NCPO 'mea culpa' over using wrong photo in bomb case
PRAVIT ROJANAPHRUK
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- NATIONAL Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari has admitted that his staff mistakenly broadcast the wrong photograph - what appeared to be a bomb-filled vest - when he announced on Saturday night the arrest of the foreign suspect allegedly involved in the deadly Erawan Shrine bombing.

Winthai said the photograph had nothing to do with the suspect, who was next to the spokesman when the announcement was made.

He assured The Nation in a telephone interview that the suspect would not be tortured while in military custody for seven days - a timeframe in accordance with NCPO regulations. The Bangkok blast on August 17 killed 20 people and injured over a hundred.

"The picture was not related to the [arrest] incident. Perhaps the wrong picture was chosen," he said, adding that his staff has many pictures in their computers and it was simply a mistake. "I would like to ask for forgiveness on this."

Late on Saturday via a tweet, the police spokesman's team urged those spreading the photo on social media to stop, "because it may cause concerns in society and is illegal under the Computer Crimes Act."

The BBC's Southeast Asian correspondent, Jonathan Head, yesterday tweeted that the image can be traced back to the website of the US Transportation Security Administration.

In relation to his reassurance that the suspect will not be tortured, Winthai said: "The state will not gain anything [by doing that]. Anything that is not in accordance with the law will not be done.

"The suspect has the right to remain silent until the matter reaches the court. It's not necessary to coerce [the suspect] for facts."

It is thought the 28-year-old suspect could be Turkish.

Winthai said the authorities were still trying to determine his nationality, adding that he did not know if the Turkish embassy had sent anyone to help with the verification process.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/NCPO-mea-culpa-over-using-wrong-photo-in-bomb-case-30267791.html


-- The Nation 2015-08-31

Keystone cops...

So, the authorities broadcast a wrong photograph, and now warn the public not to share the photo as it may be considered computor crime!!....Are they serious?!

So, the authorities broadcast a wrong photograph, and now warn the public not to share the photo as it may be considered computor crime!!....Are they serious?!

Unfortunately, YES they are!

So, the authorities broadcast a wrong photograph, and now warn the public not to share the photo as it may be considered computor crime!!....Are they serious?!

Unfortunately, YES they are!

LOL, you beat me to it.

What is funny too - they seem to keep "file photos" intermixed with evidentiary photos.

Oh, "...perhaps the wrong picture was chosen..." for this setup

I can't believe we head admission and an apology. That someone else did it

If this had happened in the West,especially the U.S.,an even

moderately good lawyer,would get the case dismissed,as any

other evidence could not be trusted.

regards Worgeordie

Accidentally on Purpose !

So someone at the government Google image searched a picture of a bombs vest to be nationally broadcast and now the authorities see threatening to punish people sharing it. This place is run by absolute clowns. I'd laugh it it wasn't such a heinous crime.

Are they going to punish their staff? Or admit to some embellishment on their part?

Pigs will sooner fly.

The NCPO apologized, only because they were caught out by a sharp-eyed viewer.

But, truer to their normal form, they follow up the apology with a threat.

The nasty nasty clueles subordinate

Take,

""The picture was not related to the [arrest] incident. Perhaps the wrong picture was chosen," he said, adding that his staff has many pictures in their computers and it was simply a mistake. "I would like to ask for forgiveness on this.""

AND,

"The BBC's Southeast Asian correspondent, Jonathan Head, yesterday tweeted that the image can be traced back to the website of the US Transportation Security Administration"

together, and you have to draw the conclusion that they are trying to pin this (the bombing) on the guy. To post to media stock photos from overseas agencies of "incriminating evidence", is to say they actually have nothing and are trying to artificially create a picture that they (the police) want to be true, but isn't.

It was a simple mistake, any clueless moron led and managed by a bunch of clueless morons could have made it.......

