Man 20, surrenders to police with one ya bah pill so he can get food in prison

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The young man is now in police custody, where he will be fed. Photo: Wichit Police

 

PHUKET: Police today they said they had no choice but to arrest a 20-year-old man who presented himself at Wichit Police Station with just one pill of ya bah (methamphetamine) so he could be sent to prison and get food.

 

The man, 20-year-old Chayaphon Atdin, from Songkhla Province, presented himself at the police station at 11:30am today (Apr 11), said Lt Col Chatchai Chunu, Chief of the Wichit Police Investigation Division.

 

“According to officers at the police station, this has never happened before,” Lt Col Chatchai said.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/man-20-surrenders-to-police-with-one-ya-bah-pill-so-he-can-get-food-in-prison-75677.php

 

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Very sad .......  I wonder why he could not go to a Temple and get food.

Just now, rvaviator said:

Very sad .......  I wonder why he could not go to a Temple and get food.

If you have ever taken ya-bah you will know that logical thought and rational decisions go out the window. I suspect he will be very sorry this morning when he wakes up!

17 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

If you have ever taken ya-bah you will know that logical thought and rational decisions go out the window. I suspect he will be very sorry this morning when he wakes up!

There is no indication he ever took any drugs - he has no job and no money and due COVID restrictions is prevented return travel to family in Phatthalung. 

27 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

If you have ever taken ya-bah you will know that logical thought and rational decisions go out the window. I suspect he will be very sorry this morning when he wakes up!

you've missed the point.

 

People in some european countries that sleep rough do this in the winter to get a warm bed and 3 square meals a day.

Sad story indeed. I need to say here in kanchanaburi, nongya the local orbator office sent out people (secretary) to make sure people had food (specifically the poor). They only went to family and friends of the secretary! So disgracefull. None of the poor people got any food from what i saw. These people need to be taken care of because they are taking all the government handouts for themselves. Skimming off projects, projects given to family and friends, land given ilegally and sold to friends and family, old people pensions skimmed and less given and these idiots kids end up in the same job position doing the same thing. The way i see it, is if there were no local governments the people would be doing better and these scumbags would be suffering.

I used to look after an elderly crippled women and her grandchild after the husband died but clearly people didnt like it and we were bullied away becaus eit was too close to the illegal operations taking place by these idiots. She was forced to leave by local government people and friends of because they were scarred we were going to take the mayor to court and she would be witness and we were most definately going to do so and probably still will. This is what Thailand truly is people!!

9 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

you've missed the point.

 

People in some european countries that sleep rough do this in the winter to get a warm bed and 3 square meals a day.

For sure . I have friends that only stay out of prison a few months before life gets on top of them and they want a simpler life of 3 meals a day and a bed . It’s sad!

7 minutes ago, unamazedloso said:

Sad story indeed. I need to say here in kanchanaburi, nongya the local orbator office sent out people (secretary) to make sure people had food (specifically the poor). They only went to family and friends of the secretary! So disgracefull. None of the poor people got any food from what i saw. These people need to be taken care of because they are taking all the government handouts for themselves. Skimming off projects, projects given to family and friends, land given ilegally and sold to friends and family, old people pensions skimmed and less given and these idiots kids end up in the same job position doing the same thing. The way i see it, is if there were no local governments the people would be doing better and these scumbags would be suffering.

I used to look after an elderly crippled women and her grandchild after the husband died but clearly people didnt like it and we were bullied away becaus eit was too close to the illegal operations taking place by these idiots. She was forced to leave by local government people and friends of because they were scarred we were going to take the mayor to court and she would be witness and we were most definately going to do so and probably still will. This is what Thailand truly is people!!

Totally agree with what you say, greediest most selfish nation of people i've come across.

Do they not have a canteen at police station? give him some food <deleted>

8 minutes ago, unamazedloso said:

Sad story indeed. I need to say here in kanchanaburi, nongya the local orbator office sent out people (secretary) to make sure people had food (specifically the poor). They only went to family and friends of the secretary! So disgracefull. None of the poor people got any food from what i saw. These people need to be taken care of because they are taking all the government handouts for themselves. Skimming off projects, projects given to family and friends, land given ilegally and sold to friends and family, old people pensions skimmed and less given and these idiots kids end up in the same job position doing the same thing. The way i see it, is if there were no local governments the people would be doing better and these scumbags would be suffering.

I used to look after an elderly crippled women and her grandchild after the husband died but clearly people didnt like it and we were bullied away becaus eit was too close to the illegal operations taking place by these idiots. She was forced to leave by local government people and friends of because they were scarred we were going to take the mayor to court and she would be witness and we were most definately going to do so and probably still will. This is what Thailand truly is people!!

If you got rid of the government the void would be filled by other greedy selfish people . It’s a bit like when a gang of drug dealers get taken down ... that void is filled by other drug dealers in a matter of hours . 

16 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

you've missed the point.

 

People in some european countries that sleep rough do this in the winter to get a warm bed and 3 square meals a day.

