As Bangkok lawyer arrives, Patong Police promise assistance for family of shot noodle vendor

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Renowned Bangkok lawyer Kerdphol Kaewkerd speaks alongside Mr Aroon’s wife, Kulthida Chananan, during talks with Patong Police today (Mar 2). Photo: Kerdphol Kaewkerd / Facebook

 

PHUKET:-- Patong Police Chief Col Sujin Nilabodi has promised to help the family of noodle vendor Aroon Thongplab, who was shot by an drunken off-duty Phuket police officer on Bangla Rd Tuesday last week.

 

“At this stage, officers from the Phuket office of the Ministry of Justice have already come to discuss this with us,” Col Sujin told reporters at Patong Police Station this morning (Mar 2). 

 

“If the victim’s family asks for any compensation or help, we will file a request to the Ministry of Justice Phuket office so they can provide help and safety for them,” he said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/police-promise-assistance-for-family-of-shot-noodle-vendor-79209.php

 

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12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“If the victim’s family asks for any compensation or help, we will file a request to the Ministry of Justice Phuket office so they can provide help and safety for them,” he said.

I would have thought assistance with medical bills would have been instantly charged to the police officer who did the shooting ............!!!!

12 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

I would have thought assistance with medical bills would have been instantly charged to the police officer who did the shooting ............!!!!

He is Thai, assuming he was treated in a public hospital, the medical bills were 30THB.

The hospital could of course try to recoup the real costs from the police officer.

So they have to ask for compensation? what if they dont ask?

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16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“If the victim’s family asks for any compensation or help, we will file a request to the Ministry of Justice Phuket office so they can provide help and safety for them,” he said

Such compassion.

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

So they have to ask for compensation? what if they dont ask?

Don't get.

3 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

I would have thought assistance with medical bills would have been instantly charged to the police officer who did the shooting ............!!!!

Does anyone know we he is right now?

[apart from out on bail]

Dealing with policemen from the Southern Islands can be quite difficult. Many years ago, my sister in law, was involved with a rather dodgy Brit, while living on Samui. When she finally ditched him, he was livid, and just could not handle it. He ended up coming one night, at 3:30am, and burning down her bungalow, which was made of wood and thatch. It went up like a bomb. Fortunately, neither she, nor her 3 roommates were there at the time, or they would have either died, or ended up with major 3rd degree burns all over their bodies, which I believe was his intention. In most countries, this would be treated as attempted murder, correct? The police were able to find a video of him racing away from the scene, at around 3:35am, as there was a CCTV camera in front of the police station, only a few hundred meters away from her bungalow. They took him in, and told him he would have to leave Thailand, and could never return. Not sure what exchanged hands, for him to not have been arrested. He was also told he would have to pay my sister in law 120,000 baht for the destruction of her gold, cash, and possessions. Same for her 3 friends. He did pay. We know that for a fact, as we were friendly with a couple of his friends. 480,000 baht to be specific. 

 

When she went to the police station to collect, she was told that they were not sure if he paid, and he was already back in the UK. But, that they had advocated for her, and made sure he could never come back to Thailand! When she pushed, and told them that she knew for a fact that he had paid them, as a friend of his attested to that, she was told that her life was now in danger, and that she needed to back down, and go away, or her safety could not be guaranteed.

The real problem is, you cannot report these guys. Not to the higher ups, not to the provincial authorities, and certainly not to the army. They are all corrupt beyond imagination. And the level of corruption simply escalates, the further up the food chain you go. They are not expected to be honest, and they are not expected to engage in law enforcement, traffic or public safety, on any level. It is an irrevocably broken and dysfunctional system. Anything hyperbole to the contrary, is just a smoke screen, intended to deceive the naive amongst us.

 

Prayuth has had a mandate from the beginning to do the very opposite of address corruption. He is there to protect the elite, the super wealthy who are guilty of crimes, those that are connected, and those who are in power. Just think Dark Tao. Just think Red Bull. The list goes on, and on, and on. Only the most naive amongst us believe he or ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol are sincere about this. I lived on Samui for nearly a decade. The police there totally re-define anyones perception of what corruption means, and the extent to which law enforcement can be turned into a franchise. Same with Phuket. This cop should be tried and imprisoned for 20-40 years. Will it happen? Very unlikely.
 

4 hours ago, jackdd said:

He is Thai, assuming he was treated in a public hospital, the medical bills were 30THB.

The hospital could of course try to recoup the real costs from the police officer.

 The medical bills will be significantly higher if the victim wishes proper care and support at his home. The 30 baht scheme does not provide the medical care, drugs , and rehabilitation support of physiotherapy and respiratory assistance or all the  equipment the  poor man will need just to stay alive once he leaves hospital.

1 hour ago, Patong2021 said:

 The medical bills will be significantly higher if the victim wishes proper care and support at his home. The 30 baht scheme does not provide the medical care, drugs , and rehabilitation support of physiotherapy and respiratory assistance or all the  equipment the  poor man will need just to stay alive once he leaves hospital.

No chance of him being treated in the International hospitals?

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

so they can provide help and safety for them,” he said.

 

And from who do they need protection? 

Chronic corruption yet again.