"Tried by the court of social media" I'm not guilty says father accused of beating kids


Image: Thairath

HAT YAI: -- A father accused on social media of imprisoning and assaulting his two children said he has been tried unfairly on social media.

A clip was shared online purporting to show abuse of two children, a boy and a girl, aged 9 and 6, reported Thairath. There were pictures claiming to be injuries to the children and evidence of their imprisonment.

Hat Yai police and welfare agencies called in the father for interview. He was released without charge.

The father, a 37 year old named only as "Den" told police that he was being unfairly treated by social media. He was a caring dad who loves his children, he said.

Den told police that his wife had left him four years ago and he had two children. He worked as a security guard at night and had been forced to leave the kids home alone for the last two years while he went to work. He admitted that he sometimes had to hit the kids for their stubbornness and he sometimes used a bit of force after getting home stressed out from work but it was not like what people said about him online.

Welfare staff talked to him about raising children and officers were dispatched to the children's school to check up on them. It was decided not to press charges and allow them to live together though a close watch on the family will be made by welfare agencies.

Source: Thairath


-- 2016-06-17

Leaving 2 kids, 9 & 6 home alone,

'sometimes used a bit of force after getting home stressed out from work'.

Has he got no other family members who can help ?

''he sometimes used a bit of force after getting home stressed out from work but it was not like what people said about him online.''

Gaol him.

Yes, he's a right low-life isn't he. Imagine working nights so he could feed his family - they would have been much better off if he had just abandoned them.

Yes, he's a right low-life isn't he. Imagine working nights so he could feed his family - they would have been much better off if he had just abandoned them.

I didn't say he was a low-life.

What happened to the integral part of Thai society, where family look after family at all costs ?

I worked and raised three daughters but I never left them alone at home I paid for a nanny to care for them. Yes it wasn't easy I had to do a lot of overtime to pay nanny but my girls turned out great.

Yes, he's a right low-life isn't he. Imagine working nights so he could feed his family - they would have been much better off if he had just abandoned them.

I didn't say he was a low-life.

What happened to the integral part of Thai society, where family look after family at all costs ?

No, but the post under yours said he should be gaoled.

Edited June 17, 201610 yr by halloween

Let's donate something to him to help the kids live a good life

Yes, he's a right low-life isn't he. Imagine working nights so he could feed his family - they would have been much better off if he had just abandoned them.

He does abandon them every night when he goes to work!

Yes, he's a right low-life isn't he. Imagine working nights so he could feed his family - they would have been much better off if he had just abandoned them.

This is a difficult situation but you should never hit your kids. I can understand someone being under stress and pressure and maybe doing it once. But you've got to learn from that or you can't carry on.

Putting food on your kids' table is not something to be commended. It's a basic as a parent. Being a kind and loving parent should be commended. Never understood people who say "I put food on my kids table and I never hit them" like that's good enough. Not hitting your kids is a given.

I understand this man's plight but you can't be hitting your kids. I'm sure this man works hard for his kids and he's in an awful situation but this is life.

And any foreigner who complains about foreigners complaining about corruption - this is a direct result of corruption. No real government support or action. Money goes to a few very wealthy individuals while the common folk get nothing.

This is a difficult situation but you should never hit your kids.

You should never hit anybody for that matter, but you know...with kids...maybe, just maybe...sometimes, just sooometimes and just maaaybe, a lecture won't do. We can moral this to the ground making arguments, but some individuals need to "feel" it to learn/understand it. On the same ground you could also argue that the alternative aka the "by the count of 3" is likewise abuse in terms of intimidation as you shouldn't intimidate kids either. Yet this one seems to get a magical pass, solely for not getting physical as it appears to be harmless to us? A kid may not pick this up as an empty threat and because their parents are the authority and have no idea what actually happens if they don't comply, henche they get scared/cave in to it.

Because reading between the lines is hard for people and it somehow needs to pointed out: No I'm not suggesting that it was the case in this story or condone said actions, but just a general statement, because individualism is still a thing.

Social media is bu definition unfair. The crowds want blood. This the Thais seem to have down pat, throw them some scraps and they'll be diverted in no time. Something the West might want to copy.

EDIT: but yeah he seems to need a good caning. Just saying, here in the social media.

Edited June 17, 201610 yr by DrTuner

Let's donate something to him to help the kids live a good life

That's right. My father raised 4 kids alone, he did the best he could.

I now raise a child on my own and the stress is absolutely overwhelming sometimes. Taking the kids away and putting them in a Thai orphanage would be an act of cruelty. Supporting him, checking in him, offering to help is sane.

The people critisizing him, should walk in the shoes of a single working parent. might shut them up very quickly.

This is really rather funny, we get those who say you should never hit your kids, I wonder if they are the same people who say Thais are unstable because they have never been disciplined.

I was given a wallop by both my Mother and Father over the years and I am glad they did it.

How do you discipline a child who has nothing ? Take away his stick or stop him playing with dog poo.

One would hope these kids will grow up to respect their father for doing his best for them rather than not giving a toss and not caring if they are out on the street getting into trouble or selling their bodies.

Maybe they would prefer if the kids were handed over to the security of a temple.

Edited June 17, 201610 yr by berybert

Sometimes kids need to be smacked.

Anyone who was brought up in the UK in or before the 1960s, 1970s will probably have been smacked both by heir parents and their schoolteachers, it was common then and certainly didn't do my friends or myself any harm.

There is a massive difference between a correcting smack on the hand or back of the leg to "hitting" a child, let alone beating.

Younger children do not always understand when they are being told not to do something for their own good/safety, what then?

It sounds like this guy has a very hard life and needs help, it does surprise me that here there are no family to help when he is working, usually there are.

Hopefully now he and the children will get some help, at least not being left on their own would be a start.

This is really rather funny, we get those who say you should never hit your kids, I wonder if they are the same people who say Thais are unstable because they have never been disciplined.

I was given a wallop by both my Mother and Father over the years and I am glad they did it.

How do you discipline a child who has nothing ? Take away his stick or stop him playing with dog poo.

One would hope these kids will grow up to respect their father for doing his best for them rather than not giving a toss and not caring if they are out on the street getting into trouble or selling their bodies.

Maybe they would prefer if the kids were handed over to the security of a temple.

Whacking isn't necessary if the parenting has been done right. Of course, that means having been present in the kids life, not just offloading them to some Isaan granny.

I worked and raised three daughters but I never left them alone at home I paid for a nanny to care for them. Yes it wasn't easy I had to do a lot of overtime to pay nanny but my girls turned out great.

U paid for a nanny to look after ur kids, I very much doubt this guy could afford to do that. So Wots ur Point??