Pracha Set To Give Compensation Details

[Lite Beer]

Pracha set to give compensation details

The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK:-- Justice Minister Pracha Promnok will give details next Saturday about compensation to be paid to victims of violence by security officials in the South.

Pracha said yesterday he would open the floor to questions and opinions on the issue at a forum in Songkhla, where he will announce the precise amount of compensation and rehabilitation money to be paid to people affected either physically or mentally by the violence.

He said his committee would use the same principles as the panel chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit tasked with following up on the proposals of the National Truth for Reconciliation Commission.

If necessary, Pracha said he would put the decision on compensation before the Cabinet. Compensation and rehabilitation money would be awarded at the same time as money was given to people affected by political violence in recent years.

Yongyuth, in charge of the Strategic Committee on Development of the Southern Border Provinces, said that according to guidelines announced by his committee, Bt500,000 would be paid in the event of death, disability or forced disappearance as a result of officials' conduct.

The amounts could go as high as Bt7 million, but victims of the Krue Se Mosque and Tak Bai incidents would not automatically be eligible for that as Pracha's committee was in charge of those cases. They might receive compensation at the same rates but under a new law, he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha told reporters that because no link to officials' conduct had been proven in the case of missing lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, compensation would not be paid in that case.

The Advisory Council for Administration and Development of the Southern Border Provinces yesterday issued a statement calling on the government to take urgent action in response to last week's shooting in Pattani's Nong Chik district, as it had had severe psychological effects on local people.

The group was referring to an incident last Sunday in which five people were shot dead by Army rangers who reportedly mistook the villagers for insurgents who had fired three M-79 grenades at a ranger base in the district.

The group said the military must show responsibility without blaming the affected people and must not prejudge events before the investigation is finished. It said the military must take legal action against the officers if they are found to have been at fault. It also called for urgent rehabilitation for those affected and the deployment of officers from the region, as they understand the situation and culture better.

-- The Nation 2012-02-05

[Bakseedaa]

Surely under the constitution, those victims should be awarded the same amounts as the Red Shirt troublemakers... break the law and get paid.... new slogan for PTP... and please can you tell me, once those terrorists get their compo, can the law abiding citizens of Bangkok sue them for their payday windfall.... Amazing Thailand..!

[whybother]

Justice Minister Pracha Promnok will give details next Saturday about compensation to be paid to victims of violence by security officials in the South.

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The amounts could go as high as Bt7 million, but victims of the Krue Se Mosque and Tak Bai incidents would not automatically be eligible for that as Pracha's committee was in charge of those cases. They might receive compensation at the same rates but under a new law, he said.

Except in cases where they might actually have to pay out some money.

[pimay11]

Surely under the constitution, those victims should be awarded the same amounts as the Red Shirt troublemakers... break the law and get paid.... new slogan for PTP... and please can you tell me, once those terrorists get their compo, can the law abiding citizens of Bangkok sue them for their payday windfall.... Amazing Thailand..!

Speaking of res shirt compensation, my wife's aunt is a Puayi Baan here in Essan. The government deducted B100 from her pay this month to go into the red shirt fund. When she saw it she was livid and called a meeting in Kalasin of all Pyayi Baans. At the meeting she found out it was deducted from everyones salary and not only that, it was deducted from ever elected civil servant's salary. There was no notification this would be done and now she is trying to find out the person who authorized it. Democracy in action.

[473geo]

Surely under the constitution, those victims should be awarded the same amounts as the Red Shirt troublemakers... break the law and get paid.... new slogan for PTP... and please can you tell me, once those terrorists get their compo, can the law abiding citizens of Bangkok sue them for their payday windfall.... Amazing Thailand..!

Speaking of res shirt compensation, my wife's aunt is a Puayi Baan here in Essan. The government deducted B100 from her pay this month to go into the red shirt fund. When she saw it she was livid and called a meeting in Kalasin of all Pyayi Baans. At the meeting she found out it was deducted from everyones salary and not only that, it was deducted from ever elected civil servant's salary. There was no notification this would be done and now she is trying to find out the person who authorized it. Democracy in action.

I remember a friend of mine interviewed for the job of pub manager, he complained about the salary, his intended boss told him if he couldn't fiddle twice his salary he was of no use.

While deducting 100 baht is catastrophic, and no way could I condone such action, it should have been explained, and prior notice given, the puyai baan are possibly the last people to complain about a reduction of 100 baht........in my opinion

Another little point here, if you do not know who authorised this life changing reduction, why assume it was a government directive?

[pimay11]

Surely under the constitution, those victims should be awarded the same amounts as the Red Shirt troublemakers... break the law and get paid.... new slogan for PTP... and please can you tell me, once those terrorists get their compo, can the law abiding citizens of Bangkok sue them for their payday windfall.... Amazing Thailand..!

Speaking of res shirt compensation, my wife's aunt is a Puayi Baan here in Essan. The government deducted B100 from her pay this month to go into the red shirt fund. When she saw it she was livid and called a meeting in Kalasin of all Pyayi Baans. At the meeting she found out it was deducted from everyones salary and not only that, it was deducted from ever elected civil servant's salary. There was no notification this would be done and now she is trying to find out the person who authorized it. Democracy in action.

I remember a friend of mine interviewed for the job of pub manager, he complained about the salary, his intended boss told him if he couldn't fiddle twice his salary he was of no use.

While deducting 100 baht is catastrophic, and no way could I condone such action, it should have been explained, and prior notice given, the puyai baan are possibly the last people to complain about a reduction of 100 baht........in my opinion

Another little point here, if you do not know who authorised this life changing reduction, why assume it was a government directive?

Of course B100 is not much deducted from her B8,000 salary. Her salary comes from the government. I don't suppose anyone outside the government could authorise this deduction. Do you? Another thing, I don't know how many elected civil servants there are in Thailand but multiply this times B100 and it is a sizable amount.

Edited February 5, 2012 by pimay11

[473geo]

Surely under the constitution, those victims should be awarded the same amounts as the Red Shirt troublemakers... break the law and get paid.... new slogan for PTP... and please can you tell me, once those terrorists get their compo, can the law abiding citizens of Bangkok sue them for their payday windfall.... Amazing Thailand..!

Speaking of res shirt compensation, my wife's aunt is a Puayi Baan here in Essan. The government deducted B100 from her pay this month to go into the red shirt fund. When she saw it she was livid and called a meeting in Kalasin of all Pyayi Baans. At the meeting she found out it was deducted from everyones salary and not only that, it was deducted from ever elected civil servant's salary. There was no notification this would be done and now she is trying to find out the person who authorized it. Democracy in action.

I remember a friend of mine interviewed for the job of pub manager, he complained about the salary, his intended boss told him if he couldn't fiddle twice his salary he was of no use.

While deducting 100 baht is catastrophic, and no way could I condone such action, it should have been explained, and prior notice given, the puyai baan are possibly the last people to complain about a reduction of 100 baht........in my opinion

Another little point here, if you do not know who authorised this life changing reduction, why assume it was a government directive?

Of course B100 is not much deducted from her B8,000 salary. Her salary comes from the government. I don't suppose anyone outside the government could authorise this deduction. Do you? Another thing, I don't know how many elected civil servants there are in Thailand but multiply this times B100 and it is a sizable amount.

Would depend entirely on the pay structure, if there is a salary budget dispensed to districts for which they carry the responsibility to allocate and control for example, then this could be localised, implemented by a 'government' official, but not a government initiative......just a possibility....of course if the same person could also drop your village allowance by a few thousand baht.....well you have your answer as to why this can happen and will continue to occur whatever the government.......just a thought

Edited February 5, 2012 by 473geo