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Home » News from Thailand » Conscript soldier dies after assault
Conscript soldier dies after assault
Once again a conscripted soldier has died after serious abuse. Yuthinan Boonniam passed away in hospital on Saturday morning.
He was stationed at the Vibhavadi Rangsit Military Base in Surat Thani. The man had internal bleeding and his face was injured. An attempt was made to resuscitate him, but to no avail. Yuthinan was beaten for violating military rules.
Conscription in Thailand is notorious for the many mistreatments of recruits, there are regularly serious incidents in which soldiers are beaten to death or tortured to death.
Source: Bangkok Post
Nice to serve your country, how long will people put up with this?
When I ask Thais, they make a 'shooting gesture' with their hands.
The Nation adds:
Yuthinan was not the first serving conscript to be beaten to death. In April last year, Private Songtham Mudmad was beaten to death at a military base in Yala's Bannang Sata district. In 2011, Private Wichian Phuaksom was tortured to death at a training camp in Narathiwat.
A niece of Wichian, Narissarawan Kaewnopparat, is looking for her uncle. She has been sued for defamation by the military.
Many of these things are covered up or bought off.
How do the 'ordinary' Thai media deal with this news? Will this news be on TV?
That's a good question. I read a Thai newspaper and occasionally watch Thai TV. I didn't see it on Thai TV (yet), but that doesn't say everything.
The hardest part is transferring Yuthinan Boonniam's name into Thai characters and I succeeded after trying for 15 minutes. It's ยุทธอินันท์ บุญเนียม. Googling learned that his story is in the three most read newspapers: Thai Rath, Daily News and Matichon. Also on a number of other magazines and on the two most read blogs in Thailand: Sanook and Krapook. And I just saw a video of a news broadcast from the TV channel TNN24 (3 1/2 minutes) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0C6E_FuAiU
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Here's the story in the Daily News:
https://www.dailynews.co.th/regional/565654
I think almost all Thais know the story now. They are not surprised, but angry and sad.
The mother says (Daily News) she will not have her son's corpse cremated until charges are filed against the killers because she fears that otherwise "the whole case will slowly fade away." And right she is. Examples galore.
I cannot repeat here what the Thais say about the army.
That blog I mentioned above is Kapook! and not Krapook. There were 32 comments on the soldier's death. I call this one:
1 in this country life has no value
2 power hungry and mentally disturbed
3 very cruel and in a government building!
4 Again! Conscripted soldiers are worth as much as senior officers! Conscripted soldiers sacrifice their lives more often than generals
5 Therefore I do not want my child to become a soldier
6 this soldier dies. Preecha (Prime Minister Prayut's younger brother) collects 1.000.000 baht a year for 6 days in parliament!
7 how can we still tolerate this?
The other comments are similar: bad, mean, needs to be investigated etc.
Ok, last comment, I promise. A video of a conscript being beaten.
Graphics!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyQQd-7iTro
Idd Tino, I know the messages. And that the niece of 1 NB sue for defamation. Scandalous.
Unfortunately, as long as the perpetrators are not punished and the sadistic training practices are maintained and tolerated/promoted by the army leadership, casualties will continue.
With such moments of military, Thailand does not need an enemy.
I always heard when I studied in Thailand that the Thai army was almost a casual army with assignments like clearing streets and the like. no hard-drilled soldiers. Isn't that image quite right? Maybe this is not a case of school or hard knocks at all but more of a personal feud? Anyway, there is very little background information with the article.
The Thai army is really not a nursery school
My girlfriend's son did his military service from April 2015 to April 2016
Of his platoon, 6 died during an exercise and several, including the son, were hospitalized. With 41 c 3 days against it on an assault course, it requires condition
This was quite normal, I understood then. I also visited several times and take it from me, that it really cannot be compared with our former conscription.
Gr Peter
Our son, 24 years old, left the Thai military service last November, after being called up in 2014, he was posted to the air force in Udon thani, after a few months he was transferred to Sakhon Nakon where he was assigned to a radar station, from the stories I understand that it is for people who simply follow orders and compliant to complete their military service without many problems, however, not following orders and obstinate persons are not tolerated and have a difficult time, with all due respect for the deceased soldier, we do not know what was the reason, our son came out of the service without any problems, but had also been in N. for ten years
This is very bad and just the tip of the iceberg. Thailand is still a country with an in-and-in feudal character.
I agree that this is the tip of the iceberg and that Thailand still has many feudal features, but what does the latter have to do with the torture of a conscript?
Feudal is that afterwards the event can be laundered. They are already busy with that.
The mother was first told that her son had been beaten up outside the barracks. The spokesman for the junta spoke of a 'mistake', a mistake, nothing more.
I would also like to note that a large majority of Thais no longer subscribe to these feudal values. They are imposed and enforced by force.
In this context, I do not associate feudal with the feudal lord – vassal system. Ideally in mutual interest.
In the green coats in LOS, abuse of power by managers over conscripts is clearly still commonplace. Hence association with feudal serfdom is appropriate in my opinion.
Conditions unworthy of a country in the 21st century. Eradicate immediately with root and branch.
Art. 44 is not even necessary for that in the command structure of the greencoats. If he really wants it, these kinds of abuses will be a thing of the past tomorrow.
feudal: situation in which subordinates are highly dependent on those in power e.g.: feudal conditions still prevail in that company
My wife's son is currently in military service. He mainly complains about the little money he gets.
He has already been sent home three times because there would be no money to pay him. Currently he is back home until the 27th. He doesn't want to protest too much and keeps calm until he retires next month.