Quick settlement made out of court in death of Chinese boy, 6, in Pattaya

[webfact]

Quick settlement made out of court in death of Chinese boy, 6, in Pattaya

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

Parents of a Chinese boy aged six who were visiting Pattaya have accepted 3.5 million baht for the death of their son.

 

The boy was killed on July 18th in Bang Lamung in an accident involving a public vehicle. Death by negligence has reportedly been admitted. The case was filed with the Pattaya court on July 20th.

 

Pattaya News reported that Anon Khamdeewan and representatives from insurance companies and other groups had agreed to pay the sum to parents Seu Mai Lee and Cherng Kua Wang the Chinese tourists.

 

It appeared to be an out of court settlement after a judge instructed the two sides to come to an agreement.

 

But a poster on Facebook was clearly not happy. "Nom Nom" suggested that if the victim had been a Thai boy it would have taken years to resolve.

 

They further questioned why no jail sentence or further prosecution was mentioned in the story.

 

Source: Pattaya News

 

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[CelticBhoy]

How quickly they put a price on life.

And how little they see it's worth  . . . . . ?

RIP little guy.

[JimmyTheMook]

about 100k US payoff.

The photo is of them accepting cash?

Absolutely disgusting.

[happy chappie]

Looks more like 350,000b than 3.5 million in the photo.

[trainman34014]

I find these sort of pictures obscene.  Why do they think that handing over piles of cash in exchange for a young child's life is worthy of a celebrity photo' shoot ?

 

Sadly the Parents are as much to blame for allowing such a shameless fiasco.

[Changoverandout]

2 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

I find these sort of pictures obscene.  Why do they think that handing over piles of cash in exchange for a young child's life is worthy of a celebrity photo' shoot ?

 

Sadly the Parents are as much to blame for allowing such a shameless fiasco.

Agree totally 

[Henrik Andersen]

the parents is to blame but they still get money it is sick 

if it had been a Thai boy what the parents get NOTHING 

Thailand scared to loose the Chinese 

PATHETIC 

[bluesofa]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

It appeared to be an out of court settlement after a judge instructed the two sides to come to an agreement.

Is being a judge a reserved occupation? If that's what's involved, I could do that on my way to the beach.

 

[moonseeker]

Amazing cultures... Paradise....

For some..... MS>

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

But a poster on Facebook was clearly not happy. "Nom Nom" suggested that if the victim had been a Thai boy it would have taken years to resolve.

Really, who cares what a person on Facebook thinks ?

[worgeordie]

Money, trumps justice.I hope this does not become a trend,Chinese tourists

coming to Thailand with their kids to throw under a bus to get compensation.

 

regards worgeordie

[oxforddon]

My guess is that as an insurance company was involved, rather than than just the two parties, then a settlement was sorted quickly. The judge probably knew that and instructed accordingly. Had it been a private vehicle - potentially with limited insurance coverage - then it might have dragged on like many cases do.

[balo]

Must have been Chinese family with some contacts high up . This is not normal when tourists dies in accidents here . 

[mikebell]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Death by negligence has reportedly been admitted.

This must refer to Thai driver negligence.  I asked at the time 'how fast was the driver reversing?'

[Thailand]

21 hours ago, JimmyTheMook said:

about 100k US payoff.

The photo is of them accepting cash?

Absolutely disgusting.

The photo op was probably a condition of the settlement, after all TIT.