webfact Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Sexual assault and murder suspect forced to apologise Kesinee Taengkhiao, Jeerapong Prasertpolkrung, Atapoom Ongkulna The Nation BANGKOK: -- Police yesterday escorted a rape and murder suspect to the victim's funeral at a Bangkok temple yesterday and forced him to apologise to her and her relatives. newsjsThe suspect was also taken to the alleged crime scene as part of a re-enactment. The funeral is being held at to Wat Bungthonglang in Soi Ladprao 101. It is believed that the suspect, motorcycle taxi driver Suthee Boonphrom, 23, raped and killed the victim on February 4 in Soi Phokaeo 3 in Bang Kapi district, which is not too far from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's residence. The suspect was arrested on Saturday in Phetchabun province. Meanwhile, the prime minister told reporters yesterday that she had asked the metropolitan police to work together with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority to provide more street-lamps in risky areas of the capital. She said she had also urged the metropolitan police chief to ensure the safety of people travelling in risky areas. On Monday, the victim's relatives carried her coffin to protest outside the premier's residence, demanding that the suspect apologise to them. -- The Nation 2013-02-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davehowden Posted February 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2013 How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgphuket Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I am sure everyone feels better now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 just watched the fiasco on ch.3 to parade this scumbag in front of the mother is behond belief.and at what cost 100's of police and riot officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? And this is an excellent question! Only in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? He knows what's in store for him if he doesn't, guilty or not guilty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 One day this is going to turn into a circus freak show on live television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Interesting how they can get a rape/murder case in Lad Prao and find the guy in Petchabun but on so many other cases, they simply can't find an elephant in a street. But let's not forget the photo op. Anyway this guy obviously could not pay so it is permanent change of address to the monkey house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonray Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? He feels guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm sure the victim felt much better after the apology..."I'm sorry for killing you. After what I did to you, I am sure you're life will never be the same". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kananga Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? He feels guilty. If he felt guilty it wouldnt be forced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaxLee Posted February 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm sure the victim felt much better after the apology..."I'm sorry for killing you. After what I did to you, I am sure you're life will never be the same". But Yingluck found THE solution to the problem: put more street lamps in the endangered areas... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post whistleblower Posted February 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2013 Just what the mother needed, the guy who allegedly killed and raped his daughter gatecrashes the funeral with a ton of police in tow. So a sombre sad occassion is turned into a media circus!!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoNiaw Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Just what the mother needed, the guy who allegedly killed and raped his daughter gatecrashes the funeral with a ton of police in tow. So a sombre sad occassion is turned into a media circus!!! Maybe you missed this part: "On Monday, the victim's relatives carried her coffin to protest outside the premier's residence, demanding that the suspect apologise to them." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 The expat lawyers and police who live here must find this country a fascinating place, what next I wonder......TV stars who admit a cold blooded murder allowed to wander out the police station at their own leisure.............Doh! We've done that one as well already! Legally this is a very strange course of action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeavyDrinker Posted February 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm staggered at the lack of understanding of Thai culture shown on this thread thus far. This is all about face at this point. Sod all to do with legal proceedings or any of that nonsense as yet. It's about the miscreant having his vile face rubbed in the dirt in front of the family first and foremost to give them closure. We could, and should, take lessons from the Thais sometimes.... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooweerup Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm sure the victim felt much better after the apology..."I'm sorry for killing you. After what I did to you, I am sure you're life will never be the same". But Yingluck found THE solution to the problem: put more street lamps in the endangered areas... yes close to her home.... "raped and killed the victim on February 4 in Soi Phokaeo 3 in Bang Kapi district, which is not too far from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's residence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm staggered at the lack of understanding of Thai culture shown on this thread thus far. This is all about face at this point. Sod all to do with legal proceedings or any of that nonsense as yet. It's about the miscreant having his vile face rubbed in the dirt in front of the family first and foremost to give them closure. We could, and should, take lessons from the Thais sometimes.... You are probably correct in pointing out that this has 'sod all to do with legal proceedings'. We as social humans have for several centuries attempted to set rules/laws for treatment/behavior of our peers, just to move away from the desires of the individual, regarding punishment, for unacceptable social behavior. When a select group can ignore what progress has been made in this area, it can be recongized as regression back to a time, several thousand years ago. We could go back to stoning, burning at the stake, excuting 7 generations of the family, draw and quarter, etc, but please do not claim to be a democratic nation/government one day and condone this behavior the next. