Bangkok tops in domestic violence complaints, says social development ministry

[webfact]

 

The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has reported that Bangkok holds the record for the highest number of complaints concerning violence against children and women.

 

Since its inauguration on November 1, the Human Security Emergency Management Centre (HuSEC) has received 2,195 complaints, as revealed by the Social Development and Human Security Minister, Varawut Silpa-archa.

 

The majority of the calls were related to service advice and the welfare of elderly individuals, newborns and people with disabilities. The minister added he was concerned about violence against women, children, senior citizens and people with disabilities.

 

Between November 1 and 5, HuSEC received an alarming average of 13 reports of domestic violence per day. Of these incidents, family members committed 60% of the attacks. With an average of 26 cases a day, Bangkok was the source of the largest number of complaints.

 

by Mitch Connor

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Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-13

 

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[2baht]

Savages!

[save the frogs]

isnt it usually higher in the sticks?

or is it less reported out there? 

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Since its inauguration on November 1, the Human Security Emergency Management Centre (HuSEC) has received 2,195 complaints,

So what's the average number of calls when measured against the number of residents?

2,195 calls in a major city means nothing...

[Emdog]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So what's the average number of calls when measured against the number of residents?

2,195 calls in a major city means nothing...

it does mean something if you are on the receiving end of a violent assault

[Sydebolle]

13 a day is not even the tip of the iceberg.

 

Many Thai men are chauvinists - to say the least; hardly a day goes by where nobody asks me about how many minor wives I have. Other men leave their unpaid homes bright and early morning, drive to work in unpaid cars or are sardines in Bangkok's public transportation, arriving at a job they don't like and show off with fancy, unpaid, mobile phones and wrist watches purchased with an unpaid credit card. Lunch is in many cases a street side culinary accident before they return back to their job they actually hate. In the evening they drive back to their unpaid home in an unpaid car and can't afford the highway hence burn time and money in Bangkok's endless rush hour traffic jam. Alternatively there is again the sardine treatment on the buses or trains. Once they're home, the release the steam which so nicely built up throughout the day and the culprits are wives and children. 

Spend only money you actually have, focus on human values rather than monetarism and materialism and a lot of that tension will never occur. Bottomline again is "education" and, as long as kids need basketball wear exceeding 10'000 Baht to keep up with the Joneses ...... 

[Will B Good]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The minister added he was concerned about violence against women, children, senior citizens and people with disabilities.

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