In reversal, army now says no footage of activist's killing

[snoop1130]

In reversal, army now says no footage of activist's killing

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Chaiyaphum Pasae, front, seen in a music video he made with his friends. Image: Now Channel / YouTube

 

BANGKOK — Shortly after soldiers stopped and killed a 17-year-old ethnic activist at a checkpoint in northern Thailand, the army said it had incontrovertible proof they had acted in self-defense: security camera footage from the scene.

 

An army commander even told reporters he would have shot Chaiyaphum Pasae himself after watching the footage. But the lawyers representing his family said they never got to view the video of the March 2017 killing, despite multiple requests. And now it seems they never will.

 

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2018/08/10/in-reversal-army-now-says-no-footage-of-activists-killing/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-8-10

[Coastrider]

I guess Buddha never said don't lie as it seems rampant in  Thailand.

 

[rebo]

It's incredible how blatandly the public is told such scurrilous lies by officers who are responsible to protect the population!
Words cannot express ...

[Lungstib]

They act worse than children at school. Make up stories, concoct 'evidence', destroy what doesn't fit their theory and lie when caught in a contradiction. They need to be held on charges of obstruction of justice. How can Thai citizens have faith in these people? 

[Sir Dude]

I am surprised by the acceptance of such obvious BS by the Thai public too. However, it seems to me that as long as you don't take away their Internet and their food and shopping malls...then the majority don't care. 

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, Lungstib said:

They act worse than children at school. Make up stories, concoct 'evidence', destroy what doesn't fit their theory and lie when caught in a contradiction. They need to be held on charges of obstruction of justice. How can Thai citizens have faith in these people? 

Of course they act worse than children  at school, because that's the mentality they've been brought up with, and know they can get away with it.

The public don't have faith in the army. They just ignore them and get on with their lives.

The vast majority have never been been abroad to experience anything else first-hand, so because this is all they know, that's why they accept it/ignore it.

That's my perception anyway, FWIW.

 

[james.d]

Evidence "taped over for lack of space" or "didn't have the right program to open the file"....... shocking but expected.

[Chris Lawrence]

Very sad for the family and the young man. The terror he went thru in the last minute or so of his life. What a waste. RIP

[Cadbury]

Thai men are children and lying comes naturally to them. No need to look further that the junta generals They are the showpiece of juvenility.  

[yellowboat]

In a real military, officers would be held to account and court marshalled for this sort of failure.   Somebody would need to be held accountable.  The unaccountability starts at the top and never stops

[Esso49]

2 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

I am surprised by the acceptance of such obvious BS by the Thai public too. However, it seems to me that as long as you don't take away their Internet and their food and shopping malls...then the majority don't care. 

You missed out Facebook.  And by the way the majority of Thais don't live in Bangkok and barely scrape a living so certainly it won't worry them if they have no shopping malls as they don't go to them anyway but FB and cheap smart phones,   that's a different story

[Eligius]

3 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

I am surprised by the acceptance of such obvious BS by the Thai public too. However, it seems to me that as long as you don't take away their Internet and their food and shopping malls...then the majority don't care. 

That's it - you've said it, Sir Dude. The majority of Thais with whom I come into contact don't seem to show much concern with such difficult abstract concepts as 'moral principle', 'professional ethics', 'the rule of law', etc. 

 

Mai ben rai. The main thing is - keep those great (superbly, realistically acted) Thai soap operas going, and all those funny game shows, with the boings and bongs and whistles. That is what life is really all about here - THAT is what matters - not silly 'confusing' things like political principle, justice, law and order, freedom of conscience and freedom of expression. If you are concerned with such things, then - 'you think too much'! 

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Eligius

[seajae]

finally realized the video was very incriminating, disappeared like the one on Koh Tao

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

I am surprised by the acceptance of such obvious BS by the Thai public too. However, it seems to me that as long as you don't take away their Internet and their food and shopping malls...then the majority don't care. 

Add facebook...

[tifino]

 

karma will have it cached... somewhere 

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, tifino said:

 

karma will have it cached... somewhere 

Surely the past tense of catch is caught?

 

[tifino]

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Surely the past tense of catch is caught?

 

Cached, as in... Coconuts had a video, as there is a trace that one was there, but has since been removed!

 

so therefore someone somewhere might still have their viewing of it, in their cache - depending on their PC's settings for History

[Enoon]

5 hours ago, Eligius said:

That's it - you've said it, Sir Dude. The majority of Thais with whom I come into contact don't seem to show much concern with such difficult abstract concepts as 'moral principle', 'professional ethics', 'the rule of law', etc. 

 

Mai ben rai. The main thing is - keep those great (superbly, realistically acted) Thai soap operas going, and all those funny game shows, with the boings and bongs and whistles. That is what life is really all about here - THAT is what matters - not silly 'confusing' things like political principle, justice, law and order, freedom of conscience and freedom of expression. If you are concerned with such things, then - 'you think too much'! 

 

 

Thinking what needs to be thought, saying what needs to be said, doing what needs to done.......gets you killed in Thailand.

 

Empathy - Wikipedia

 

 

[kannot]

9 hours ago, Coastrider said:

I guess Buddha never said don't lie as it seems rampant in  Thailand.

 

Once you realise  ALL religions are total and  utter BS it makes life so much easier to understand

[Jonmarleesco]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

... the army said it had incontrovertible proof they had acted in self-defense ...

And now they don't. Some incontrovertible proof, that was. 

[scorecard]

Irecall many months ago the police sent a copy of the video to the guys' lawyer but the lawyer's staff couldn't find the needed application to open it.

 

I wonder if the lawyer ever got some professional help to get it opened?

 

 

[Cadbury]

The soldiers and officers involved in this cover up will surely be recognised favourably in the soon to be approved military reshuffle. They have shown great courage in losing the tapes and so avoiding an embarrassing situation for the PM and the Army.

 

[sammieuk1]

Sure there must be a minister for how incontrovertible proof can be bought and sold or was it the army commander all along in the missing video no good looking for justice in this one it stinks?

[Redline]

Hmmmm, what to believe ? they probably just thought it was him because it looked exactly like him, and he was traveling that road at almost the exact same time, with what sounded like the same exact name.  The error was probably to to lack of sleep because the baby was up all night crying, or something wrong with grandma, as family is always the most acceptable excuse in the land of unaccountably 

[Nobbie49]

Surely the past tense of catch is caught?
 

Past participle of cache is cached. Of catch it is caught you pedantic tit


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