4 Surin Locals Mistakenly Summoned For Drug Rehab

[Lite Beer]

4 Surin Locals Mistakenly Summoned for Drug Rehab

An unusual case has been reported in Surin's Muang District when 4 men from the same village were summoned for drug rehabilitation when they've never taken narcotics or have any official record of being involved with narcotics.

The 4 are Prachak Kaewbutrdee, 33; Warerk Kaewngam, 38; Thirayuth Meesit, 22; and Wacharakorn Kengkan, 21. They all received a letter with the same wording from the Sangka District Chief Wallop Ruengporncharoen to report for drug rehabilitation.

Speaking for the group, Prachak said 5 men received such a letter at his village. All of them have never been involved with narcotics and all have moved to the city to work. Prachak said he himself worked at the Mungcharoenporn Green Power plant in Surin. The 5th man to receive this same letter is Sai Sai-ngarm, 29, who has been working in Indonesia for the past 4 years.

Prachak said the letter has damaged he and his family's reputation and affected his work. He is worried they are named on some sort of official narcotics blacklist and their lives may be in danger.

Prachak said he met with Sangka Deputy District Chief Chumpol Soongmart on March 19 to have his name removed from the drug rehabilitaiton list. The deputy district chief has scheduled a meeting with him and his village headman for March 28.

The deputy district chief noted that the letter is a summons for the individual named to report themselves to the authorities and give their personal information as part of the government's effort to eradicate narcotics. Those who have not been involved with narcotics won't need to attend the drug rehabilitation session. He has informed both Prachak and Warit of that and will ask their village headman to spread the word that they have never been involved with narcotics for their peace of mind.

The deputy chief said the list of names of those summoned came from the police. He added that those innocent of any dealings with narcotics but were summoned have also been found in other villages.

-- Tan Network 2012-03-27

[Gone]

Unbelievable !!!!!! I guess all Thai's will be walking on egg shells now that they are trying to blame people who are not involved with drugs what so ever and force them into the rehab program where their names will be destroyed in the future when appling for work, passports etc.

[Farma]

Hmmm something sounds familiar here. Village chairmen providing names...people summonsed to report...Nah it can't be...it's 2012 not 2003

[TheWalkingMan]

The 5th man to receive this same letter is Sai Sai-ngarm, 29, who has been working in Indonesia for the past 4 years.

This guy is currently out of the country and has been for the past 4 years and gets a letter? That has to be scary for the guy.

[dominique355]

I don't know what is more scarey, the fact the drug rehab is ordered top-down by bureaucrats or that people's name are wrongly put on this list.

I was under the impression that a drug rehab should be something ordered and supervised by a doctor and with the explicit consent of the addicted (otherwise rehab will never work anyway).

Thaksin's war against drug revistited?

[KhunHay]

If that is how their 'orderly and systematic' way of rooting out criminal and drug suspect. I pity the common man on the street for how would their family feels if they are prosecuted wrongly.. Sad.

Still believe in getting a fair trial?

[bigbamboo]

Now you can see why the international human rights groups are nervous about Thailand's proposed narcotics policy.

[siampolee]

Memories of an earlier anti drugs campaign when people were summoned to police stations on what was unknown to those called a , ''one way ticket in many cases. Many innocents died as a result of the vicious unwarranted campaign waged on Thaksins orders.

The deceased even included an innocent refrigerator that succumbed to its injuries shorty after being shot by valiant Thai policeman in their intrepid war on drugs.

Chalerm must be getting a little excited at the upcoming prospect of yet another vigilante campaign..

''Open the bubbly me boys my ears are playing up and I'm finding it difficult to maintain an upright position legally, morally as well as physically.''

Edited March 27, 2012 by siampolee

[hellodolly]

You can bet your bottom baht that all the recipients of those letters are being counted as another successful event in the Government's war on drugs.

Does Thailand even have real treatment center for drug abuse out side of the private ones who cost far more than the government would pay. Also far cheaper than many other countries.

Here in Chiang Mai they have a treatment center that has little success. I visited once and found out the patients were being fed chicken heads for breakfast. A real treatment center has to treat it's clients with respect and not come across as a punishment.

That is my 2 bat worth.

[pipo1000]

Memories of an earlier anti drugs campaign when people were summoned to police stations on what was unknown to those called a , ''one way ticket in many cases. Many innocents died as a result of the vicious unwarranted campaign waged on Thaksins orders.

The deceased even included an innocent refrigerator that succumbed to its injuries shorty after being shot by valiant Thai policeman in their intrepid war on drugs.

Chalerm must be getting a little excited at the upcoming prospect of yet another vigilante campaign..

''Open the bubbly me boys my ears are playing up and I'm finding it difficult to maintain an upright position legally, morally as well as physically.''

You should complete your story by adding that the person they were looking for when they riddled the refrigerator, with close to one hundred bullets if I call correctly, was staying in the government jail for an extended time already.

[cgphuket]

There is no Thai language treatment centers in the country. What they call treatment are either labor camps or watts where you pray, drink a mild poison, and throw up for 2-3 months. All efforts from Western addiction professionals (even voluntary) to train and educate Thai officials on modern treatment protocols have either been ignored or refused. Amazing Thailand.

[siampolee]

You should complete your story by adding that the person they were looking for when they riddled the refrigerator, with close to one hundred bullets if I call correctly, was staying in the government jail for an extended time already.

Which proves without doubt as I stated elsewhere at the time that the system is flawed and the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.

All the last campaign was aimed at was eliminating the opposition so as the big boys could control the illicit drug trade completely thus maximizing their profits and their clients dependence on them and also maximizing their clients misery and addiction.

It was not a campaign waged out of a mercy motive it was a bounty hunt, provincial governors and police commanders were given target figures to achieve not suspects names. If those figures were not achieved the then infamous Prime Minister ( who was it?) used to castigate the perceived laggards for their inefficiency.

Money was the name of the game . .

[Curt1591]

All the last campaign was aimed at was eliminating the opposition so as the big boys could control the illicit drug trade completely thus maximizing their profits and their clients dependence on them and also maximizing their clients misery and addiction.

Money was the name of the game . .

This is what almost all "wars on drugs" are about. There is big money on both sides and most of the key players are sharing the wealth from both sides.