Delivery man in coma after PCAD stabbing

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Delivery Man in Coma After PCAD Stabbing
By Khaosod English


Members of PCAD "guards" at a protest in front of the Royal Thai Police headquarters, 26 February 2014.

BANGKOK — A savage stabbing by a group of anti-government militants has left an ice delivery man in a coma, police and witnesses said.

The incident was first reported on social media by several people who said they witnessed the assault.

The victim was later identified by his family as Thanakrit, a native of Ang Thong province who has been working as an ice delivery man in Bangkok. His family has requested his surname not be published, citing fears of possible retaliation by anti-government protesters.

According to Mr. Thanakrit's family, he was driving a pick-up truck to deliver ice to a customer on Phahon yothin Road at around 11 p.m. on 10 May when he encountered a protest site maintained by the People's Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) in front of the Channel 5 TV station.

After Mr. Thanakrit knocked over a traffic cone placed on the road by PCAD guards, the guards reportedly surrounded his car and stabbed him repeatedly, despites protests from Mr. Thanakrit's pregnant wife who was in the truck as well.

Mr. Thanakrit was sent to hospital by a group of bystanders who witnessed the assault, his family said.

Udom Chaowarin, the director of Ratchawithi Hospital, said Mr. Thanakrit's lung and liver were severely damaged by the stabbing and he remains unconscious in the hospital's ICU.

Mr. Thanakrit's wife told Khaosod that Mr. Thanakrit accidentally knocked over the traffic cone because it was raining heavily and he could not see the obstacles on the road.

Mr. Thanakrit's wife, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fear of possible retaliation, said she told Mr. Thanakrit to exit the vehicle and apologise to the PCAD guards after he knocked over the traffic cone. The guards mobbed and stabbed Mr. Thanakrit as soon as he got out of his car, she said.

Mr. Thanakrit's pregnant wife added that she tried to plead for mercy on behalf of her husband but it was to no avail. She ultimately decided to flee for her own safety.

She later returned to the scene with others to find Mr. Thanakrit's unconscious body wrapped in a black bag, presumably by the PCAD guards. She immediately took Mr. Thanakrit to hospital.

Mr. Thanakrit’s wife insisted that she and her husband were not members of any political group.

"We have never attended any rally at all. I told my husband to park his car and apologise because I never thought this kind of incident would happen," Mr. Thanakrit's wife said. "I want to ask why our country has come to this."

She continued, "Right now I don't want to demand anything at all. I don't want to give interviews on TV because I fear for my safety. I just want my husband to survive and recover back to normal."

Pol.Maj.Gen. Wichanwat Borirakkul, a commander of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, told Khaosod that the victim's family filed complaints with Phayathai Police yesterday.

A group of investigation officers have been dispatched to collect evidence at the scene and study CCTV footage, while Mr. Thanakrit's wife and other witnesses will be interrogated by the police, Pol.Maj.Gen. Wichanwat said.

PCAD guards, some of whom carry firearms, have intimidated and assaulted members of the public for disturbing traffic cones in the past.

On Friday, group of PCAD guards reportedly attacked a motorist on the elevated toll way near Don Mueang Airport after he attempted to remove a traffic cone placed by the guards.

In April, an army colonel was beaten and shot at by PCAD militants after he attempted to remove a traffic cone on Chaeng Wattana Road.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1399876070


-- Khaosod English 2014-05-12

[Prbkk]

Scum of the earth..

[marko kok prong]

Ye gods,stabbed almost to death for accidently knocking over a cone,i hope these thugs are arrested and charged,this is really outrageous.

[Marcel1]

Animals... on both sides, no one can call these actions human anymore

Must add, IF all of this is true which we never know with nowadays reporting in Thailand.

[transam]

Unfortunately low-life come out of the woodwork to kill or maim whenever they think they can do it when there is no police around to protect ordinary folk. Fact of life, sadly.

Buddhists, naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah......................... ...........Only when it suits..........

[marko kok prong]

then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

[transam]

then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeey, it's his team..................

[The stuttering parrot]

The monk will round them up and make them surrender!

Let's see how the yellow supporters blow this one off!

[rabas]

If it is anything like Khaosad is reporting, that is very wrong, and needs fixing fast.

I can understand these guards are getting blow up at a steady rate from the dark of night, another one by my place last night, but, such a violent act against innocent people to me is almost worse. The guards chose to be there and to do this work.

[Nickymaster]

Scum of the earth..

Red shirts too right?

[Artisi]

Unfortunately low-life come out of the woodwork to kill or maim whenever they think they can do it when there is no police around to protect ordinary folk. Fact of life, sadly.

Buddhists, naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah......................... ...........Only when it suits..........

The majority of That's wouldn't know what Buddhism is if it bit them on the arse.

[gangrel]

Animals... on both sides, no one can call these actions human anymore

Must add, IF all of this is true which we never know with nowadays reporting in Thailand.

Particularly when it involves Khaosod reporting.

Edited May 12, 2014 by gangrel

[bkkjames]

PR, I think you will find nobody here is defending the action of a few idiots who should rightly be put behind bars for this.

Now if only the same were true for those who shot up Trat, blew up the kids at Radjidamri. Those people should be called scum of the earth as well in your eyes?

[binjalin]

where's the fake monks outrage???

a disgusting and VILE act by cowards

[Mango Bob]

These anti government thugs are making the Red Shirts look like Saints.

