Ja New offered police protection – if he gives up activism 

By The Nation

 

 

After a violent assault by anonymous thugs left him with severe injuries, political activist Sirawith “Ja New” Seritiwat on Sunday sought police protection but was told he would get none unless he gave up his activism.

 

Sirawith has yet to decide whether he will agree to the deal.

 

The anti-junta activist was discharged from hospital on Sunday after having been under medical care since June 28, when he was attacked in Bangkok by four bat-wielding men in broad daylight. This was the second violent assault on Sirawath in the space of a month but police have been unable to identify or catch the attackers in either case.

 

The latest assault left him with serious injuries including a fractured eye socket that has affected his sight and forced him to postpone travelling to India, where he was due to study for a master’s degree. Told he will need at least six months to recover, Sirawith has asked for his scholarship to be postponed until next year.

 

Source: http://www.nationthailand.com/news/30372508

 

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23 minutes ago, webfact said:

sought police protection but was told he would get none unless he gave up his activism.

Bribery !

Keep your mouth shut about your political thoughts, and we'll think about it.

As some wouldn't trust the RTP at the best of times, I think he is wasting his time, as he has already rocked the boat, and got massive publicity following the 2 vicious assaults, which will always go against him.

That is pure wickedness to offer protection but with conditions. He has the right to his activism. 

 

More so, that perpetrators names are already known to authorities. They are harbouring a death squad, possibly larger that those 4 seen on videos. 

 

 

A new business model?

 

He is not being offered protection.

 

He is being threatened with more violence unless he gives up activism.

 

Reptiles.

 

 

He was given a threat more like it. Seems the status quo of bully boy continues

Well this thinly veiled threat pretty much confirms who put him in the hospital in the first place.....

My injuries would be for nothing!

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

but was told he would get none unless he gave up his activism.

conditional police protection? barbaric 

Is this an admission of guilt by the Junta?

Where is the outrage from the Thai people over this type of thing? He is not the only activist who has been attacked speaking out for personal freedoms...Uh, hold on a second, somebody is knocking loudly on my door...….

2 hours ago, londonthai said:

That is pure wickedness to offer protection but with conditions. He has the right to his activism. 

 

More so, that perpetrators names are already known to authorities. They are harbouring a death squad, possibly larger that those 4 seen on videos. 

 

 

Obviously he doesn't have the right to his activism.He has already been offered this deal twice.Is this the third and final warning?

Sad, citizens are not allowed to disagree with their government...those that do will have to live in fear...this is not what the world expects from a democratic state...????

3 hours ago, webfact said:

if he gives up activism 

There is no shame in Thailand.  The thugs were obviously Government sponsored & the lesson to be learned is 'If you cross us, you bleed.'

3 hours ago, webfact said:

political activist Sirawith “Ja New” Seritiwat on Sunday sought police protection but was told he would get none unless he gave up his activism.

Ah, the trueness comes out that activists are really not safe here.

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

This was the second violent assault on Sirawath in the space of a month but police have been unable to identify or catch the attackers in either case.

 

In all reality, almost every one who commits a crime and runs on motorcycles can be traced through cc tv and motorcycle noise or looks recognition very very fast. I call this is a tremendous travesty of foul!

What right has the police to tell a citizen that he has to give up his beliefs to receive police protection. If the police did their job in the first place this would not have happened, to the police and the insipid person in charge time to forget about the bribes and brown envelopes and get on with what you were paid to do, ENFORCE THE LAW or is that too hard

What a seriously sad state of affairs, when the police dictate to a citizen you have to toe the line according to us, or you dont get protection...... What ever happened to serve and protect?

and if he doesn't give up activism,  the next beating will be fatal. 

8 minutes ago, colinneil said:

What a seriously sad state of affairs, when the police dictate to a citizen you have to toe the line according to us, or you dont get protection...... What ever happened to serve and protect?

They are serving and protecting the powers that be.

13 minutes ago, nickstav said:

They are serving and protecting the powers that be.

Police forces in general owe their existence to protecting stuff rich people have from the clutches of poor people that try to steal it. Same all over the world.

 

 

We've all heard about Section 44 of the Interim Constitution. I had heard about it and read things about it, but never actually read it before. When I did I realized how scary a thing it is. You can google Interim Constitution Thailand and read it. It's only one short paragraph, but gives the head of the NCPO the power to do virtually anything. Peace and Order!

31 minutes ago, colinneil said:

What a seriously sad state of affairs, when the police dictate to a citizen you have to toe the line according to us, or you dont get protection...... What ever happened to serve and protect?

Have you not seen the addendum to that? Serve and protect ourselves.

Vulgarity at it's most vulgar!Of course if he stopped his activism why would he need police protection?Not only is this just about the dumbest thing they could say it would have to be just about the stupidest thing they could say!Now the higher ups will have to come to the rescue and say some more dumb and stupid sht to appease the viral community.It's not only a question of where is the support of the Thai people but where is the voice of the global democratic community?Somebody just dropped a pin,I heard it!

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Is this an admission of guilt by the Junta?

Absolutely, the Junta have just admitted guilt by their own response and should be dragged over the coals for it, I hope foreign countries are taking stock and realise what this government is all about.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

After a violent assault by anonymous thugs left him with severe injuries, political activist Sirawith “Ja New” Seritiwat on Sunday sought police protection but was told he would get none unless he gave up his activism.

Do people not see if he gave up activism there would be no need for police protection. The attendance of the police in a case like this would be for surveillance, to make sure he toed the line.

 

This investigation should come under a 3rd party control as it is blatantly obvious the attackers are being protected.  

I wonder if they mentioned the dead bodies found in the Mekong when they told him the conditions, to help him make a decision. If he give up, why would he need protection anyway? 

2 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Well this thinly veiled threat pretty much confirms who put him in the hospital in the first place.....

Precisely! There is little doubt about who hired the attackers.

2 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Well this thinly veiled threat pretty much confirms who put him in the hospital in the first place.....

my thoughts exactly, Thailand again showing why it is still firmly a 3rd world country 

 

"To protect and serve"  is normally the primary function of a police force in a civilised country, it would serve us all to remember exactly where we are and what comes with it.

 

The cop that made this statement very obviously has no concept of what policing is - nothing new about that to most on here

5 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

I wonder if they mentioned the dead bodies found in the Mekong when they told him the conditions, to help him make a decision.

They probably apprised him of the rules of baseball, THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT.

Unanimous opinions by the TVF brigade. Unfortunately, our opinions mean squat.