Royal Funeral Service for School Bus Fire Victims

[snoop1130]

 

A large crowd of mourners assembled at the school to say their last goodbyes to the 23 students and teachers who tragically died in a school bus fire. A royal funeral service was conducted on Tuesday afternoon for the victims.

 

The service was held today at Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School in Lan Sak district, Uthai Thani province, paying homage to the 23 students and teachers who tragically died in a school bus fire during a field trip on October 1.

 

The morning part of the service, presided over by Pol. Gen. Permpoon Chidchob, Education Minister, was filled with Buddhist rituals and prayers. Victims' family members and friends gathered at the school’s multipurpose building to honor the deceased.

 

Notable attendees included Sabida Thaiseth, Deputy Interior Minister, and Chada Thaiseth, a local MP. Former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was also present to pay his respects.

Gen. Surayud Chulanont, President of the Privy Council, presided over the royal funeral service which began at 12:30 p.m.

 

Today's service saw an impressive turnout. All 5,000 seats under the tents prepared for the royal funeral service were quickly filled. There were thousands more standing outside. The nine crematoriums were on standby, with seven allocated for the service and two as backups to cater to the 23 victims.

 

The service is expected to conclude at 8 p.m. The remains will be handed over to the families for them to carry out their personal religious rites.

 

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-- 2024-10-08

 

[Sydebolle]

Now, after all this is over and the facts are pretty clear, make sure that those 23 lives were not wasted completely. 

Get all those VIPs shoulder-rubbing in front of cameras and journalists to carry on paying. Yesterday they came to "pay respect", now it is time to "pay attention". 

Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob is not only an absolute incompetent ignorant by prohibiting school excursion with busses but he also has a big conflict of interest. 
An external, neutral body should now get into action and cross-examine each and everybody in the line of this disaster. Starting from the top, get the Transport Minister facing the bench, not only the present one sitting on that throne but his predecessor, Saksayam Chidchob, who was at the baton of the transport ministry 2019-2023 and  happens to be the brother of the Education Minister. 
Then take the Department of Land Transports Directors, Governors etc. all aside and grill them over what really happens in those castles of bureaucracy. Who issued roadworthiness documentation, who must have been completely blind not seeing the illegal alteration and doubling of gas cylinders? Who did not find out, that those six cylinders should have been roof-mounted instead of eleven, which were all not on the roof. Who kept that bus (as well as hundreds if not thousands of busses) on the road despite knowing, that this coffin on wheels was 54 years old. 
Then book the bus owner, the tour operator, the workshops who did/do these alterations, the mechanics and the rest of the manure into the dock. Cross examine them on a one-to-one basis, live on TV and clean up this huge pile of typical Thai-style.
The driver needs to be queried to find out, what really happened. He was apparently the second bus in a convoy of three vehicles; what happened with the first and last coach. Fact is, without going anywhere further, that he might have been driving too fast, he might have lost control over the vehicle, but ............. whatever it was, the most likely minor accident would have not resulted in anyone injured or burnt alive.

But, as things stand, there is too much face and money involved. The driver might be locked up in the slammer and the keys will be thrown away and, as with all the other Thai-made disasters, nobody will talk about it in a week or two.

[mdr224]

Dont know how parents in thailand avoid the anxiety of handing over your children to someone else in that country. I just couldnt do it with mine. Theyd need to go everywhere i go

Edited October 9 by mdr224

[Asquith Production]

2 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

An external, neutral body should now get into action and cross-examine each and everybody in the line of this disaster.

That will be difficult for starters.

[motdaeng]

2 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Now, after all this is over and the facts are pretty clear, make sure that those 23 lives were not wasted completely. 

 

unfortunately, not much will change again, at least not in the long run. the same can be said for countless other similar tragic events involving deaths and other disasters ...

 

anyone who chooses to live in thailand must accept that human lives, health, nature, etc. hold little value, and nothing will change that  ...

it is so sad but the true!

[biggles45]

Curious as to what constitutes a Royal Funeral, do members of the Royal family attend?