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Home » News from Thailand » Prime Minister Prayut wants police to stop showing suspects
Prime Minister Prayut wants police to stop showing suspects
Prime Minister Prayut wants the police to stop showing suspects who have been arrested. It is normal in Thailand for the suspects to be shown during police press conferences.
The prime minister says this is against human rights. At press conferences, the police may only provide information about the investigation, but without the suspects in the picture. By showing people who have been arrested, one encourages stigmatization. In addition, the judge can acquit someone, but he or he may already be scarred for life.
The police will make amends and act according to Article 32 of Thailand's draft constitution, which says citizens have the right to privacy, dignity and reputation. The drafters of the constitution say that the press conferences are only in the interest of the police and not of the population.
Police Commissioner Chakthip believes that an exception should be made for rapists and murderers to warn the population about these criminals.
Source: Bangkok Post
The photo shows an example of a press conference in which two suspected ladyboys of a violent robbery of a tourist are shown to the public.
I'm glad they're going to abolish this, if they're going to do it at all, of course, because in my opinion it was only for the greater honor and glory of the police officers who once again prominently appeared in the newspaper or on TV.
And rightly so.
You are a suspect until you are convicted.
First wait for the verdict of the court and only then can you pass judgment and not before.
Finally a good measure from Bangkok.
"Police Commissioner Chakthip believes that an exception should be made for rapists and murderers to warn the population about these criminals."
Very succinctly, a typical Third World reasoning. If a rapist or a murderer has already been arrested and indeed convicted, in Thailand this will in any case result in a long prison sentence. What then can be the point of a warning for these specific criminals? Again, the possibility must remain open that the person in question is innocent and has then been falsely exposed as a rapist or murderer.
Indeed, those press conferences only serve for the greater honor and glory of the police.
Kees, ever heard of bail? A rapist or murderer is usually released after paying Bail. Awaiting his trial in court, which is or may be a long time before it occurs. So a warning to the public is definitely in order.
It is advisable to provide a further explanation. A bail can only be afforded to the people with money. And you already indicate that it can take a long time. In Thailand you do not get a deduction from your pre-trial detention, so people without money are detained for a few years longer for the same act.
And the warning? As stated in previous responses, a judge ultimately pronounces a judgment. Perhaps the suspect is innocent so your reaction that a warning is in order is obviously wrong.
that Prayut really makes something of it!! COMPLIMENT.
It is remarkable that so far some prominent minister or prime minister has taken this up!!
I think it says something about the former ministers. Just from out of this world. !!
Good or bad?
Depends for me on the type of crime and whether the suspect is caught in the act of committing the crime.
When it comes to suspected suspects, I also think it is not possible for the suspects to be shown to the public, as long as it is not 100 percent certain that the suspect is actually the perpetrator.
The police are often proud of 'the trophy of the hunt for perpetrators', even if it turns out afterwards that the suspects shown have nothing to do with it. It gives the population the wrong impression that the police have done a good job, while the police may not have made any further progress in the investigation.
On the other hand, I do think that perpetrators of serious crimes, or who pose a danger to society, and of whom it is absolutely certain that they are indeed the perpetrators, should be shown to the public.
How many of those faces would be recognized after someone has served their (long) prison sentence?
And even a convicted felon, after serving his sentence, has the right to start over with the rest of his life.
Moreover, children are born every day, who will later become criminals.
Making the faces of ex-criminals known is therefore only a false sense of security.
In fact, letting his crimes known can actually lead to him committing crimes again, because he doesn't get the chance to start his life again.
Daniel. Your last sentence made me laugh. Perpetrators of serious crimes, or pose a danger to society, to the public? I can already picture long lists in my mind of corrupt businessmen, politicians and so on.
The law is the law and a person is not guilty until he/she is convicted.
Certainly here in Thailand, the police must also comply with the law. That's hard enough for them and you shouldn't leave them any room.
Is it a double-edged sword for the General... On the one hand, respect for the individual scores well with human rights organizations..., and on the other hand, the fact that fewer criminals are shown is again good for tourism... .
I am then waiting for the first demonstrators against the government to be shown …….would he pass up that opportunity…?
Hats off to the Prime Minister, he is doing a good job. Convicting people without justice is not possible.
Justifiable demand from the Prime Minister.
The fact that it violates human rights is enough to stop it, but I also see an ethical argument.
Only in uncivilized cultures (the United States is an exception) do they know this medieval way of acting.
As rightly stated here, you are only guilty when you are convicted, and even then, criminals do not need to be shown.
There is no added value at all, let the justice do its job.
In addition to showing the suspects in an image, the Thai-language newspapers also contain the full names and addresses of the suspects, sometimes also the registration number of their means of transport and the name of the company where they worked.
Then there are the re-enactments: re-enacting the crime. It is funny that the police often have to give the suspects clues: no, the victim was lying there, no, you went out that other door, etc. These plays are sometimes used as evidence in the subsequent court hearing.
Just leaving out the images is not enough.
I agree, however, I hope that those who have been convicted will continue to appear with their face and ID card.
That in the Netherlands a convict gets a black bar in front of his face because of privacy, I don't think it makes sense.
As a criminal, I think you no longer deserve this part of privacy.
Kind regards, Hendrik S
Too bad. It is always clear that only suspects are involved, and I think it has a strong preventive effect. "I have to make sure that I don't become a suspect, because then I will suffer a serious loss of face."
Yes, but .... if the police randomly arrest people who turn out to be innocent? This occurs, for example, the British friend of the British couple who was murdered on the island of Tao.
In principle, showing suspects in public and disclosing their names and addresses is a kind of pre-conviction for something that only a judge can judge in a constitutional state. Moreover, as a suspect you are only guilty, if you have been officially convicted by a court, and the latter is not part of the task of the police, who like to profile themselves with the display of these people. In order not to become a suspect in Thailand itself, it is not always up to the person in question in the first instance, but unfortunately also has a lot to do with the arbitrary arrest methods of the Thai police.
In principle, this means that not only 'unknown' suspects may no longer be screened, but also renowned Thai suspects such as (former) politicians, (former) generals, top officials, police officers, film stars, etc.
I never see known suspects being shown behind the table. It is always the suspects with less official Thai esteem that are shown, the common man so to speak.
ger,
Completely agree, if you are well situated you even avoid justice,
Examples well known.
Bizarre that this should happen, on the basis of an article, from a not yet adopted - and even not yet completed - constitution.
I am therefore curious about the underlying reasons.