While Thais just stare brave "farang" comes to the rescue in Chinatown stabbing

[webfact]

While Thais just stare brave "farang" comes to the rescue in Chinatown stabbing

 

 

Police in the Yaowarat area of Bangkok praised the actions of a foreigner who came to the rescue of a man who had been stabbed repeatedly by a monk. 

 

The incident happened Friday outside a hotel in the famed Chinatown area of the capital. 

 

A 45-50 year old monk named as "Phra Niwat" is in custody after he attacked a layman in the street with a knife.

 

The reason for the attack is not yet known as the monk's evidence is confusing. 

 

There was a lot of blood from head wounds but as a local crowd of people looked on in horror the Westerner stepped forward to offer assistance in first aid. 

 

Pol Lt Ongart Singhaphakdee of the Plapplachan police praised the actions of the foreigner who was the only one brave enough to step forward and help. He offered assistance despite the fear of possibly being assaulted himself. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-01-21

[petermik]

Well done that man.... as for the others.....

[Thaiwrath]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

The reason for the attack is not yet known as the monk's evidence is confusing. 

 

I think Yaba would be a good guess.

[worgeordie]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

man who had been stabbed repeatedly by a monk. 

 

What the hell is Thailand coming to,the country is

getting crazier by the day.

regards worgeordie

[poohy]

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

Phra Niwat

IMHO

The esteemed waste of breath dressed in orange deserves a damn good kicking with very sharp boot regardless of his confusing evidence

[KhunProletariat]

Just another day in Tombstone, Thailand.

 

KP.

[ChipButty]

Brave man to intervene in Thailand lots of people have come of worse

[RotBenz8888]

You're in for surprise
You're in for a shock
In Bangkok town streets
When there's darkness and smog

[bkkbudddy]

Aloha,

And Thais call themselves Buddhist!  Too many hippocrites are in Thailand!

[Denim]

41 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

What the hell is Thailand coming to,the country is

getting crazier by the day.

regards worgeordie

Try reading the British tabloids.  Stabbing is really getting out of hand back there.

[mok199]

Robe Rage thai style

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A 45-50 year old monk named as "Phra Niwat" is in custody after he attacked a layman in the street with a knife.

 

And I thought I had heard it all...

 

--Monks raping and otherwise abusing minors

--Monks doing drugs

--Monks with porn

--Monks with millions in their bank accounts

--Monks riding in private jets with designer accessories....

 

But no, that wasn't all... Now can add to the list, monks stabbing with knives...

 

[hellstens]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

What the hell is Thailand coming to,the country is

getting crazier by the day.

regards worgeordie

Not only Thailand I'm afraid, the whole world :(

[dunroaming]

35 minutes ago, hellstens said:

Not only Thailand I'm afraid, the whole world ????

True bit most other countries are not in denial whereas in Thailand....

[simtemple]

Here is the reason the Monk stabbed the China town street vendor: Street seller cheats death after Buddhist monk stabs him to prove lucky necklaces don't have magic powers https://t.co/UWrKlcMgPW

[Benmart]

Few want to get involved...including those that are uniformed and paid to do so. The saffron color is not what it seems.

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, hellstens said:

Not only Thailand I'm afraid, the whole world ????

Yes, quite true, but is anyone looking for the reason why?

[oldrunner]

Ministers and Priests do their dirty in the quiet of a secluded office while Yellow robes will hit you with their begger bowls.

[impulse]

Given that a lot of scofflaws get off the hook by going into the monkhood for a few weeks (months?), it certainly doesn't surprise me that one of them occasionally goes off the rails while wearing the orange.

 

[ta158]

14 hours ago, worgeordie said:

What the hell is Thailand coming to,the country is

getting crazier by the day.

regards worgeordie

eh you know it has always been like this, it was actually worse before.  It's just that majority of expats and tourists never come across crime news in thai, 95% of crimes never get published in english.

[ta158]

14 hours ago, Denim said:

Try reading the British tabloids.  Stabbing is really getting out of hand back there.

as usuall a person commenting about their homecountry when it is an article about crime in thailand, i see this everywhere on facebook, youtube and when i point out that thailand has more murders or violent attacks they laugh and say i've been to thailand it is perfectly safe and thai people are the most well behaved people, i get it that brits are worried about Londond and UK, the funny thing is thailand has 5-6 times higher murder rate than UK.

[neeray]

A man in an orange robe is still a man. Many of them (from what I read) are nothing more than the man you see on the streets in "anywhere-Thailand". So of course there is going to be some (maybe many) bad apples. I for one do not put them on a pedestal, far from it.

[katana]

It was reported in Khaosod that the victim died from his injuries today.
The Thai 'Morning News' TV program gave more details. After his arrest the monk said the deceased had come up to him begging for money but he had refused and walked away.
The deceased followed him and began taunting him saying he was invincible and knives couldn't harm him which enraged the monk so he stabbed him then waited for the police to arrive to give himself up.
However witnesses said the altercation was sparked by the victim accusing the attacker of being a fake monk.
This was also alluded to in the comments section of Morning News' Youtube report of the story where several Thai posters said he was well known in the area to be a fake monk and the victim was a good man who wasn't a beggar.

[Aussie999]

15 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

And I thought I had heard it all...

 

--Monks raping and otherwise abusing minors

--Monks doing drugs

--Monks with porn

--Monks with millions in their bank accounts

--Monks riding in private jets with designer accessories....

 

But no, that wasn't all... Now can add to the list, monks stabbing with knives...

 

You could replace "Monks" with "Catholic Priests," or any other religious sect,  and have the same result

[rkidlad]

2 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

You could replace "Monks" with "Catholic Priests," or any other religious sect,  and have the same result

You could, and many posters in other countries and on other websites do. But let's stick to the story at hand and not mankind in general. Because that could go on indefinitely. 

 

Also, I think the 'Jains' may disagree with you on the 'any other religious sects' part. 

[tifino]

the fake monk won't have the weapon anymore, to protect himself behind bars...

 

 

hope the family doesn't sue the falang, for being a part of the sequence of the vendor's demise?

[Johnnyngai]

• Send this super monk to fight in Thailand's deep south. 

[sammieuk1]

A monk in a slashing habit a brave farang and not an honest cabbie in sight shocking???? 

[chama]

Unfortunately these are the same personality traits that allow the Thais to be manipulate by their leadership. 

[bbi1]

"as a local crowd of people looked on in horror the Westerner stepped forward to offer assistance in first aid." - The Thai people looked in horror because they thought they must be dreaming because it's impossible for a peaceful Buddhist monk to do anything like this.