Man assaulted by PCAD guards 'was not armed agent'

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Man Assaulted By PCAD Guards 'Was Not Armed Agent'
By Khaosod English



BANGKOK: -- The brother of a man who has been allegedly beaten by a group of anti-government protest guards has disputed the claims that he tried to attack the guards.

The incident reportedly took place on 8 March near the anti-government rally site on Chaeng Wattana Road, where supporters of the People's Committee for Absolue Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) have been camping for weeks.

Accoring to a report in Thai Rath newspapers, the an individual on a vehicle attempted to approach the guards' checkpoint on Chaeng Wattana Road and opened fire, forcing some of the guards and Royal Thai Army soldiers stationed nearby to return fire.

After the gunfire exchange subsided, the guards reportedly captured the individual and searched his car. Thai Rath quoted a member of PCAD leaders as saying that the guards found a number of explosives on the vehicle, and named the person as Mr. Maroot Channual.

However, contacted by Khaosod, Mr. Maroot's brother disputed the PCAD's allegation and insisted that his brother was unarmed at the time.

According to Mr. Thammarat Channual, Mr. Maroot was attending a wedding reception hosted by one of his friends in Laksi distirct on the night of the incident. Afterh he left the party, Mr. Thammarat said, Mr. Maroot drove home via Chaeng Wattana Road, thinking he could drive through the protest site.

But Mr. Maroot soon reportedly encountered street cones erected by PCAD guards on the road. As the barricades were unmanned, Mr. Thammarat said in a phone interview, Mr. Maroot got out of his car and attempted to remove the barricades, which caused at least 5 guards to rush toward him and assault him severely.

Mr. Maroot was begging for mercy, even claiming that he personally admired PCAD leader Suthep Thaugsuban, but the guards would not listen, his brother said.

The man later reportedly woke up in hospital on the next morning. It is not clear who brought Mr. Maroot to the hospital.

Mr. Maroot is reported to have suffered severe injuries on his face, such as several broken bones and bleeding inside his eyes and ears. Blood was found in his urine samples. Medical workers refused to say whether Mr. Maroot's hearing and eyesight would be permanently affected by the wounds, and it is not clear whether Mr. Maroot would require facial surgery.

Medical workers have also retrieved a bullet from Mr. Maroot's leg, Mr. Thammarat said.

According to Mr. Thammarat, the guards also took away his brother's belongings, including an iPhone, a gold necklace, a ring, an amulet, and 5,000 baht in cash.

Mr. Thammarat vehemently denied reports that explosives were found inside Mr. Maroot's vehicle, insisting that his brother was not a part of any political movements.

"He criticised all politcial sides," Mr. Thammarat said, "My brother never has personal problems with anyone".

Mr. Thammarat also threatened to take legal action against anti-government critics on the social network who have been circulating allegations that Mr. Maroot was an armed agent paid by the Redshirts to attack the PCAD rally site. He said his family has already filed charge at a police station against the PCAD guards for their alleged assault on his brother.

"After the incident, no one takes any responsibility for what happened. The PCAD has not contacted me at all. Worse, they falsely implicated my brother in their press conference," Mr. Thammarat told our correspondent, "My family is very stressed at this moment. My parents can't sleep. My pregnant sister-in-laws is also very upset".

He added, "Everyone has the rights to rally and ask for fairness, ask for democracy, but their method should be under the laws ... I can only hope this incident would not happen to any other family".

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1394457183&typecate=06&section=


-- Khaosod English 2014-03-11

[MrSlatersParrot]

time for the people

to rise up against these thugsnis justice enough. The self anointed and their army hangers on ponce about, seemingly untouchable.

They don't pursue justice for all. They are just mafia.

They seek confrontation just so the army will roll the tanks.

The old maxim "Be careful what you seek"

[Dr Bruce]

Serves him right, he tried to cross the border between the Kingdom of Thailand and The Peoples Rebulic of Chang Watanna.

[Prbkk]

Imagine a government by people's committee with these mindless, vilolent thugs in charge of security. Low life, brown shirt street criminals...not whistling grannies

[whoisyourdaddy]

I liked brothers comment, though could be a translation error.

Brother said that he was not armed at that time.

So he usually is armed??

[NCFC]

These attacks on innocent civilians are now occurring on a daily basis and yet there are still those who come out and support these cruel thugs.

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[Crushdepth]

Imagine a government by people's committee with these mindless, vilolent thugs in charge of security. Low life, brown shirt street criminals...not whistling grannies

You've already got one. Who do you imagine owns the bomb throwers?

[moonao]

shame on these farangs still supporting and defending these PCAD thugs.

[binjalin]

had a look in the mirror lately ?