If this had happened in the West,especially the U.S.,an even

moderately good lawyer,would get the case dismissed,as any

other evidence could not be trusted.

regards Worgeordie

Well, yes, they could in Thailand, too, if it were evidence. But it's not. It's photos off the iPad of a spokesman, who doesn't even have the right to hold evidence.

That doesn't make it less stupid, and I would love to see this ridiculous man go to jail for computer crimes. But the point is he doesn't have ANY evidence. He's just showing a bunch of photos - legally, and in fact.

the person in charge did not know how to transfer pictures from the camera to the computer so he just used istockphoto or something?

So, the authorities broadcast a wrong photograph, and now warn the public not to share the photo as it may be considered computor crime!!....Are they serious?!

Unfortunately, YES they are!

Impossible, unless the NCPO is prosecuted for computer crimes law violation.

If this had happened in the West,especially the U.S.,an even

moderately good lawyer,would get the case dismissed,as any

other evidence could not be trusted.

regards Worgeordie

Yes.

But that's not necessarily the good example. U.S. are world champions of judicial errors causing the release of real criminals.

the police spokesman's team urged those spreading the photo on social media to stop, "because it may cause concerns in society and is illegal under the Computer Crimes Act."

The police spread it first, which is illegal under the Computer Crimes Act.

So, the authorities broadcast a wrong photograph, and now warn the public not to share the photo as it may be considered computor crime!!....Are they serious?!

Unfortunately, YES they are!

LOL, you beat me to it.

Don't criticize the junta because.....Thaksin!

If this had happened in the West,especially the U.S.,an even

moderately good lawyer,would get the case dismissed,as any

other evidence could not be trusted.

regards Worgeordie

Not true, Worgy. Recall CNN broadcasting footage of "Palestinians celebrating" the day after after 9/11? Seemed OK at the time, to make a message that they wanted to make, yet the footage was years old, and of celebrations for something entirely unconnected.

If this had happened in the West,especially the U.S.,an even

moderately good lawyer,would get the case dismissed,as any

other evidence could not be trusted.

regards Worgeordie

Not true, Worgy. Recall CNN broadcasting footage of "Palestinians celebrating" the day after after 9/11? Seemed OK at the time, to make a message that they wanted to make, yet the footage was years old, and of celebrations for something entirely unconnected.

CNN are a news agency and not the spokesmen for the government like the NCPO, so completely different. That doesn't mean that there have never been 'wag the dog'. Just look at the first Iraqi invasion.

I think it hints at a frame up, but gives no opportunity fof a conclusion.

This will now be the permanent policy for this do-nothing corrupt government.

Actually, it always has been their policy.

Always will be.

Always.

Amen.

But....Thaksin!!!

Sorry about identication, sorry about no equipment, sorry about non functioning equipment, sorry about wrong picture. I'd say the whole police dept.is a SORRY mess !

What photo should I not spread on social media? I don't want to get prosecuted under the Computer Crimes Act.

The BBC's Southeast Asian correspondent, Jonathan Head, yesterday tweeted that the image can be traced back to the website of the US Transportation Security Administration.

I wonder if Jonathan Head will get arrested and deported for this.

The BBC's Southeast Asian correspondent, Jonathan Head, yesterday tweeted...

What is the link to that tweet or to Jonathan Head's Twitter account? I can't find it.

P.S. I think I got it now: https://twitter.com/pakhead?lang=en. And this is the link to the tweet in question: https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/637801395542888448?lang=en

If this had happened in the West,especially the U.S.,an even

moderately good lawyer,would get the case dismissed,as any

other evidence could not be trusted.

regards Worgeordie

It's even worse. After the incompetence mess, i don't know if i should believe anything in this case. Who knows if they only found some scapegoats. What a chaos. Completely messed up.

So this apparently is the picture I must not spread on social media:

Oops, I just did it. Please bring me some sticky rice and mango if I get locked up.

Do they know how to shoot? or is there an arrow to show direction to point?