Man charged after cleaver attack in hospital

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Man charged after cleaver attack in hospital

By NILA SINGKHIRI 
THE NATION

 

 

POLICE YESTERDAY filed four criminal charges against an Ubon Ratchathani man who attacked a male rival with a cleaver while the latter was being treated for injuries in hospital.

 

The attack by Thanakrit Mungporn, 41, on his rival Preeda Doungphetch, 27, in the emergency ward of Lao Sua Goke District Hospital on Sunday damaged an electrocardiogram machine worth Bt225,000 but didn’t hurt any of the medical staff. 

 

Preeda was hiding behind the equipment from his knife-wielding rival but sustained two cuts in the face and head – in addition to the head wound he received when he was hit by a broken bottle in a previous brawl with Thanakrit at a local fair earlier in the day. 

 

After the hospital attack, Thanakrit waited for police in front of the ward. The senseless violence has caused a furore on social media. 

 

Thanakrit reportedly confessed to the crime and acknowledged the four charges police filed against him: carrying the knife as a weapon to a public place without a sound reason, intrusion of a state office, damaging state property and attempted murder. 

 

Apart from allegedly confessing his guilt, he also expressed his willingness to pay for the machine to be fixed.

 

Police then escorted him to perform a re-enactment of the crime, under the observation of hospital director Dr Thammaporn Pratpan. 

 

Thanakrit performed a “wai” as an apology to Thammaporn and expressed remorse for what he had done. 

 

Thammaporn said what happened had really shaken her staff. Also, the hospital only has two such expensive machines, so this episode had left them with only one machine, which also wasn’t working properly. 

 

Happily, a kind-hearted person had offered to donate one such machine to replace the damaged one, she added.

 

Ubon Ratchathani deputy commander Pol Colonel Thammachak Khongmongkol said that Thanakrit had been one of the organisers of the fair and the trouble started when he tried to stop Preeda’s group from fighting with a rival group of youngsters from another village. 

 

He picked up a microphone and made an announcement urging Preeda’s group, who were residents of the same Phon Muang village as him, to stop fighting and added that anyone who wanted to fight should pick on him instead. 

 

When he got off the stage he was kicked in the torso from behind by Preeda, resulting in a brawl between Thanakrit’s group and Preeda’s group, after which Preeda was taken to hospital with a head wound.

 

Thanakrit, still furious, then followed in the pick-up truck to the |hospital, where he allegedly attacked Preeda.

 

 

A total of 51 violent incidents took place at state hospitals between 2012 and the first four months of 2019, causing a total of 10 deaths and leaving 56 injured.

 

The Public Health Ministry earlier this month proposed solutions to boost security at hospitals, including a review of emergency wards’ layouts and installation of double doors with controlled access, additional CCTV cameras as well as a life insurance coverage for medical personnel at the emergency wards.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30369706

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-05-21

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[wisperone]

Madness never ends.

[Fex Bluse]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Thanakrit performed a “wai” as an apology to Thammaporn and expressed remorse for what he had done.

Oh great. All set then.

[Odysseus123]

4 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

Oh great. All set then.

They actually do think that they can get away with that-It is a national cultural disease.

[Fex Bluse]

Just now, Odysseus123 said:

They actually do think that they can get away with that-It is a national cultural disease.

And, after the wai, in a few days they might be right back at trying to kill each other. If one is successful in murdering the other, the punishment might be as bad as being a pretend monk for a couple days and another wai. 

[Thaiwrath]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

carrying the knife as a weapon to a public place without a sound reason, intrusion of a state office, damaging state property and attempted murder. 

 

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

but didn’t hurt any of the medical staff. 

Just the fact that he endangered the life of the medical staff,  just going about their job in saving lives, and assisting the poorly and injured, should be a greater crime than 3 of the one's he is charged with.

One hopes this is taken into account and he is sentenced accordingly. 

 

 

[colinneil]

So he didnt hurt ant medical staff, bar steward wasnt caring, if any staff got in his way the outcome would have been different.

Medical staff should be able to go about their work without fear of nutters like him appearing and causing mayhem, their job is difficult enough without having to worry if they are going to be safe.

[Destiny1990]

In my country i seldom read about fighters going after a fight to re-fight with the already  injured opponents at a hospital.

In Thailand this seems a normal practice.

 

[mikebell]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Police then escorted him to perform a re-enactment of the crime,

Why?  He's confessed; done his sorry act.  What a waste of police time!  No wonder the daily road toll never goes down; these clowns are pointlessly and seriously posing in front of cameras despite PM banning this practice a couple of years back.

[MaxLee]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Thanakrit reportedly confessed to the crime and acknowledged the four charges police filed against him: carrying the knife as a weapon to a public place without a sound reason, intrusion of a state office, damaging state property and attempted murder. 

 

Apart from allegedly confessing his guilt, he also expressed his willingness to pay for the machine to be fixed.

Confession, haha, in other words: He knows he's gonna get away after 1 day in suspension, and it'll be business as usual until the matter has been forgiven and forgotten with a slap on the forearm

[monkeycu]

Looking on the bright side, the victim didn't have far to travel for medical help  

[Krataiboy]

7 hours ago, wisperone said:

Madness never ends.

Is it something in the water?

[mercman24]

premeditated attempted murder,,  as this pos even followed the guy to the hospital and continued the assault, with a deadly weapon.

[off road pat]

10 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

They actually do think that they can get away with that-It is a national cultural disease.

Hmm,..They think they can and actually get away with it !!!

[Odysseus123]

1 minute ago, off road pat said:

Hmm,..They think they can and actually get away with it !!!

Yes..you are right.☹️

[Sonhia]

Land of Paradise... 

 

[djayz]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

carrying the knife as a weapon to a public place without a sound reason

What, pray tell, IS a a sound reason for carrying a weapon to any place?!?! This is 2019, not medieval times. 

[Odysseus123]

4 minutes ago, djayz said:

What, pray tell, IS a a sound reason for carrying a weapon to any place?!?! This is 2019, not medieval times. 

You had better look out the window and reassess your time frame.

[rossd]

10 hours ago, colinneil said:

So he didnt hurt ant medical staff, bar steward wasnt caring, if any staff got in his way the outcome would have been different.

Medical staff should be able to go about their work without fear of nutters like him appearing and causing mayhem, their job is difficult enough without having to worry if they are going to be safe.

And your solution "would be what"!

[metisdead]

An troll post containing overly derogatory generalizations toward Thais has been removed as well as the replies.