Tell Shannon. Only quoting him.

So you agree with Shannon's when he quoted what I did when a whistle blower's mother has grenades thrown at her house because Shannon shares the same beliefs as you right?

Since I do not share the same beliefs as you it is offense?

Do you understand what hypocrisy means?

I think most of the posters on here know what you represent and it ain't so nice. hopefully it's just because you are young and naive

as Oscar said:

"youth is wasted on the young"

DJJAMIE:

Maroot Channual is a mindless, violent thug, low life, brown shirt street criminal (forgot fascist rat and brainless) that has no place in this society. The only thing he offers is a window into what the broader section of red shirts represent.

Evidence? he was unarmed, attended a wedding and tried to get home and he's a "mindless, violent thug, low life, brown shirt street criminal" ???

Edited March 11, 2014 by binjalin

[djjamie]

had a look in the mirror lately ?

Tell Shannon. Only quoting him.

So you agree with Shannon's when he quoted what I did when a whistle blower's mother has grenades thrown at her house because Shannon shares the same beliefs as you right?

Since I do not share the same beliefs as you it is offense?

Do you understand what hypocrisy means?

I think most of the posters on here know what you represent and it ain't so nice. hopefully it's just because you are young and naive

as Oscar said:

"youth is wasted on the young"

So when I highlight your hypocrisy your only defense to that is to belittle me.

Well done. Sure you were not on the high school debating team with strong valid rebuttals like that?

[sweatalot]

I feel sorry for the injuries this man got and wish him well. But -

who knows who is telling the truth ?

And I am not surprised by the guards being alert and using force when being attacked or something happens that looks like an attack. In those situations there is no time to consider. Better shoot first than be shot.

There is a reason for this. All the attacks on the peaceful protestors. Grenade attacks every night. Shooting and killing on a regular base.

Without these attacks security would not be necessary and this would not have happened.

Always keep in mind the violence came from the red shirts side first and guess - who are the unknown grenade attackers and shooters. It is a joke talking of a third party.

Clearly it is solely this group of violent undemocratic thugs that has to be accused - not only for this but for all the violence.

Edited March 11, 2014 by sweatalot

[binjalin]

had a look in the mirror lately ?

Tell Shannon. Only quoting him.

So you agree with Shannon's when he quoted what I did when a whistle blower's mother has grenades thrown at her house because Shannon shares the same beliefs as you right?

Since I do not share the same beliefs as you it is offense?

Do you understand what hypocrisy means?

I think most of the posters on here know what you represent and it ain't so nice. hopefully it's just because you are young and naive

as Oscar said:

"youth is wasted on the young"

So when I highlight your hypocrisy your only defense to that is to belittle me.

Well done. Sure you were not on the high school debating team with strong valid rebuttals like that?

Maroot Channual is a mindless, violent thug, low life, brown shirt street criminal (forgot fascist rat and brainless) that has no place in this society. The only thing he offers is a window into what the broader section of red shirts represent.

you said it now DEFEND IT - this guy is in hospital with a bullet in him and badly beaten up

[djjamie]

So when I highlight your hypocrisy your only defense to that is to belittle me.

Well done. Sure you were not on the high school debating team with strong valid rebuttals like that?

Maroot Channual is a mindless, violent thug, low life, brown shirt street criminal (forgot fascist rat and brainless) that has no place in this society. The only thing he offers is a window into what the broader section of red shirts represent.

you said it now DEFEND IT - this guy is in hospital with a bullet in him and badly beaten up

OK so now you are cornered and you still cannot rebut my statement regarding the ManofReason quote in the context of hypocrisy because belittling is your only defense you now refer to another part of my post which has nothing to do with hypocrisy!

That is a skill of a debater so maybe I was wrong. You may have been on the debating team.

Edited March 11, 2014 by djjamie

[JiveTalker]

I feel sorry for the injuries this man got and wish him well. But -

who knows who is telling the truth ?

And I am not surprised by the guards being alert and using force when being attacked or something happens that looks like an attack. In those situations there is no time to consider. Better shoot first than be shot.

There is a reason for this. All the attacks on the peaceful protestors. Grenade attacks every night. Shooting and killing on a regular base.

Without these attacks security would not be necessary and this would not have happened.

Always keep in mind the violence came from the red shirts side first and guess - who are the unknown grenade attackers and shooters. It is a joke talking of a third party.

Clearly it is solely this group of violent undemocratic thugs that has to be accused - not only for this but for all the violence.

Clearly you believe only one group of people is capable of telling the truth. Another poster who can't see the woods for the trees.

[Suriya4]

If you believe Khaosod, you believe that Elvis is still alive.

