Phuket governor pleas with residents not to join repeat riot in Facebook post

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket governor pleas with residents not to join repeat riot in Facebook post

PHUKET: Last night (October 17) Phuket Governor Chamroen Thipiyapongthada posted a message on his Facebook feed urging residents not to stage a new protest against Thalang Police.

The governor's post was made in response to growing resentment expressed on the popular social media site, which follows announcements that Thalang Police officers had been awarded compensation, and that arrest warrants would be issued for residents who took part in the riots last week, which resulted in an estimated B6-7 million in damages, and more than 30 police officers who were reported to have been injured.

Following is Governor Chamroen's message, originally in Thai, translated into English:

“Fellow resident of Phuket, respectfully, there is social media momentum [building up] that there will be a new protest and road blockade [about] the dissatisfaction about the way the Thalang Police Station case has been handled.

"I, as the father of Phuket, am responsible for this case, and I must urge Phuketians, especially those who think on acting in illegally in any way, to abstain from doing so.

"[should you] have vengence or dissatisfaction, or that you have not been treated fairly, please come to see me at Provincial Hall or come to the Damroangtham Centre [at the] Provincial Hall [which is] a much better, the best option for solving the problem.

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-- Phuket News 2015-10-18

[z42]

Well some clarification as to why the officers deserve financial rewards and some transparent investigations into the original incident would do just as well

[NCC1701A]

"I, as the father of Phuket, am responsible for this case, and I must urge Phuketians, especially those who think on acting in illegally in any way, to abstain from doing so."

do as I say, not as I do...

[oncearugge]

Suspect a very poor "translation" of what was actually written.

Time is long past for the criminals ,druggies and gangsters who infest Thalang to be cleared out.