Human remains found under car believed to be veteran who suffered from PTSD

[webfact]

Human remains found under car believed to be veteran who suffered from PTSD

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The parts of a man found underneath a vehicle at a gas station in Khao Saming, Trat in the east of Thailand last week are believed to be the remains of a former soldier. 

 

Samret, 54, is believed to have been involved in an accident in neighboring Chanthaburi province in the dark early morning hours.

 

He was then picked up on the underside of a vehicle and taken to Trat.

 

Phuangpetch, 61, the elder sister told Channel 3 as reported by Sanook that she believed it was her brother who had deep-seated problems after combat related to post traumatic stress. 

 

Whenever he heard gunfire he would have a paranoid attack. He once jumped out of a bus when he heard gunfire on the bus's television. 

 

He was taking medication for his condition.

 

At 9pm the previous night he went to bed but in the morning the family heard there had been an accident. 

 

They only found a few bits of her brother. 

 

The authorities were informed about an accident at 4.10 am in Klung but initial investigations in the dark failed to turn up a body.

 

DNA tests are being carried out but it is believed the former soldier was carried across provincial lines by the other vehicle after an accident in the dark.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[GrandPapillon]

only a Thai could run over a body in the dark and not even notice ????

[KannikaP]

 

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

who had deep-seated problems after combat related to post traumatic stress. 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

[Moonlover]

13 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

You've not heard about the insurgency down south then.

[Hayduke]

 

Disgraceful that this country’s overdressed, overfed, pretend generals see injured, demobilized soldiers as little more than disposable, throw-way commodities. Thailand treats its rank and file veterans even worse than it treats its conscripts. It's truly sad and truly shameful.

 

 

[from the home of CC]

6 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

Disgraceful that this country’s overdressed, overfed, pretend generals see injured, demobilized soldiers as little more than disposable, throw-way commodities. Thailand treats its rank and file veterans even worse than it treats its conscripts. It's truly sad and truly shameful.

 

 

I worked a few years ago with a Canadian man who lost his leg in Afghanistan - listening to him (and others) Canada treats its vets just as bad or worse..

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, Hayduke said:

 

Disgraceful that this country’s overdressed, overfed, pretend generals see injured, demobilized soldiers as little more than disposable, throw-way commodities. Thailand treats its rank and file veterans even worse than it treats its conscripts. It's truly sad and truly shameful.

 

 

Kettle and black spring to mind here. Cases still emerge of British veterans suffering from the affects of their service in Northern Ireland and the Falkland Isles. And I'm sure there will be a large number still traumatized by Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

UK and her allied service leaders are only just beginning to wake up to the effects of combat related stress and veterans still get a raw deal given that they are of little value anymore. 

 

So hurling brickbats at the Thai authorities is IMO just a little bit beyond the pale.

[MRJOHNNY]

15 hours ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

 I cannot believe that you live in a country and are unaware of their internal political problems, i.e, muslim insurgency in the southern provinces where Thai troops have been subject to roadside bombings, gunfights and even beheadings by muslim extremists for many years now. Not to mention the odd skirmish with Cambodian troops over border disputes. The poor man in question was 54 years old so his military service could well have been back in the mid eighties when things were a little more chaotic regarding cross border politics.

[Benmart]

14 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

I worked a few years ago with a Canadian man who lost his leg in Afghanistan - listening to him (and others) Canada treats its vets just as bad or worse..

We are not in Canada. Focus.

[Excel]

15 hours ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

2010,  Sukhumvit road

[Excel]

7 minutes ago, Excel said:

2010,  Sukhumvit road. And before anybody gets uppity about that comment it is a fact as PTSD is a known result in a few cases of receiving orders to open fire on unarmed personnel, not just in this 2010 incident, but others around the world also. So please nobody question that the deceased in this horrible incident could not have been suffering as claimed. The question or not as to whether a Thai could run over a body without noticing, and then go on to party at Koh Chang is not for this thread perhaps.

 

Edited March 2, 2021 by Excel

[nervona81732]

16 hours ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

Vietnam, a base called BearCat. Yes they were there to, used to fly in there for fuel and lunch. Several VN Thai vets still alive.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, GrandPapillon said:

only a Thai could run over a body in the dark and not even notice ????

I've seen a few attempt it in broad daylight.

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, nervona81732 said:

Vietnam, a base called BearCat. Yes they were there to, used to fly in there for fuel and lunch. Several VN Thai vets still alive.

They were also very much involved in Laos as well. And we should not forget the internal conflict against communist insurgents in the Issan region. 

 

Edited March 2, 2021 by Moonlover

[Moonlover]

17 hours ago, Hayduke said:

 

Disgraceful that this country’s overdressed, overfed, pretend generals see injured, demobilized soldiers as little more than disposable, throw-way commodities. Thailand treats its rank and file veterans even worse than it treats its conscripts. It's truly sad and truly shameful.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Benmart said:

17 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

I worked a few years ago with a Canadian man who lost his leg in Afghanistan - listening to him (and others) Canada treats its vets just as bad or worse..

 

3 hours ago, Benmart said:

We are not in Canada. Focus.

I do not see anything wrong in using an example such as this to point out an obvious example of hypocritical Thai bashing.

[Moonlover]

19 hours ago, GrandPapillon said:

only a Thai could run over a body in the dark and not even notice ????

By the time the car came along, the body had been broken beyond recognition. It was dark and the driver thought he had run over a dead dog and would seem that the police were satisfied with that explanation. 

 

So how about winding in the ''only a Thai'' rhetoric a bit. It's a mistake anyone could make.

 

 

[Bangkok Barry]

19 hours ago, Moonlover said:

19 hours ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

You've not heard about the insurgency down south then.

It truly is a forgotten conflict, isn't it. More than 7000 have been killed, far, far more than on 9/11 in another Muslim 'protest'. But it doesn't matter as Thailand is an insignificant South-East Asian backwater that barely registers, if at all, on the world stage.

[kensawadee]

19 hours ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

MAYBE buying a bunch of submarines will help rid 'shell-shock' problems like this guy has.....

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, kensawadee said:

20 hours ago, KannikaP said:

 

When were the Thai military last in incidents which could induce combat related PTSD?

And it is the PTSD which is related to combat, not vice versa as quoted.

 

1 hour ago, kensawadee said:

MAYBE buying a bunch of submarines will help rid 'shell-shock' problems like this guy has.....

The dumb comments just get dumber don't they.

[kensawadee]

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

 

The dumb comments just get dumber don't they.

sometimes..... If you don't use your brain to think before you post.

Thai military has a lot to learn about their treatment of their ranks and it seem to think having an Aircraft Carrier (which doesn't even have a single aircraft to assist it) and buying Submarines are more valuable than taking care of their disabled/afflicted members......

[Moonlover]

22 minutes ago, kensawadee said:

sometimes..... If you don't use your brain to think before you post.

Thai military has a lot to learn about their treatment of their ranks and it seem to think having an Aircraft Carrier (which doesn't even have a single aircraft to assist it) and buying Submarines are more valuable than taking care of their disabled/afflicted members......

sometimes..... If you don't use your brain to think before you post.

 

OK, so where is the evidence that they do not take care of  their veterans?

[from the home of CC]

16 hours ago, Benmart said:

We are not in Canada. Focus.

not anti Thai enough for you? lol..

[from the home of CC]

On 3/1/2021 at 2:49 PM, GrandPapillon said:

only a Thai could run over a body in the dark and not even notice ????

only a proud racist could make a comment like that..