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Home » News from Thailand » Abuse in Hua Hin: British couple testify in court
The British couple who were assaulted by four Thai men during Songkran on April 13 in Hua Hin will today tell their story before a Thai court. The couple's son has returned to England.
Should the four perpetrators be convicted of aggravated assault by the court, they could receive a prison sentence of a minimum of six months and a maximum of ten years.
The couple has little recollection of the abuse. It wasn't until they later saw the surveillance camera footage that they realized what had happened.
The police are now looking for the person who posted the images on the internet. This person can face punishment for harming tourism. Anyone who shares the video on social media is also in violation, the Hua Hin police emphasizes.
In response to the incident that received worldwide attention, the governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan formed a committee to promote safety for Thai and foreign tourists. He says that surveillance and security in Hua Hin will be strengthened.
Source: Bangkok Post
Then I suggest that we all share the video in question en masse on social media?
It's a matter of giving the police a hand... If they want to prosecute millions of people, at least they don't have time to line their corrupt pockets, right?
I wish them the best of luck with this. 😉
Police are looking for the person who put the images online.. this one can see a punishment??
Does that only apply to Thai?
We have freedom of expression… or does that not apply to the Dutch in Thailand.
Anyway… I would say keep sharing that video
And as for the police in Thailand…they are and will remain corrupt for some time to come
Greetings from Hua Hin
I continue to find it strange that so long after the takeover of power there has been no improvement in the police services. I thought that the military considered fighting corruption to be their main task at the time...?
Prayut has explicitly said he will not reform the police, one of the most corrupt agencies in Thailand. Do you really think the military took power to reform Thailand? Military and reform? I am often amazed at so much silliness.
The search for the person who made the video and posted it on the Internet, as well as the search for people who shared this video on social media, indicate exactly the state of press freedom in Thailand. In a so-called democracy, freedom of the press should actually be taken for granted. Even a newspaper that is bound in this way not to publish various things is actually manipulated in such a way that one cannot have any confidence in this reporting, and the latter also applies, of course, to Thai TV and other news media in Thailand.
There should also be no criticism of the Thai Police. You cannot foresee such incidents, not even in Europe. The young men were soon arrested and interrogated. Moreover, I can understand that this incident, completely filmed, should not be sent worldwide via Facebook, but should first be submitted in consultation with the police. This kind of video indeed harms Thailand's tourism and has been unfairly distributed through these media. Conclusion: these people stayed on the floor because they were drunk and through that video it seems that they were murdered, highly exaggerated and not in line with reality. It has just been wrongly taken over by the press as a Sensation article. So far my findings.
Moderator: Comment on the article and not just each other. Respect each other's opinion even if it differs from yours.
Maybe some people should just take off their pink Thai glasses, this just CAN'T and SHOULD not. And it certainly should not quickly disappear somewhere in the lowest Thai police drawer like that file of the young Dutch man who was murdered in Phuket. Or yes, according to our bannana Thai police, that was also suicide….
So, according to you, the affected victims/tourists remained lying on the ground by calculation?
Why is it actually harmful when 'the world' gets to see the truth or do you think it's better that future tourists are told lies..?
I can follow the first part of your argument. However, what you write as "decision" is not consistent with what is shown on the video. It seems as if you have only seen the final image, and not what preceded it.
These people were fed up, yes, but that wasn't why they stayed on the ground. They remained on the ground because they had been severely beaten and kicked. You clearly did not see the cowardly kick to the head of the woman, who was already on the ground. Otherwise you wouldn't come to such a conclusion.
Apart from this, you cannot suggest that such videos should first be shown to the police. In theory yes, but it is not realistic. In the mind of the filmmakers it is: put it on Facebook (and co) as quickly as possible. The intention of the Thai government to prosecute is therefore a bit of an act of desperation and I fear also counterproductive: subsequent incidents will be posted more and faster on social media.
Thailand can better start with themselves from this point.
There are more points that damage tourism in Thailand.
Now that this has been posted on the internet, I hope that both for Thailand itself and for tourism, Thailand will be shaken up.
Because there are more subjects to discuss that do not benefit tourism.
And apparently necessary to put it online, they now do squeeze their bottoms together. Or a sensitive chord has been struck.
Sure, whoever made the video should definitely be arrested… what a criminal!
As far as I'm concerned, he gets a reward for making this video public! Great class!
And as for Louvada's comments: put on your good glasses and watch the video again.
Then you can see that older woman is deliberately and hard kicked in the head while she is still
sat upright. She really wasn't that tired!
Or did you have your big pink Thai glasses on?
Gr. Martin
And right you are.
My Thai wife always advises me not to go to festivities in the evening.
The reason is: the violent behavior of the Thai youth
My brother-in-law who is an ambulance driver told me that during Songkran
4 people with gunshot wounds and 16 people with stab wounds entered it
hospital, and that in a small community.
This says enough I think.
Louvada, I'm sorry but isn't this a bit short-sighted. This event deserves attention and certainly not a cover-up.
I think this reaction is somewhat premature to say that those English people were drunk, have you seen a breathalyzer or something like that.
Everyone has seen that blows have been dealt by these idiots, so if you would like to respond with good arguments or evidence.
I hope that the perpetrators are severely punished, maybe things will get better in beautiful Thailand.
So videos + photos of fatal traffic accidents and murdered people are now also not shown in the Thai media? So also the images of suspects with proud police officers are no longer allowed?
This is top notch hypocrisy from the Thai police.
When it suits the lords, images are distributed on TV in Thailand of crimes and of the capture and trial of the criminals.
The Thai police are allowed, but an individual is not allowed????
One of the perpetrators or maybe all of them could be related to a high-ranking person, could that be the underlying idea?
Moderator: This blog is about Thailand, please keep the discussion there.
If I have followed the discussion correctly, the correct conclusion is: it is strictly forbidden to beat up foreign tourists because it is harmful to tourism in Thailand.
Always special to read the (emotional) reactions. Some are using the incident to go all out on Thailand and the police and others are downplaying the incident and claiming with dry eyes that it is the fault of the British family.
In my opinion, both sides are somewhat right. It is not smart to verbally or even physically assault drunken Thais as the British family did. The couple's son was clearly drunk himself and he is the instigator of the incident.
The outburst of violence by the Thai is of course outrageous and should be severely punished. It is extremely cowardly to punch an old woman and later kick her in the face when she is sitting on the floor. I hope the perpetrators get at least a few months in prison.
The role of the police is extremely dubious. Of course, the police commander Hua Hin was beaten by his superior, especially when the video went worldwide. Losing face, and he tries to prevent worse by forbidding people to distribute the video. Too late and also laughable if you know how social media works.
In short, only losers: the British, the perpetrators and the police. In addition, image damage for Thailand.
Hopefully people have learned from this and next time the police will ensure that they are visible and preventatively present in the entertainment area.
Good analysis Khun Peter.
Totally agree.
Both these Thai and these British still have a long way to go in terms of respect.
For those who haven't quite understood yet, a message from yesterday from the streets of BKK about an attack resulting in death by 6 drunk guys on a disabled man: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914306-handicapped-man-who-answered-back-beaten-to-death-by-knife-wielding-thai-mob/?utm_source=newsletter-20160502-1425&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news
If you click through the message you will see a few YouTube videos of the incident. Then you kind of have an idea of how things can be in the Land of Smiles.
I fear that if this vdo clip had not been made public, the Hua Hin police would hardly have done anything, sad but a suspicion that many share (also Thai), confidence in the efficiency of the local police here is very low unfortunately…