Thaivisa News Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Chon Buri: – The Sattahip authorities have intervened and rescued a senior citizen whose relatives cited poverty as reason to abandon him at a Buddhist temple like a stray dog. The plight of Jun Boonsaeng, 81, came to light after monks at Wat Thep Prasart in Sattahip district found him sitting alone and crying. Jun said his granddaughter was supposed to take care of him and that she said she was no longer capable of sheltering and feeding him anymore before hiring a tuktuk to drop him off at the temple. Contacts for the granddaughter and other relatives to adopt Jun under their care had failed. One of the great granddaughters said the relatives could not afford to have Jun staying with them even though they all love him very much. Sattahip district chief Parinya Pothisat said he was appalled to hearing about Jun being abandoned by relatives. Parinya intervened to alert the Banglamung Social Welfare Centre for Older Persons. Centre director Jittima Kriaree agreed to allow Jun to live at Ban Banglamung, the state-run home for the aged. After Jun spent a few days at the temple, Parinya and Jittima yesterday picked him up to live in the new home. His great granddaughter SirinthornKuasaraporn went to see Jun settling in. She said she was sad but she and none of the relatives could not help him. She said she would try to check on him every month although she was not in the financial position to care for him. Jun said he was grateful for the intervention of the authorities. He said he would “sing his praises” for the social welfare given to him as he had no other means to show his gratitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post whitemouse Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Sickening! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jessi Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Money Number ONE!!!! If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 '.....even though they all love him very much.' Yeah, right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h90 Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Money Number ONE!!!! If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND. No they would have taken the money first and than put him at the temple.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loppylugs1 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Think this is why so many old farang live in Thailand too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 What a heartbreaking story. It has given me a guilty conscience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Suradit69 Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Money Number ONE!!!! If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND. Not typical here and far worse in the west. "Granny dumping, as it's called, was unheard of 15 years ago but now the anecdotal evidence tells us it has become somewhat of a trend," said John Meyers, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons, which has 33 million members. "Not a day goes by when a hospital emergency room somewhere in America doesn't have a case where some elderly person has been abandoned, usually by the children." Although precise numbers are not available, the American College of Emergency Physicians surveyed hospitals and concluded that up to 70,000 elderly parents were abandoned last year by family members who were unable or unwilling to care for them any longer. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikmar Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Jesus, what a world we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 ' She said she would try to check on him every month ' Thainess ...... but please don't go to any trouble if your too busy .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Not a big fan of Buddhism myself but I reckon this 'poor' family's karma bus just left town. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLang Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Such a superior set of morals and family values. Where's the Thailand that I was led to believe existed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Nobody knows how poor these people are and what they have tried. Its always easy to talk when you got money yourself. I doubt that this decision was taken lightly. But isnt this what temples should be for.. caring for people like true buddists. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickcar Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Nobody knows how poor these people are and what they have tried. Its always easy to talk when you got money yourself. I doubt that this decision was taken lightly. But isnt this what temples should be for.. caring for people like true buddists. Exactly. We dont know the circumstances. Could be all sorts of issues we dont know about. I wonder where are the children? Only grandchildren and great grandchildren left? What we do know is that this is very unusual in Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackanapes Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 old and unwanted even by your own kith and kin it happens here just the same as it happens in Europe nasty nasty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Riki Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Please don't judge his relatives so quick. And he's found help at last. Not many old people are so lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petercool Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 I have to say that this is not at all typical in Thailand. In close to 5 decades I have yet to meet a Thai who was not helping a parent or other elders in the family. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 no different in the uk, i live in BKK , am about to sell my house in the UK, my family not bother with me (mai pen rai) now suddenly i have had contact. well they can run and fkin jump, gonna spend it on my "girls" he he !