Patong security guard praised, to receive B50k reward for removing potential fire bomb

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Security guard Kamthon Kedkaeo will be rewarded for removing the potential fire bomb to a safe area 50 metres from the main shopping complex. Photo: Dhammatuch Jumpa / Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket security guard whose quick action removed a potential explosive device from a shopping area in Patong last Wednesday will be rewarded with B50,000 for his bravery.

 

Kamthon Kedkaeo, a native of Krabi, quickly removed the device, bundled up in a plastic bag tied to a rail at the China Town Plaza shopping complex, after a Nepalese man had pointed it out to him at about 6:40pm.

 

After opening the bag and seeing a mobile phone with wires attached to a gel pack, Mr Kamthon placed the bag in a water bucket and and ran it to the middle of the car park, about 50 metres from the shopping area. 

 

“Mr Kamthorn is a hero,” said Preechawut “Prab” Keesin of the Pisona Group, which operates many businesses and venues in Patong.

 

“If Mr Kamthorn did not remove the suspicious item, it could have started a fire like those in other provinces (during the August 12 attacks),” he added.

 

“I am pleased to praise and honour him for doing a good deed. Our company will give him a B50,000 reward as a present and moral support for a good citizen,” Mr Prab told The Phuket News.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/patong-security-guard-praised-to-receive-b50k-reward-for-removing-potential-fire-bomb-58686.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2016-08-15

well done to that chap - quick thinking 

kamikaze, stupid or a HERO. he take a big chance not knowing what the device was about and the potential hazard thereof. any people like that must be rewarded not with the measly  B50K.

 

 

1 hour ago, canopus1969 said:

well done to that chap - quick thinking 

 

quick thinking . without regard to his personal safety - hero or a nut?

Well just leave those sarcastic intent for a while and praise that dude, man... 

50 minutes ago, sahibji said:

kamikaze, stupid or a HERO. he take a big chance not knowing what the device was about and the potential hazard thereof. any people like that must be rewarded not with the measly  B50K.

 

 

So you would run away, and let other people fight ?

You must be French !

Good on this man. He did the right thing without regard to his personal safety.

 

and the same for the man who spotted the device and had the presence of mind to say something.

 

I think he done well, he made the right call as he seen fit at the time - Well done that man!

well done. A good man taking a risk for us all

9 hours ago, sahibji said:

 

quick thinking . without regard to his personal safety - hero or a nut?

Some people think first about the safety of others, rather than themselves.  He could have run away, but chose to act, to save others.  Smart thinking putting the device in water before moving it.

The guy risked his life and gets rewarded with 50,000?

Well done that man for your bravery to avert a possible tragedy to peoples lives.. Reward is well deserved..

Isolate and remove the threat- good drills. Some are commenting on how silly he was- I would counter that with given the time period since the other devices functioned this one had clearly failed and was no threat to him (not that he would have known that). Big balls all the same to him though.

On ‎8‎/‎16‎/‎2016 at 2:39 AM, chilli42 said:

The guy risked his life and gets rewarded with 50,000?

Probably the equivalent of 4 months pay for the guard.

Pocket money for his benefactor, Prab. He probably has business interests in that market.