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Whether guilty or not (he probably is), I wonder if he was "forced" to confess? Don't answer that...I already know the answer. And then let's parade the person who has confessed but who hasn't had a trial yet in front of the media and public. What a way to run a legal system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDrinker Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm staggered at the lack of understanding of Thai culture shown on this thread thus far. This is all about face at this point. Sod all to do with legal proceedings or any of that nonsense as yet. It's about the miscreant having his vile face rubbed in the dirt in front of the family first and foremost to give them closure. We could, and should, take lessons from the Thais sometimes.... You are probably correct in pointing out that this has 'sod all to do with legal proceedings'. We as social humans have for several centuries attempted to set rules/laws for treatment/behavior of our peers, just to move away from the desires of the individual, regarding punishment, for unacceptable social behavior. When a select group can ignore what progress has been made in this area, it can be recongized as regression back to a time, several thousand years ago. We could go back to stoning, burning at the stake, excuting 7 generations of the family, draw and quarter, etc, but please do not claim to be a democratic nation/government one day and condone this behavior the next. I fail to see how you can equate making a miscreant face up to, and apologise to his victim, or their family, with stoning etc. This only happens in Thailand when the "accused' admits his crime in the hope he gets spared the "jab". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rionoir Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Forcing a "suspect" to apologize... just in case there was any doubt what a sham the justice system is here I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Sexual assault and murder suspect forced to apologise There is just sooooooooooo much wrong with this story, it absolutely boggles the mind. Thailand is truely a third world country, with little hope for the future. Until the ENTIRE legal system is reformed from top to bottom, from the police to the courts, Thailand will NEVER move beyond where it stands now. In fact, it may and probably will, continue to sink deeper and deeper into the slime pit. Amazing Thailand, indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDrinker Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Why do you think it's wrong to make a villain apologise to his victim's family? The mind boggles.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AleG Posted February 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2013 One day this is going to turn into a circus freak show on live television. Not only has that ship already sailed, it has already completed its second circumnavigation of the globe. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatcharanan Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 But Yingluck found THE solution to the problem: put more street lamps in the endangered areas... Sure..........that's usually just ONE of the solutions in most high-crime areas throughout the world. Or do you live in a box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup-O-coffee Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Were it my daughter or sister, I would have taken a butter knife from a near-by table and cut his throat and made a blood offering to the deceased. I would then immediately apologized to the police, and then politely asked them to please leave the funeral I am having for my raped and murdered daughter or sister before I remove them physically myself. This is what I would attempt to do, and I would dam_n well expect every male present at the funeral to assist. Imagine the story reading, "Police crash funeral and shoot dead angry funeral goers while protecting the murderer / rapist they brought to gloat over his victim" Edited February 13, 2013 by cup-O-coffee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatcharanan Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm staggered at the lack of understanding of Thai culture shown on this thread thus far. This is all about face at this point. Sod all to do with legal proceedings or any of that nonsense as yet. It's about the miscreant having his vile face rubbed in the dirt in front of the family first and foremost to give them closure. We could, and should, take lessons from the Thais sometimes.... Absolutely right. There are far too many clueless posters on here who insist on other countries adopting their home countries system of law and justice, democracy, culture and ethics. Asia seems to get along just fine without the West's help. Makes you wonder why they even stay here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Were it my daughter or sister, I would have taken a butter knife from a near-by table and cut his throat and make a blood offering to the deceased. I would then immediately apologized to the police, and then politely asked them to please leave the funeral I am having for my raped and murdered daughter or sister before I remove them physically myself. This is what I would attempt to do, and I would dam_n well expect every male present at the funeral to assist. Imagine the story reading, "Police crash funeral and shoot dead angry funeral goers while protecting the murderer / rapist they brought to gloat over his victim" You and I are cut from the same bolt of cloth on this one my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 How is it that a "suspect", not guilty yet, is forced to apologize? Thai definition of suspect: Rich suspect = not guilty Poor suspect = guilty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Why do you think it's wrong to make a villain apologise to his victim's family? The mind boggles.... Think you had a few too many beers today HeavyDrinker, which might explain your boggling mind. I suppose the law states that rape and murder is punishable by prison or death, so if found guilty you can sentence him to .... prison or death. You cannot, and should not, just make new rules whenever relatives decide on their own punishment and demonstrate to get what they want. What if the family wanted him to cut off his finger, or his balls or drink 10 bottles of wine or whatever. Should he then be forced to do that as well? Edited February 13, 2013 by monkeycountry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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