Facebook threats leaves Thai youth, 17, dead in the street

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Facebook threats leaves Thai youth, 17, dead in the street
Thaivisa Reporters


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BANGKOK: -- A Thai youth was stabbed in the neck after threats made on Facebook spilled onto the street leaving the seventeen year old dead on a Bangkok footpath, reports Thaivisa News.

Police were called to the scene of the murder in Soi Petchkasem 48 in the Phasi Charoen area of Bangkok late last night after a violent fight between two rival gangs.

The dead teenager, named only as "Lek" lay in a pool of blood dead from two neck wounds that other gang members said was inflicted by a rival gang known as "J." An upturned Honda Wave motorbike was found nearby.

Prasong Chamnansin of Phasi Charoen police said that initial investigations suggested that four youths from Lek's gang were riding two bikes when they were confronted by members of another gang near the spot where the man lay dead. A violent fight ensued in which Lek was stabbed twice.

Gang members tried to take him to hospital but he fell off the back of a bike and was already dead. Threats had been made on Facebook between the two gangs.

The dead youth's gang members were taken in for questioning as the case continues.


-- 2016-03-25

[Strangebrew]

Sad for one so young to lose his life over What? words? RIP LEK I hope the police find your killer.

[NCC1701A]

When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.

RIP gang person.

[mrrizzla]

Threats on facebook? Clever move.

More initiatives need to be set up to stop these young men killing each other through a lack of direction in their lives.

[steven100]

sad way to go ..... only 17 , his whole life ahead of him.

waste .... gang fighting is stupid and irresponsible !!

RIP ... young man.

[Yunla]

RIP to the young gentleman. Tragic beyond words, really.

In a country where family loyalty and family bonds are historically very strong, youngsters should be encouraged by the media, to put their real loyalty to their families before any false loyalty to gangs. Not only to prevent heartbreak for parents and siblings, but also because the important tradition of kids supporting their parents in old age. These are good traditions, and make these senseless gang deaths even more tragic for everybody.

[trogers]

Should build an arena and confine such activities within it. Learn from the Romans...

[WhizBang]

Things are only going to get worse, especially now as the educational system takes a step backwards, rather than being properly reformed. Thai youth have no future without a proper education, and this country is failing them.

Prayut has failed miserably and the so called Ho-So Elites are behind all of Thailand's woes.

[jamesbrock]

Things are only going to get worse, especially now as the educational system takes a step backwards, rather than being properly reformed. Thai youth have no future without a proper education, and this country is failing them.

Prayut has failed miserably and the so called Ho-So Elites are behind all of Thailand's woes.

It's easier to fool uneducated masses, than it is educated masses.

[user82374298374]

I'm beginning to come round to the view that all Internet social media should in fact be banned in Thailand - not for purposes of censorship, but because too many Thais are so immature and hot-headed that they're constantly rubbing one another out as a result of online slagging.

Those with the brains to utilize VPNs can still have access, of course (very difficult to police this, and Thailand hasn't the talent nor the money to build something even as moderately effective as China's Great Firewall), but the idiots who would go after one another in real life based on online nonsense would never figure it out nor have the money to do so.

Edited March 25, 2016 by disambiguated

[SOTIRIOS]

....imagine what the future holds for these types......and their future victims......

[njhorn2000]

The son of my american buddys issan wife is in jail for this crime.. He is a 18 year old pizza maker with a big smile and pleasant personality.. Hard to believe he would do such a thing..

[HOOD Robin]

Things are only going to get worse, especially now as the educational system takes a step backwards, rather than being properly reformed. Thai youth have no future without a proper education, and this country is failing them.

Prayut has failed miserably and the so called Ho-So Elites are behind all of Thailand's woes.

i repeat it here over and over again : When are they gonna stop with those daily VIOLENT and STUPID soaps ????

Thai dont know the difference between fiction and non-fiction !!

Good the big Manitou keeps them happy....

[Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere]

Facebook inspired homicide.Instead of a (Liked) thumbs up this kid got the (Kill) thumbs down...

[anotheruser]

Should build an arena and confine such activities within it. Learn from the Romans...

I agree too bad they didn't manage to all kill each other. They sound like great kids who society will mourn for a long time coming.

[Thongkorn]

Most Gangs are just weak minded People coming together to try and act Big. But in reality their minds are not fully developed. Those that are good very really get recognition.

Edited March 26, 2016 by Thongkorn

[Bender]

if your read thai newspaper, these stories happen everyday in bkk and several time!

[NongKhaiKid]

Apart from this tragic and unnecessary loss of life we have to consider that somewhere in the depths of the junta someone is seeing incidents like this as a welcome addition to the govts's justifications for total control of the social media and help deflect from their true reasoning.

[cyberfarang]

Apart from this tragic and unnecessary loss of life we have to consider that somewhere in the depths of the junta someone is seeing incidents like this as a welcome addition to the govts's justifications for total control of the social media and help deflect from their true reasoning.

There are always excuses for these mindless yobs. In my time long before the Internet, television was blamed for youth violence and unruly behavior, before that they blamed the movies. Back in the 1930s my great uncle was a movie gangster fan he used to idolize Edward G. Robinson and many of the youths at the time used to dress like movie gangsters. My uncle tried to rob a petrol station as Edward G. Robinson did in the film, Little Ceasar. He knifed the petrol attendant who survived the attack and my great uncle ended up serving 15 years in prison. It`s always been a talking point within my family. Read the American and British newspapers, this is happening every day in those countries.