And Free medical care

Very sad story. I would hazard a guess he applied for the 5,000 a month and was rejected. Hungry and desperate he has done something appalling, which will keep him at least fed and housed for now. I wish him better fortune when he gets out and this has hopefully passed us by.

2 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Very sad story. I would hazard a guess he applied for the 5,000 a month and was rejected. Hungry and desperate he has done something appalling, which will keep him at least fed and housed for now. I wish him better fortune when he gets out and this has hopefully passed us by.

It was only one tablet your making it sound like he had a bag full, not going to lock him up for one tablet

Just now, ChipButty said:

not going to lock him up for one tablet

Incorrect. Any drugs whatsoever means jail time or if you are super lucky, a fine, and if you can't pay the fine you do the jail time instead.

The drug laws here are extremely harsh. You will be in jail here longer for an ounce of Ya ice, than you would for murdering someone. And in the west, we don't consider an ounce to be a large amount.

For the amount it costs to process the arrest go to court transfer to prison pay for the prison to house him for 45 days they are obviously to greedy for their jobs to be to concerned about such minor details as the absurdity of doing this.Would be cheaper to just feed him for the duration.

1 hour ago, rvaviator said:

Very sad .......  I wonder why he could not go to a Temple and get food.

The monks sold him the pill.

 

One desperate man, wanting to go to prison for the food !

but at least he didn't resort to robbing,stealing to get money

to buy food,

regards Worgeordie

It turns out he wants to go home but cant leave and his mother cannot come to get him so now he has no money and no work he was working a an electrician Was just on the Thai TV about him

Desperate times, desperate measures... More mental health problems, suicides, crime... Let's hope the economy can get back to some kind of normality sooner rather than later. 

He won't be going to prison. They police just arrested him for his own safety and no charges will be laid against him. Many people in Thai society are working to help him out. 

 

Don't have to worry. 

Another very sad story. But I do hope the police try to find out where he got the illegal drugs from and make an arrest. It doesn't seem right that drug dealers are profiting at this time of immense hardship.

Strange story. All over Chalong, there are as I can see thousands of bags containing food and bottled water being given away. Long lines of people on the streets, and in public markets. Been going on for many days. Perhaps he needed a bed somewhere... And he must be a very shy individual. Absolutely certain that if someone would knock on just about any door, asking for food, that food would gladly be given. And I do hope that I am not wrong here....

 

I could easily feed a number of people for a good while...  Wish I knew where and when.

Not much information available in English.

Go to jail in order to survive, this is sarcastic.

I know how he feels - a bit. I'm currently staying in a small bed and breakfast in the uk. The room is 8 x 7 ft with double bed in the middle. No cooker, no microwave, so not hot food. No garden. No library, and paying all day to sit in a box. It's tempting sometimes to get put in prison to get a larger living space, hot meals, books, more exercise and get it for free  !

5 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

If you have ever taken ya-bah you will know that logical thought and rational decisions go out the window. I suspect he will be very sorry this morning when he wakes up!

Your assuming he was high, if he was high the last thing he would be thinking of would be food. ya-ba kills your appetite. The way i read it (but there is not enough information) is that he had just a pil and took it with him to get arrested instead of being a "normal" user of drugs. It was just a pretext of getting into jail and getting food. 

 

But then again I could be wrong as the article does not say either way. But they do not mention him being under the influence. 

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

It turns out he wants to go home but cant leave and his mother cannot come to get him so now he has no money and no work he was working a an electrician Was just on the Thai TV about him

Yes, and in a starved state he had only one thing on his mind - food. There were no thoughts of anything else, such as consequences etc.

 

In a starved state he would have been extremely low on energy and his brain function severely compromised. The police officers did not want to take him into custody, but did it to save him from doing harm ie. suicide.

 

I'll doubt a court will convict him of a drug offense. It's more likely they will facilitate a reunion with his family.

 

 

i was only thinking this yesterday, not a bad idea for some thais, they are scrambling around for food from the general public, i see nothing from the govt, go to jail where you will get fed at least

6 hours ago, rvaviator said:

Very sad .......  I wonder why he could not go to a Temple and get food.

Well, supposedly, the dogs are starving at the temples. So I guess he thought..."not much hope for me at the temple."

6 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said:

you've missed the point.

 

People in some european countries that sleep rough do this in the winter to get a warm bed and 3 square meals a day.

This also happens in Canada, but sometimes it's a bit more difficult to so so here. TRUE STORY.....a coupla years ago I was downtown, standing beside my truck talking to two of the "city's finest." They were telling me I should move my pickup, or they would give me a ticket. A young fellow showed up with a bad of "goodies." He showed it to the cops, and asked what they were going to do about it. They told him they would give him AN HOUR to SELL his drugs, or they would haul his ass off to jail. Then they walked away. The young man shrugged his shoulders, looked at me and ambled on up the street. It was really cold, and he wasn't wearing much clothes. I told him, better luck next time...and moved my truck. 

The poor are the victims of drug laws. The rich prosper.