17 hours ago, james.d said:

Pu yai baan's.. only in these positions to benefit themselves in whatever way possible.

This has been my experience too. Corrupt to the core. Vermin of the worst kind. Seen it first hand and have a friend who works for one and she has some stories to tell. Should have been flushed at birth. 

Hope this filth ends up the headless headman toss him to the relatives.  

Toss the village headman to the village soi dogs.

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by jackspade

16 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

'village headman'   Have we regressed to the 17th Century?

 

Ahem! In western culture(s), this is called a mayor.

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by AGLV0121

Normal behaviour for Thai males

5 minutes ago, cms22 said:

Normal behaviour for Thai males

what a ridiculous nasty thing to say... absolutely not true... 

16 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

He is alleged to have committed similar rapes before, but none of the victims have ever come forward.

 

The victim, a young married woman, went with the head village man to a hotel fearing the consequences if she did not, because he is considered wealthy and powerful.

 

Something here does not compute. What consequences did she fear? Did she commit suicide because she was raped or was it because the deed was exposed on the social media? Considering she was a married woman.

You are clearly unfamiliar with Thailand's bureaucracy. The village headman is an official position and the initial point of contact for dealings with the government for Thai citizens. This is particularly so for rural communities where the district town may be a fair way away.

 

The more disadvantaged a community is, the greater the importance and impunity officials of the Thai bureaucracy become. In this case, we have a young woman, from an ethnic (hill tribe) minority, whose family live 300 kms away. You can't get more disadvantaged than that. Such Thais are very reluctant to upset government officials or refuse their requests/commands, as they hold great power over villagers, particularly if the villager has no connections. If a villager, even inadvertently, causes an official to lose face, retribution can be disproportionate and vicious.

17 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

He is alleged to have committed similar rapes before, but none of the victims have ever come forward.

 

The victim, a young married woman, went with the head village man to a hotel fearing the consequences if she did not, because he is considered wealthy and powerful.

 

Something here does not compute. What consequences did she fear? Did she commit suicide because she was raped or was it because the deed was exposed on the social media? Considering she was a married woman.

You don't know much of Thailand, do you?

4 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Rapes do vary in severity and three years is quoted as a minimum. I know of a case where a man kidnapped and raped a woman and was given seven years inside.

Three years is never an appropriate sentence for rape. If it was me, it would be ten years before there was even a possibility of a parole hearing. 

4 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Rapes do vary in severity and three years is quoted as a minimum. I know of a case where a man kidnapped and raped a woman and was given seven years inside.

Some Cambodians got already life sentences for Raping 2 french girls on Koh Chang.But the french girls are still alive so this case is much worse.

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by Destiny1990

5 minutes ago, car720 said:

yea but that's because you are not as handsome as him.    

No idea what that comment is about. 

13 minutes ago, car720 said:

it was just a take off of you saying.............."if it was me".

Right...

 

To be clear, when I said “if it was me”, I was putting myself in the place of anyone sentencing rapist filth. 

1 minute ago, car720 said:

I know.  Just a joke at your expense.  Sorry that you didn't think it was funny.

Usually the objects of jokes taken at others' expense don't find the jokes funny. Social skills 101.

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by jackspade

Only  3 years prison  for rape. WTH.

Cut of the headman's penis...

18 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"Noppadol Nawaariya from Tak’s Phop Phra district, was wanted for rape, which is punishable by a minimum prison sentence of three years."

 

The 22-year-old Hmong woman drank pesticide on Saturday night

 

village headman had allegedly committed similar crimes before -– of raping and taking photos to blackmail other women

 

take this POS out back and shoot him twice in the back of the head.

 

next case.

 

 

 

Here here! I'll supply the ammo!

I hope to god she did not drink that readily available pesticide Paraquet.

 

It is a truly agonising death as your lungs dissolve ... you can imagine the rest.

 

RIP to her and all hell to the scum headman.

21 hours ago, KhaoTan said:

Horrific this scum "village headman" needs to go down for this.  

If he is guilty, then yes, but he "allegedly" raped her.

Rape = Minimum of 3 years? What the hell kind of sentence is that? Just for a "head man" or anyone? If he raped my daughter his sentence would be Life - Forefit thereof.

What kind of country offers 3 years minimum sentence for Rape and Pornographic Photo of victim? Is it because he's a "head man". If she was my daughter this "head man" would soon be "headless".

