Police slammed for lack of response after man's body pulled from Chao Phraya River

[rooster59]

Police slammed for lack of response after man's body pulled from Chao Phraya River

By The Nation

 

 

The body of an unidentified man was pulled from the Chao Phraya River at 2am Saturday but rescuers claim police refused to turn up until late morning.

 

Eventually, the rescuers sent the man's body to the Police Hospital and registered the incident with the Bang Kruay police station in Nonthaburi.

 

The man was seen jumping from the Rama VII Bridge. That part of the river is located between Bangkok and Nonthaburi and police stations in the two provinces have been known to pass responsibility to one another when informed of bodies found on the river.

 

Officials of the Ruam Katanyu said they were alerted at 12.30am that a man was seen jumping from the Rama VII bridge.

Local people, who fished at the spot, said the saw the man drinking beer in the middle of the bridge before jumping. They said he was seen struggling in the water for awhile before he disappeared under water.

 

Scuba divers took about an hour to locate and retrieve the body. The body was put on the pier on the side of the Bang Kruay power plant of the Electricity Generating of Thailand pending a check by police.

 

The rescuers said they called the Muang Nonthaburi police station and Bang Kruay police station in Nonthaburi and Bang Pho police station and Boworn Mongkol police station in Bangkok at 2 am, but no police turned up.

 

Noppadol Si Thongkham, an official of the Ruam Katanyu Foundation, said 191 patrol police officers passed by later in the morning and they helped coordinate with some stations, but no police responded.

 

The rescuers waited until late morning and decided to transport the body to the Forensic Medicine Institute of the Police Hospital on their own, Noppadol said.

 

Noppadol said there have been similar problems at that area for years as police from nearby stations often passed the buck to other stations to inspect bodies.

 

Noppadol said sometimes a floating body has been tied to a pier for a day before police turned up.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30364634

 

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[keith101]

31 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Noppadol said sometimes a floating body has been tied to a pier for a day before police turned up.

Well done BIB this is good for tourism isn't it , just leave the body floating and we will do something when we are ready .

[bluesofa]

 

32 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The rescuers said they called the Muang Nonthaburi police station and Bang Kruay police station in Nonthaburi and Bang Pho police station and Boworn Mongkol police station in Bangkok at 2 am, but no police turned up.

I'm just so jealous. It must be great to be Thai and have the chance to buy a position in a government department.

It's like like winning the jackpot - no need to work, no need to do the job you're being paid for. Early retirement can start on the day you begin your 'employment' with the government.

 

[hotchilli]

The caring face of policing in Thailand.

Amazing Thailand

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The caring face of policing in Thailand.

Amazing Thailand

[300sd]

Always say there is money on the body and ask what to do with it! I'm sure there will be a speedy response from Thailand's not so finest.

[Nyezhov]

The problems endemic to the Thai police were prevalent in western Police forces until about 30 years ago and still exist in varying levels today.

[Benmart]

There are no police here. Just uniforms.

[rkidlad]

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

The problems endemic to the Thai police were prevalent in western Police forces until about 30 years ago and still exist in varying levels today.

Great. The family and friends of the deceased will be so pleased to know this. It’s as if he didn’t even die now. 

[tifino]

reporting the incident, as a witnessed suicide was a big mistake! - should have just reported someone has been killed...

 

the BiBs would have seen no sense of urgency as it is already written off as not being a crime scene

 

 - and there's no money to be made when there it is already known no criminal to Fine!

[Nyezhov]

11 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Great. The family and friends of the deceased will be so pleased to know this. It’s as if he didn’t even die now. 

Whats your point? Dead is dead. The cops screwed up, but its not like that is exclusive to Thailand.

[rkidlad]

19 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Whats your point? Dead is dead. The cops screwed up, but its not like that is exclusive to Thailand.

So the cops don’t deserve criticism because it happened somewhere else? 

[Nyezhov]

 

3 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

So the cops don’t deserve criticism because it happened somewhere else? 

Never said that did I. Criticize away.

[rkidlad]

1 minute ago, Nyezhov said:

 

Never said that did I. Criticize away.

So why bother telling people this immoral and unprofessional behavior happens in other places? 

[Nyezhov]

5 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

So why bother telling people this immoral and unprofessional behavior happens in other places? 

Not that I need to justify myself, but so that they try to confine themselves to constructive criticism and or problem solving instead of playing holier than thou? Hows that?

[rkidlad]

8 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Not that I need to justify myself, but so that they try to confine themselves to constructive criticism and or problem solving instead of playing holier than thou? Hows that?

Ah, so instead of criticizing paid ‘professionals’ for being colossal amateurs, we should instead justify their sloppy and immoral actions by associating said actions to others who’ve done similar. 

 

One step forward and two steps back.  That’s the key to progress. 

 

[happy chappie]

They way around this problem is to stuff your pockets full of cash before jumping in the water and they will soon be looking for your body.

[rott]

5 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

The problems endemic to the Thai police were prevalent in western Police forces until about 30 years ago and still exist in varying levels today.

News to me. How many (and which) western countries do you speak for Mr N.??

[brianthainess]

If an over-stayer/foreigner big joke would have been there like a shot.????‍♂️

[brianthainess]

Why no river police as in many countries ?

[Nyezhov]

6 hours ago, rott said:

News to me. How many (and which) western countries do you speak for Mr N.??

You ever live in Chicago? You know what a Flic is? Ever get arrested in Toronto, Philadelphia, Phoenix?

[Nyezhov]

Just now, brianthainess said:

Why no river police as in many countries ?

They have River units...

[bluesofa]

Just now, brianthainess said:

If an over-stayer/foreigner big joke would have been there like a shot.????‍♂️

Is there some irony in there - dead body pulled from river + 'like a shot'.

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Nyezhov said:

2 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Why no river police as in many countries ?

They have River units...

Don't tell me, are the boats are Chinese made?

[Nyezhov]

50 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Don't tell me, are the boats are Chinese made?

No idea, they look like old USA Patrol boats....

[Classic Ray]

Before 1974 the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol UK was policed by different forces at each end. Jumpers’ bodies were often pushed from one side towards the other by the first officers attending. Nothing malicious, just lazy. But at least someone turned up.

[Wallander4]

"To protect and Serve" or is it "To Harass and Steal" … ?

[Time Traveller]

Don't they know the police are too busy arguing over the best way to fine Farangs than to worry about corpses that people find in rivers.

[sammieuk1]

In fairness half the force are on inactive posts the other half are just inactive unless a generals in town????

[bluesofa]

43 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Don't tell me, are the boats are Chinese made?

No idea, they look like old USA Patrol boats....

Ha ha, my reference was an attempt at irony, regarding the many Chinese that have have died here on boats.