This is nothing new. The social media is not to blame because there will always be mindless thugs even if the Internet was taken down. The only difference is that we would not get to hear about it.

Edited March 26, 2016 by cyberfarang

[Yunla]

Apart from this tragic and unnecessary loss of life we have to consider that somewhere in the depths of the junta someone is seeing incidents like this as a welcome addition to the govts's justifications for total control of the social media and help deflect from their true reasoning.

There are always excuses for these mindless yobs. In my time long before the Internet, television was blamed for youth violence and unruly behavior, before that they blamed the movies. Back in the 1930s my great uncle was a movie gangster fan he used to idolize Edward G. Robinson and many of the youths at the time used to dress like movie gangsters. My uncle tried to rob a petrol station as Edward G. Robinson did in the film, Little Ceasar. He knifed the petrol attendant who survived the attack and my great uncle ended up serving 15 years in prison. It`s always been a talking point within my family. Read the American and British newspapers, this is happening every day in those countries.

This is nothing new. The social media is not to blame because there will always be mindless thugs even if the Internet was taken down. The only difference is that we would not get to hear about it.

If the internet were taken down, there would be the largest and most ferocious uprising in human history. So I think that would be worse than the current situation.

It is clear that the internet is not the problem. The internet saves millions of lives, with emergency-warnings, outreach programmes and aid efforts.

I wrote an essay about social media escalating petty feuds a few years ago. Situations where two strangers, person A and Person B get into a minor tiff in a chatroom, they go from disagreement to insults, the insults get worse, and they sit behind their computers basically wanting to kill each other, even though they have never actually met.

My point in that essay was that if they had been sitting face to face in a cafeteria, and talking rather than typing, they would probably have maintained some civility, even if only to avoid being thrown from the Café. The situation may have progressed differently, and they may have become best friends for life.

This is not to say that internet is bad, because the internet is infact a very good thing for everyone. Also not to say that chatrooms and social media are bad, as they have their uses, f.ex. staying in touch with family and friends over long distances in real time.

Only that many of the cases of serious hatred between two complete strangers, caused from a very petty comment and random minor bickering, these things may have played out differently, if the people were talking face to face in a nice cafeteria, and were able to appreciate that this human being has depth and complexity and deserves respect, they are not a cheesy avatar photo, at which to launch a string of expletives and there is no reason to threaten them.

[puukao]

^^^^ If no internet, I would finally escape my mom's basement after 11-years. But so many good video games!! And I have 1100 "friends" and all these "likes" on TV.

i would stop watching game of thrones, season 2342423432434, but i am stuck to the chair and now over 312 kgs.

[Bluespunk]

Nothing to do with Facebook and everything to do with the fact gangs exist and fight each other.

Edited March 27, 2016 by Bluespunk

[cyberfarang]

Apart from this tragic and unnecessary loss of life we have to consider that somewhere in the depths of the junta someone is seeing incidents like this as a welcome addition to the govts's justifications for total control of the social media and help deflect from their true reasoning.

There are always excuses for these mindless yobs. In my time long before the Internet, television was blamed for youth violence and unruly behavior, before that they blamed the movies. Back in the 1930s my great uncle was a movie gangster fan he used to idolize Edward G. Robinson and many of the youths at the time used to dress like movie gangsters. My uncle tried to rob a petrol station as Edward G. Robinson did in the film, Little Ceasar. He knifed the petrol attendant who survived the attack and my great uncle ended up serving 15 years in prison. It`s always been a talking point within my family. Read the American and British newspapers, this is happening every day in those countries.

This is nothing new. The social media is not to blame because there will always be mindless thugs even if the Internet was taken down. The only difference is that we would not get to hear about it.

If the internet were taken down, there would be the largest and most ferocious uprising in human history. So I think that would be worse than the current situation.

It is clear that the internet is not the problem. The internet saves millions of lives, with emergency-warnings, outreach programmes and aid efforts.

I wrote an essay about social media escalating petty feuds a few years ago. Situations where two strangers, person A and Person B get into a minor tiff in a chatroom, they go from disagreement to insults, the insults get worse, and they sit behind their computers basically wanting to kill each other, even though they have never actually met.

My point in that essay was that if they had been sitting face to face in a cafeteria, and talking rather than typing, they would probably have maintained some civility, even if only to avoid being thrown from the Café. The situation may have progressed differently, and they may have become best friends for life.

This is not to say that internet is bad, because the internet is infact a very good thing for everyone. Also not to say that chatrooms and social media are bad, as they have their uses, f.ex. staying in touch with family and friends over long distances in real time.

Only that many of the cases of serious hatred between two complete strangers, caused from a very petty comment and random minor bickering, these things may have played out differently, if the people were talking face to face in a nice cafeteria, and were able to appreciate that this human being has depth and complexity and deserves respect, they are not a cheesy avatar photo, at which to launch a string of expletives and there is no reason to threaten them.

The Internet is 50/50. It was originally designed to provide information technology. I am an IT specialist and was there from the very beginning. The Internet has been manipulated to be a mainstream of people’s lives; it’s like a monster that has taken over people’s minds, bodies and souls. Wars can be started online, many of the Muslim extremists are radicalised on the social media. Ultra extremists, politicals and the religious love the Internet. Like all social media the Internet is a powerful tool to influence people either for the good or for the bad. The Internet can both make and break people, from becoming billionaires to being murdered. As I said the Internet is 50/50 but I’m beginning to think the bad will soon outweigh the good. The young can be easily manipulated online even to committing crimes, murders and suicides. A media that has no controls, no censorship, like a brainwashing additive influence let loose into societies cannot be a good thing.