Sanook Thai Caption: Please come down from there

 

Makkasan police lieutenant colonel Narongdech Butnampetch responded after a Myanmar man called Adee perched himself on a bridge over a crossing in downtown Bangkok and threatened to kill himself. 

 

Traffic in both directions on Petch Uthai Road had come to a standstill as the drama unfolded. 

Narongdech removed his tunic and sat down to sympathize with the plight of Adee.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

He said he had lost his job and wanted to go home to Myanmar but had no money. 

 

Narongdech said that the Thais and people from Myanmar were all brothers and sisters and he appealed to Adee not to hurt himself.

 

"Believe your elder sibling", he intoned earnestly. 

 

The plea worked and Adee got down from the precipice and even "graaped" the Thai police officer in a highly respectful show of thanks, reported Sanook. 

 

He was then taken away to the police station to calm down and be processed according to the law. 

 

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Nice effort by the policeman. Hope they can work something out.

I'm sure that the poor fella will be offered a job trucking yabba over the border if he asks....those drug scumbags are always on the lookout for desperate buggers to act as mules for them.

When i first saw this comment I thought "What sort of stupid person would write that"?

Then I saw writter is Australian.

Enough said.

12 hours ago, kidneyw said:

Nice effort by the policeman. Hope they can work something out.

A bus ride home would be nice.

Good job by the Policeman…Well done… Thanks

Good man. In my experience there are many policemen in Bangkok that are very respectable characters. Good to see they can go beyond the call of duty to help out.

Very touching........I wish this officer could have talked to my dear friend before he killed himself.