Ahem; Photo of head man is on this site. Who's asking the question? Eye problem?

3 hours ago, AGLV0121 said:

 

Ahem! In western culture(s), this is called a mayor.

Really depends on where he is in the hierarchy.  This bloke is most likely what we may call a councillor.

The headman in our village is the "head" headman for 14 villages (each has their own headman)  and he is the one who goes to what we would call council meetings.  All elected democratically regardless of what some posters my believe.  The actual "mayor " is in the bigger provincial town ( got my doubts about him being democratically elected).   All the "head" headman  from other village groupings get together with the mayor as a council would in the UK etc.

Good to get to know your headman,  our bloke is very friendly and helps whenever some government interaction is required.

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by tryasimight

2 hours ago, Briggsy said:

You are clearly unfamiliar with Thailand's bureaucracy. The village headman is an official position and the initial point of contact for dealings with the government for Thai citizens. This is particularly so for rural communities where the district town may be a fair way away.

 

The more disadvantaged a community is, the greater the importance and impunity officials of the Thai bureaucracy become. In this case, we have a young woman, from an ethnic (hill tribe) minority, whose family live 300 kms away. You can't get more disadvantaged than that. Such Thais are very reluctant to upset government officials or refuse their requests/commands, as they hold great power over villagers, particularly if the villager has no connections. If a villager, even inadvertently, causes an official to lose face, retribution can be disproportionate and vicious.

I have lived within a Thai rural community for decades and I am on good terms with the head man of our village.

 

They are elected in every 4 years. Although they do hold a certain amount of power, headmen are more influential than powerful and do have a lot of clout with higher government officials.  They could be described as a type of leaders of a residents association, and are there to oversee the smooth running of a community.

 

In Thai culture, it is considered inappropriate for a married woman to be unaccompanied in a home or elsewhere with another man, especially a hotel room, although in today`s Thai society they don`t strictly adhere to this old cultural rule, but still many do, especially the younger women.

 

Even without the ALLEGED rape, a young married woman visiting a man in a hotel room will set tongues wagging in the local community, gossip and rumours will fly around at lightening speed. 

 

Thai people are not so gullible, naive and subservient as you might believe. Even headmen of a village must withhold a certain respectability and reputation in order to maintain their high status within a community. They cannot operate without community support, unlike the police or high ranking government officials

 

 

summarizing.

 

A married woman of 22 with a twin sister goes into a hotelroom with a former head of the village? From whom she is thinking to get a lot of money or help her in another way because he is supposed to be rich?

 

She had sex with him and the man took pictures from her or them and placed them on facebook or at least threatened her.

(Eh facebook is that prude it even deletes pictures from nude paintings or exposted statues already long time in museum.)

 

The woman felt ashame and did drink lets call it pesticide and died. Hmm stupid and also sad story. I know many women who go into hotelrooms with the expectation to find and money and a husband? Oh we do have a name for them.

5 hours ago, cms22 said:

Normal behaviour for Thai males

Normal behaviour for Thai males 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics 

more rapes per 100 000 in USA than in Thailand 

Respect especially in Thailand is not earned. The wealthy peoiple  like this village

get both respect that they do not deserve, and are feared by the poor. This guy needs to

be brought to justice.

 

 

 

On 7/26/2018 at 9:01 PM, Jeremy50 said:

'village headman'   Have we regressed to the 17th Century?

Or to deepest, darkest Africa!  Naturally bolstered by the "witch doctor"!

Yes, rape does happen everywhere, but I feel that it's easier for some men here. I mean, in how many other places in the world do people fear village headmen?

 

On another note, this qoute highlights another societal problem: it's easier to commit suicide when you believe you're coming back.

 

On 7/26/2018 at 7:24 PM, snoop1130 said:

she apologised for embarrassing her parents and hoped to be born as her twin sister in her next life. 

 

this case really has got to me.... I know this school director who works outside of Udon thanni  she fears her safety if staying alone in her house which is just out of ear shot from many homes.. and she says she must not dress sexy as if this invites the chance of rape.. She refuses to live in a small town (village nearest her school for fear of men)...  I know a nurse  South of Korat who told me to day she wishes she could open her window on the nice nights.. but her situation is she lives in an apartment  that houses low wage factory workers from other countries.  All these stories of violent acts in Thailand makes me want to stay here in my safe neighborhood.  

Hunt for man whose blackmail photo drove woman to suicide