- Published: 15/10/2012 at 04:53 PM
- Writer: Online Reporters
An anonymous poster, whose friend witnessed the brutal treatment of the man, uploaded the photos on Pantip.com. The poster claimed that the unnamed victim was attacked by a security guard at National Stadium station for being too slow when asked to leave the platform.
“My friend saw a security guard banging his stick on the rail of the stairs and yelling at the man to get out of the station,” said the post on Pantip.com.
“However, due to his disability he was not as quick as the guard wanted, so the guard beat him with the stick several times on his back and stomach.
“My friend reprimanded the guard for his treatment. Several foreigners who witnessed the attack tried to escort the victim down the stairs but the guard stopped them saying, "Don’t help him; he can do it by himself.'”
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According to the poster, the guard continued to attack the victim and taunted him until he left the station.
“When I got to scene, I saw him in tears, shivering and scared,” the poster added.
“I don’t understand how someone could be so brutal to a helpless man.”
The poster said the victim told him he begs for money in the area because he has no choice. He said he would prefer to do something else but that it was difficult for him to find a job because of his disability.
Pantip.com was flooded with outraged posts, asking BTS management to take action against the security guard.
However, some posters also pointed out that the man who posted the photo on the forum was not present during the incident and he may have missed any exchange between the guard and the disabled man that preceded the attack.
One poster defended the guard, saying that BTS did not allow beggars on the platform, speculating that the victim might have ignored the guard's warning several times and the action was an outcome of rage.
However, many disagreed with the comment, saying that the guard had no right to attack the beggar.
Share your thoughts
- Discussion 1 : 17/10/2012 at 11:10 AM
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Why not just call the police to remove the beggar, simple as that. Oh wait, the police is useless in this country. We have the red guard, yellow guard to protect us and enforce the laws. Nonetheless beating someone is never the solution.
- Discussion 2 : 16/10/2012 at 02:31 AM
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excuse my blunt comparising by no means i compare human with animals.......but
my dog is trained to bark when strangers approach my premis.
When he does, he gets rewarded.we even could train him to run to the gate and stop right there without scaring people.
He is our best friend, yet yesterday i reprimended him for attacking a "lost" squerl. while mistaking it for a rat.
If he catch a rat he gets rewarded.
moral of this story?
perspective please!!!
- Discussion 3 : 15/10/2012 at 10:15 PM
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Compassion without brain will get people in trouble or even kill. This security guard should be commended in doing his job seriously.
Would you like to be in an accident at the BTS station by tripping over the beggar who crawls around the station making good money without paying taxes. With a bit of bad luck, one who tripped over the beggar could unfortunately fall onto the track and killed by the oncoming train or electrocute.
Once you are dead, the good security guard would be sacked and his family would suffer also. There are enough evidences from many posters strongly indicated that the beggar has been at the BTS station for quite awhile which means that he has been breaking the rules and regulations for the safety of the commuters, putting their life at risk!
Being a disabled doesn't automatically allow one to put others at risk just because he wants to make money while paying no taxes.
Anyone who really feels sorry for the beggar should set up a trust fund for him and stop him from putting other people life in danger, especially the security guard. A good idea, yes?
- Discussion 4 : 15/10/2012 at 09:33 PM
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Yes, this man is a cripple. Now he will probably find it more difficult to get the small amount of money needed to fill his stomach. That security guard is heartless and should be charged with assault or grievous bodily harm.
I wish the cripple had the means to sue him.
- Discussion 5 : 15/10/2012 at 08:51 PM
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Why did the guard not attack the mafia who employ those poor buggers ?
- Discussion 6 : 15/10/2012 at 08:36 PM
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I think we can accept that this one is indeed crippled.
- Discussion 7 : 15/10/2012 at 08:18 PM
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D#5 I have been to the station many times and seen this crippled man. Open your eyes and look closely at his photo and then tell me once again about 'appearing to be crippled but not being crippled.' Yes it is time to wake up now on this one.
- Discussion 8 : 15/10/2012 at 08:06 PM
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I wonder if it was the same guard that got into a fight with the English Teacher and daughter's balloon? Seems BTS security have chips on their shoulders. I cant stand it either when the guards blast their wistles on the platform for no apparent reason too.
- Discussion 9 : 15/10/2012 at 07:28 PM
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I do not promote violence, but having lived here for 18 years and having seen 'beggars' who appear to be crippled but who are actually not, my first question is why were they there? It is private property and forbidden to be there, just like in Paragon or Central. Hope they can be more tolerant as they do their jobs...
- Discussion 10 : 15/10/2012 at 06:59 PM
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Its not the first person attacked by those security guards!
Although I fully understand that those guards must do their job - which is often not that easy; but to attack a crippled person like this is disgusting!
I have yet to see someone who is more cruel to weak Thai people then Thai people themselves!
- Discussion 11 : 15/10/2012 at 06:23 PM
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Sounds like the Security Guard just needed someone to show his power to. Too bad it had to be a cripple instead of me.
- Discussion 12 : 15/10/2012 at 06:18 PM
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He said he would prefer to do something else but that it was difficult for him to find a job because of his disability.
Funny he can get up and down stairs, to and from his begging spots, so nothing wrong with his arms and mind, and seems from the photographs able to keep himself clean and dressed! But he can't find a job? But, then there is pently of money to be got, begging at that location. I am sure he can get to where the most people are, and no doubt erk's the station guards alot! Reminds me of the ones near Nana crawling on his belly forcing the crowds to move around him, but, he still turns up at Phetchabun festivals to beg,350 kilometers away when they are on!
- Discussion 13 : 15/10/2012 at 06:03 PM
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Surely the BTS guard should be required to call the police should someone refuse to leave the station (if that was what happened). It should not be up to the guard to "administer justice".
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