Drunken traffic cop beaten by restaurant customers

PATTAYA: -- A senior police officer and two tour bus drivers who became drunk and noisy in a restaurant and upset the other customers were badly injured when the customers set upon them and beat them up.

The incident happened at 12:30am on July 5, when officers from Pattaya police station were called out to the Nong Frame Restaurant on North Pattaya Road.

At the scene they found Pol Sgt Maj Thongkham Kamsuksiri, a 45-year old traffic police officer, unconscious and with wounds to his head from where he had been struck with a wooden object. With him were two bus drivers, Chit Palawat, 39, who also had head injuries, and Narong Rodkaew, 43, who had wounds to the head and mouth, and extensive bruising to the body. The three men were transferred to hospital where they each needed at least 25 stitches.

Investigations revealed that Pol Sgt Maj Thongkham and his friends were eating and drinking at the restaurant, and had become drunk and noisy. The group annoyed customers at four other tables, who paid their bills and left.

About 20 minutes later five of the customers came back with wooden staves. Without saying a word they went to Pol Sgt Maj Thongkham’s table and beat all three men to the floor, then rode away on motorcycles.

Police are investigating.

--Pattaya Mail 2005-07-23

Drunken traffic cop beaten by restaurant customers

PATTAYA: -- A senior police officer and two tour bus drivers who became drunk and noisy in a restaurant and upset the other customers were badly injured when the customers set upon them and beat them up.

The incident happened at 12:30am on July 5, when officers from Pattaya police station were called out to the Nong Frame Restaurant on North Pattaya Road.

At the scene they found Pol Sgt Maj Thongkham Kamsuksiri, a 45-year old traffic police officer, unconscious and with wounds to his head from where he had been struck with a wooden object. With him were two bus drivers, Chit Palawat, 39, who also had head injuries, and Narong Rodkaew, 43, who had wounds to the head and mouth, and extensive bruising to the body. The three men were transferred to hospital where they each needed at least 25 stitches.

Investigations revealed that Pol Sgt Maj Thongkham and his friends were eating and drinking at the restaurant, and had become drunk and noisy. The group annoyed customers at four other tables, who paid their bills and left.

About 20 minutes later five of the customers came back with wooden staves. Without saying a word they went to Pol Sgt Maj Thongkham’s table and beat all three men to the floor, then rode away on motorcycles.

Police are investigating.

--Pattaya Mail 2005-07-23

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They obviously upset the wrong people

well well, this time the brown dress did not protect him.

There is a lot of anger boiling in the people anyway, getting tired of the daily power abuse... Talking with a Thai about the brown boys, they usually say quickly, that they "hate them". Except the ones in the brown clothes, they do not say that

Sohm nam na?

I would have thought that the average Thai guy would have been too afraid of repercussions to beat up on one of the boys in brown.

Unless the guys who did the beating up where coppers themselves, or maybe soldiers, they don’t mind having a go at the police.

Or maybe these guys where so annoying and obnoxious that the patrons said &lt;deleted&gt; the repercussions.