[newcomer71]

then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

We all know that Khaosod often come out with fake news to discredit Suthep.

Please check your fact first.

This guy could be hiding petrol bomb in his ice pack or something.

Remember the taxi driver that was beaten up in Vipawadee afew months ago, he was throwing petrol bomb at Suthep's peaceful people.

???

Where was reported that the taxi driver was throwing petrol bombs?

[edwinchester]

then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

We all know that Khaosod often come out with fake news to discredit Suthep.

Please check your fact first.

This guy could be hiding petrol bomb in his ice pack or something.

Remember the taxi driver that was beaten up in Vipawadee afew months ago, he was throwing petrol bomb at Suthep's peaceful people.

Do you actually believe what you post?

How on earth can a mob gang up on a driver and stab him multiple times whilst his pregnant wife looks on, for knocking over a traffic cone?

Even if they suspected the carrying of weapons why didn't they detain him when he stepped from the vehicle to apologise?

[gangrel]

These anti government thugs are making the Red Shirts look like Saints.

Impossible.

[londonthai]

We all know that Khaosod often come out with fake news to discredit Suthep.

Please check your fact first.

This guy could be hiding petrol bomb in his ice pack or something.

Remember the taxi driver that was beaten up in Vipawadee afew months ago, he was throwing petrol bomb at Suthep's peaceful people.

article "PDRC guards accused of assault" was published yesterday evening by bangkok post. Exactly same story, just with a little less details. Is bangkok post, backing the pdrc, enough credible to you?

[marko kok prong]

then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

We all know that Khaosod often come out with fake news to discredit Suthep.

Please check your fact first.

This guy could be hiding petrol bomb in his ice pack or something.

Remember the taxi driver that was beaten up in Vipawadee afew months ago, he was throwing petrol bomb at Suthep's peaceful people.

I must say your avatar is apt,except in this case what usually goes down that recepticle has come out in your post.

[luudee]

These thugs are backed by the military, nothing will happen to them ...

luudee

[rabas]

These anti government thugs are making the Red Shirts look like Saints.

Especially when they explode !

[jonclark]

These anti government thugs are making the Red Shirts look like Saints.

Impossible.

Why are so many people trying to make out one is better than the other or vice verse. That the actions of one can be used as an excuse for the actions of the other.

In all likelihood members of the Red Shirt Guards and PDRC Guards have probably both been on each other payrolls at some point in the past, present (and possibly future).

[Soutpeel]

The monk will round them up and make them surrender!

Let's see how the yellow supporters blow this one off!

I believe the response from "the authorities" will be "its a warning, a message, not intended to kill anybody"

[Asiantravel]

Yes, there you go. Just a taste of what life would be like if Suthep and his followers get into power.

If they do that to one of their own innocent citizens they will probably make us farangs get down on our knees to beg for our existence

[chotthee]

then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

We all know that Khaosod often come out with fake news to discredit Suthep.

Please check your fact first.

This guy could be hiding petrol bomb in his ice pack or something.

Remember the taxi driver that was beaten up in Vipawadee afew months ago, he was throwing petrol bomb at Suthep's peaceful people.

???

Where was reported that the taxi driver was throwing petrol bombs?

Read here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/692072-bangkok-taxi-driver-beaten-unconscious-by-anti-govt-protesters/page-10

Post #230

"Seems the taxi driver was caught tossing Molotov Cocktails. There is a photo of his ID on the internet pictured ............"

Edited May 12, 2014 by chotthee

[Jack Mountain]

Those guards has something with cones it seems, 1st that military guy who was moving a cone and now this story. What do they (the guards) do with those cones? Lonely people maybe?

[Snig27]

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then they just wrap a plastic bag around him and leave him there,i Hope Mr Suthep does something about these gangsters.

We all know that Khaosod often come out with fake news to discredit Suthep.

Please check your fact first.

This guy could be hiding petrol bomb in his ice pack or something.

Remember the taxi driver that was beaten up in Vipawadee afew months ago, he was throwing petrol bomb at Suthep's peaceful people.

Don't be bloody ridiculous - this has been reported across the media, as have countless random attacks by these mafia scum. And that Taxi driver was cleared of the claims he had a petrol bomb. Covering for this sort of thing, plus the dozens of assaults on people who are not involved in the protests by Suthep's minders, is appalling and indefensible. Reforms? This lot and their gangster boss should be reformed into a holding cell with others of their kind.

[Lite Beer]

PDRC denies their guards stabbed ice delivery man
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- A People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) core member said their guards were not involved in the near-fatal stabbing of an ice delivery man in front of Channel 5 television station on Saturday night.

Air Chief Marshal Watchara Ruethakanee told the press yesterday, the people who injured 29-year-old Thanakrit Pinwiset were not PDRC guards, but the people who rescued the man by calling for an ambulance.

The victim's girlfriend Nantawadee Chuaimaleechom filed a complaint against the PDRC security guards for stabbing her boyfriend when he accidentally hit a traffic cone placed on the road as he was driving a pickup truck to deliver ice on Phahonyothin road

Read More: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/05/12/pdrc-denies-their-guards-stabbed-ice-delivery-man

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-05-12

[pkspeaker]

what else can you expect from the pdrc "guards"- brownshirt fascist