Just look at the photos, it is obviously 2 different people with similar hair style.

The guy on the left is skinny; while the guy on the right is a fat boy.

He couldn't have put on so much weight over such a short time.

Besides, their ears look different too.

That's my opinion.

Take a look at this guy youtube channel upload:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mchannual

Very very political? He has a wife named "Phoo". SAME AS YINGLUCK. Coincident?

Edited March 11, 2014 by Suriya4

[djjamie]

And one flew over the cuckoo's nest,now breath in Jamie,now out.

Nice one, some more belittling. Can't really defend that hypocrisy statement heay?

Kinda stopped you all in your tracks.

Feel free to keep belting me if that will help you vent your frustration and being unable to refute my glaring case of hypocrisy.

The belittling says more about you than me. Notice I don't result to name calling on you guys. Last time I faced this type of belittling was in primary school.

Come on guys, vent that frustration and release that anger.

[Tatsujin]

If you believe Khaosod, you believe that Elvis is still alive.

Just look at the photos, it is obviously 2 different people with similar hair style.

The guy on the left is skinny; while the guy on the right is a fat boy.

He couldn't have put on so much weight over such a short time.

Besides, their ears look different too.

That's my opinion.

Wow, conspiracies (and lack of thought) abound. Could it not perhaps be the brother in the left picture as he's mentioned in the article?

[Tatsujin]

The man later reportedly woke up in hospital on the next morning . . .

. . . I thought he was beaten and held hostage for a week . . . or was that another incident?

[Yunla]

Well if he was an armed agent they could easily have disarmed him and turned him over to the police.

There was no reason for torture or attempted murder. And it is attempted murder when you inflict grave head-injuries on somebody, you don't know if the person will be cognitively impaired and blind for life. The human brain is extremely fragile, and if you give somebody permanent brain damage you are in effect killing their future self - the person who would have been clear-thinking and hard-working etc. is now incapable of doing this, ergo he no longer exists and that makes it murder of the person he was. I myself have brain-lesions and related structural impairment, from my progressive MS and I can confirm that brain-damage, while being invisible it still destroys your normal life.

Nobody has the right to turn a smart young person into a cognitively-impaired person, and whoever did this and whatever BS reasons they conjure up for doing this, they should now spend their lives in jail, the same way this guy might well suffer cognitive impairment for life.

[lostinsurin]

Maybe the following article has put Jamie and others in a bad mood, TV don't seem to want us to comment

on their leading topic for today.

EC: House may convene by May if court rules quickly, elections without incidents

[Figglymiggly]

time for the people

to rise up against these thugsnis justice enough. The self anointed and their army hangers on ponce about, seemingly untouchable.

They don't pursue justice for all. They are just mafia.

They seek confrontation just so the army will roll the tanks.

The old maxim "Be careful what you seek"

Agree! I thought the most revealing part of the report states that the PDRC guards and soldiers opened fire, i thought all the PDRC guards were unarmed and likewise the soldiers? This incident proves beyond doubt, and is now accepted by most as fact, that PDRC guards ARE armed and also that armed soldiers have been given orders to embed with the PDRC.

Given the above report, how can Thai Courts still maintain that the movement is unarmed and peaceful?

[lostinsurin]

And one flew over the cuckoo's nest,now breath in Jamie,now out.

Nice one, some more belittling. Can't really defend that hypocrisy statement heay?

Kinda stopped you all in your tracks.

Feel free to keep belting me if that will help you vent your frustration and being unable to refute my glaring case of hypocrisy.

The belittling says more about you than me. Notice I don't result to name calling on you guys. Last time I faced this type of belittling was in primary school.

Come on guys, vent that frustration and release that anger.

That's it Jamie, now you feel better?

you see wasn't so bad was it?

[chrisinth]

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I feel sorry for the injuries this man got and wish him well. But -

who knows who is telling the truth ?

And I am not surprised by the guards being alert and using force when being attacked or something happens that looks like an attack. In those situations there is no time to consider. Better shoot first than be shot.

There is a reason for this. All the attacks on the peaceful protestors. Grenade attacks every night. Shooting and killing on a regular base.

Without these attacks security would not be necessary and this would not have happened.

Always keep in mind the violence came from the red shirts side first and guess - who are the unknown grenade attackers and shooters. It is a joke talking of a third party.

Clearly it is solely this group of violent undemocratic thugs that has to be accused - not only for this but for all the violence.

I think the truth pretty much speaks for itself. If as alleged in another report that the victim had been shooting from his approaching vehicle and the army found explosives in said vehicle, then they would have found the weapon used to fire the shots.

If the above had been the case, then both the weapon and the explosives would have been displayed and a media frenzy caused.