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 This is no different than any other country with a poor welfare system. If the families are genuinely poor and they run out of options the temple is the last resort for them. In Europe our welfare system kicks in and "save" us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai99 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Money Number ONE!!!! If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND. Not typical here and far worse in the west. "Granny dumping, as it's called, was unheard of 15 years ago but now the anecdotal evidence tells us it has become somewhat of a trend," said John Meyers, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons, which has 33 million members. "Not a day goes by when a hospital emergency room somewhere in America doesn't have a case where some elderly person has been abandoned, usually by the children." Although precise numbers are not available, the American College of Emergency Physicians surveyed hospitals and concluded that up to 70,000 elderly parents were abandoned last year by family members who were unable or unwilling to care for them any longer. Your not allowed to post facts pertaining to the west, ThaiVisa is for slagging off Thailand and Thai people at every opportunity whilst forgetting this goes on all the time in other countries too. Edited April 29, 2015 by Banzai99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 a post using a derogatory term was removed along with a reply quoting that - plus a very crude post was removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick167 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Ah.....Thainess at its best! Please circulate this story around so that people understand thainess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Money Number ONE!!!! If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND. Not typical here and far worse in the west. "Granny dumping, as it's called, was unheard of 15 years ago but now the anecdotal evidence tells us it has become somewhat of a trend," said John Meyers, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons, which has 33 million members. "Not a day goes by when a hospital emergency room somewhere in America doesn't have a case where some elderly person has been abandoned, usually by the children." Although precise numbers are not available, the American College of Emergency Physicians surveyed hospitals and concluded that up to 70,000 elderly parents were abandoned last year by family members who were unable or unwilling to care for them any longer. Your not allowed to post facts pertaining to the west, ThaiVisa is for slagging off Thailand and Thai people at every opportunity whilst forgetting this goes on all the time in other countries too. The problem is that in most Western countries there are some social programs and some welfare system. For example in Australia, putting aside the pension and discounts on pretty much everything for the elders, there are a number of homes, including state owned, private organizations, and charities which all come to help one way or another,churches that provide food and bed and so on. When my mother was sick(and did not tell me for at least 1 year) without me knowing, she had some animal welfare group come on daily basis to take her dogs for a walk. Another welfare group sent someone over on daily basis to clean and cook for her, including shopping, another one arranged for car to take her to the doctors and doctor also made home visit once per week, while nurses did daily visits to make injections. All of that was 100% FREE, because she was an elder lady. Once i knew and went back home, support services did not stop In Thailand, i did not even know such homes existed, right up till now reading this OP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I am afraid that the world is not the same place it was 10 20 or 30 years ago. Morals have changed a lot, and so has decency, respect, consideration, concern, gratitude, and a lot of other words that I can not think of this minute. The F word was not used back then half as much as it is today, as well as all of the other filthy words, that I even get to hear in movies or bars or on the street. Great that I won't be around another 50 years, as I am not at all sure that I would want to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenchair Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Never mind the family, they have done their best. Let's look at the Temple, that receives millions of baht every year to help the poor. But does not spend a penny of it to help the poor. All that undeclared money going into the head monks coffers. Shameful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapfries Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Not a big fan of Buddhism myself but I reckon this 'poor' family's karma bus just left town. Perhaps your knowledge and/or understanding of "Buddhism" is somewhat limited, otherwise you would never even consider writing what you did. It's a bit like stating "I am not a great fan of a good thing" . . . . . . . . Edited April 29, 2015 by jaapfries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brling Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Never mind the family, they have done their best. Let's look at the Temple, that receives millions of baht every year to help the poor. But does not spend a penny of it to help the poor. All that undeclared money going into the head monks coffers. Shameful. What, "(the family have done their BEST)" really ? shameful indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Think this is why so many old farang live in Thailand too Yeah, you get old and senile, you're Tii Rak takes all your money and drops you at the temple, the authorities pick you up, and compassionately install you as a floor mat in the Bangkok Hilton. Remember, compassionate Thainess is for Thais. Not farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Think this is why so many old farang live in Thailand too Yeah, you get old and senile, you're Tii Rak takes all your money and drops you at the temple, the authorities pick you up, and compassionately install you as a floor mat in the Bangkok Hilton. Remember, compassionate Thainess is for Thais. Not farang. How many old and senile farangs have YOU personally known this happen to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Money Number ONE!!!! If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND. try living without food and a roof and let us know how romantic it is, and let us know how many people you are able to help out when you are in that position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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