then editing and joining the clips.

 

Among other things, they were seen sliding down an escalator rail, jumping on the roof of a subway station, jumping on a sidewalk fence, as well as jumping on and running along the hoods of vehicles stuck in traffic. 

 

Most Facebook users criticised them for causing a nuisance and damaging other people’s cars.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30347763

 

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[cornishcarlos]

The Thai authorities hate anything with "free" in it... Free running, free speech, free n fair elections... !!

Arrest anyone with aspirations of being "free" ?

[kannot]

fined 1000!!!  whos e gonna  pay for the dented  roofs of the cars then!

[flyingtlger]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Each of them were fined at Bt1,000

That's it?  How about the cars they damaged?

If bt1000 is their punishment...that's a cheap price to pay if your end goal is to get a bunch a "likes" and then get sponsored by Youtube and get an income stream going....

 

 

[LazySlipper]

Actually, if one of those guys jumped on my hood, they would not be arrested... they would be hospitalized...

[IamNoone88]

If brains were dynamite, there would not be enough to blow their hats off.

[Juan B Tong]

Ha ha..

 

Sub-par parkour.

 

Topiary sexual assault.   Is this ecosex?  Topiary rape?

 

Where's my mate Nate when you need comic buffoonery?

 

 

Edited June 15, 2018 by Juan B Tong

[Borzandy]

1 hour ago, LazySlipper said:

Actually, if one of those guys jumped on my hood, they would not be arrested... they would be hospitalized...

Yes sure they are waiting for you.

[Azoulay]

2 hours ago, LazySlipper said:

Actually, if one of those guys jumped on my hood, they would not be arrested... they would be hospitalized...

Pretentious....care about your face first.

[hansnl]

3 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

The Thai authorities hate anything with "free" in it... Free running, free speech, free n fair elections... !!

Arrest anyone with aspirations of being "free" ?

Unbelievable.

Your hate must be very deep.

Don't know where you come from, but I guess your elections, speech, whatever are not that free at all while the results of those elections are questionable, at least, and don't really give Vox populo any power.

[cornishcarlos]

6 minutes ago, hansnl said:

Unbelievable.

Your hate must be very deep.

Don't know where you come from, but I guess your elections, speech, whatever are not that free at all while the results of those elections are questionable, at least, and don't really give Vox populo any power.

 

No hate, mild amusement at best ?

 

There is a clue in my screen name as to where I come from...

Edited June 15, 2018 by cornishcarlos

[Mattd]

3 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

There is a clue in my screen name as to where I come from...

Spain.......................????

[holy cow cm]

Run over my car and even though I am older in my 50's I am still quite fast enough to catch them and beat their moronic butts silly. Yeah, I run 5- 10 km everyday to keep the body working. Yes have had a scrap or two or ten in my day. . 

[Raymonddiaz]

That's called globalization!!!!!555555555

[Raymonddiaz]

6 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Run over my car and even though I am older in my 50's I am still quite fast enough to catch them and beat their moronic butts silly. Yeah, I run 5- 10 km everyday to keep the body working. Yes have had a scrap or two or ten in my day. . 

Never forget....we are just guests here....

[toofarnorth]

I'm sure Thai girls think they are cute so lets call them 4 cupid stunts.

[holy cow cm]

6 minutes ago, Raymonddiaz said:

Never forget....we are just guests here....

Meaning? If someone did run over my car then I should catch them and say thank you and give them a 1000 baht tip? 

[Srikcir]

If causing a general nuisance is a crime, Prayut and is Cabinet need to step down.

[Raymonddiaz]

2 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Meaning? If someone did run over my car then I should catch them and say thank you and give them a 1000 baht tip? 

Just let him go. He will get trouble later with the locals...Just wanna stay alive and not be on the news.

[quandow]

They are SOOOO yesterday. Jackass went out of style years ago.

[evadgib]

22 minutes ago, Raymonddiaz said:

Never forget....we are just guests here....

More like (un)fare-paying passengers.

[trianglechoke]

1)Meanwhile a woman gets raped in Thailand every 15 mins.

 

2) Do that to my car and I will rape you myself

 

 

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, kannot said:

fined 1000!!!  whos e gonna  pay for the dented  roofs of the cars then!

 

Read it again -  fined at Bt1,000 over the charge of causing a public disturbance per each stunt

[johng]

Actually, if one of those guys jumped on my hood, they would not be arrested... they would be hospitalized...

You're a fast runner...but nickname lazyslipper [emoji14]

 

[johng]

I'm sure Thai girls think they are cute so lets call them 4 cupid stunts.

It was all done in "the best possible taste"

[mentalcolonization]

They have made much money than that fine. 1 dollar for 1000 views. now over a million views. i bet you ,they will be at it very soon. better do the youtube things than to do drugs .

[ross163103]

1 hour ago, Raymonddiaz said:

Never forget....we are just guests here....

I agree and conduct myself accordingly while I'm in their country/kingdom.........but in my house I would never treat a guest the way some Thais treat us.