I find it very difficult to condone, under any circumstance, an assault like this on anyone. I would also be interested in seeing how he was shot in the leg, from distance or just torture.

As an aside to the above, here we go again with the tit-for-tat. Because the reds did something, does not give the right for the yellows, or any other colour/organization to follow suite. Once in this mentality cycle, there is no end in sight.

[djjamie]

And one flew over the cuckoo's nest,now breath in Jamie,now out.

Nice one, some more belittling. Can't really defend that hypocrisy statement heay?

Kinda stopped you all in your tracks.

Feel free to keep belting me if that will help you vent your frustration and being unable to refute my glaring case of hypocrisy.

The belittling says more about you than me. Notice I don't result to name calling on you guys. Last time I faced this type of belittling was in primary school.

Come on guys, vent that frustration and release that anger.

That's it Jamie, now you feel better?

you see wasn't so bad was it?

You would rather continue to belittle than admit your hypocritical.

[Suriya4]

The man later reportedly woke up in hospital on the next morning . . .

. . . I thought he was beaten and held hostage for a week . . . or was that another incident?

Different victims.

This guy was beaten in Changwattana.

The forced in-prison guy was in Lumpini.

This guy wedding video:

[binjalin]

If you believe Khaosod, you believe that Elvis is still alive.

Just look at the photos, it is obviously 2 different people with similar hair style.

The guy on the left is skinny; while the guy on the right is a fat boy.

He couldn't have put on so much weight over such a short time.

Besides, their ears look different too.

That's my opinion.

Take a look at this guy youtube channel upload:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mchannual

Very very political? He has a wife named "Phoo". Same as the acting PM perhaps?

Just look at the photos, it is obviously 2 different people

another silly post - look at the mole below the lips right side - SAME guy Sherlock

he's fatter as he is bloated and swelling after the beating

[tx22cb]

From the report, the Guards' story sounds fishy.

They claim he fired at them, so they shot back.

Although they "find" explosives in the car, but NO gun!

Surely they could have "found" a gun too.

And stealing money, phones - is that the SOP for guards?

If so, perhaps they are not being paid their 2000 baht/day in Chaengwattana, and have to improvise.

Or maybe it's justified as the spoils of war.

[newcomer71]

I changed my mind... replying to a troll is never a good idea.

Edited March 11, 2014 by newcomer71

[aussieinthailand]

There are always consequences to someones actions….Heay Shannon.

Maroot Channual is a mindless, violent thug, low life, brown shirt street criminal (forgot fascist rat and brainless) that has no place in this society. The only thing he offers is a window into what the broader section of red shirts represent.

Bit silly really driving a car up to and attacking PDRC guards in the first place. They never were known for their intelligence.

I hope you get better soon and go back to farming rice in Nakhon Sawan with the other narrow supporter minority.

Wow mate, ok well at least you didn't say he did it to himself this time or he was beaten up by "the red thugs" and dumped there so he could blame the lovely tea drinking yellow "peaceful" boy scouts, to make them look bad,

"I hope you get better soon and go back to farming rice in Nakhon Sawan with the other narrow supporter minority" Mate, NOT cool, You were not there so you don't have a bloody clue, and just for a sec if his story is true how do you feel, be he a rice farmer or not, no one deserves a flogging like this mate, obviously had the sh*t kicked out of him, and Very un_Australian of you to support it mate, have a think regardless of who you support politically,

Next Just what is it with a person as a farmer that you have a problem with? I know several rice farmers that finished uni, some have a master's and one a Dr, so pull ya head in and understand that some rice farmers are very educated... It's the character of a man that defines him, not his education, social status, or work he dose...

Cheers,, go the Hawkes.

[Fat Haggis]

There are always consequences to someones actions….Heay Shannon.

Maroot Channual is a mindless, violent thug, low life, brown shirt street criminal (forgot fascist rat and brainless) that has no place in this society. The only thing he offers is a window into what the broader section of red shirts represent.

Bit silly really driving a car up to and attacking PDRC guards in the first place. They never were known for their intelligence.

I hope you get better soon and go back to farming rice in Nakhon Sawan with the other narrow supporter minority.

Jesus Jamie, you must love the taste of your own flip flops..

MIndless violent thug?? I'd like some FACTS that support these claims otherwise you're in breach of the forum rules about rumours and hyperbole

I'd like proof that he drove up and shot at the guard as well please, show the captured weapons and expolsives, I don't do hearsay

These coffee beans not ground enough for you yesterday, what a nasty little bigoted person you are coming across as.

Perhaps it's you who needs to return to your homeland and not the victim??

Amazing outburst from you this morning bud, stepping back from the keyboard for a few days might do you the world of good