A Thai family hoping for a pleasant few days at the beach had their weekend wrecked when a group of “engineers” came in to their property with guns and pistol whipped one of their party claiming he had reported them to the police for making noise.
Shots were aimed at the house and a pregnant woman and young child were left terrified as they cowered locked in a back room.
The men were all new staff on an activity camp to induct them into their jobs. They are staff at a “well known department store at the Pathumwan intersection” in Bangkok.
The store was not named but the full story of relatives of the family was posted on Facebook under the name of “Fay Fayfunky”.
The post said that the family arrived at Jao Samran beach on Friday evening. There is a beach by this name some 20 kilometres north of Cha-Am but the exact location was not specified.
The family experienced a lot of noise during the day and evening but said nothing as this is a common feature of such gatherings.
At one point a little girl of 4 in the family was taking pictures and came back to the house to say she was told not to film anyone out on the beach. Still the family kept their feelings to themselves.
But when the party of men next door wanted to set up a booze party on Saturday night and were encroaching on the neighbour’s property, a manager went out to complain and tempers started to get frayed.
Later the sound of bikes were heard revving on the roadside of the neighbour’s property and then on Sunday morning things turned very nasty.
Shots were fired in the direction of the house. One of the family had gone out and was made to kneel on the ground with a gun to his head as 4 or 5 men threatened him.
A pregnant woman and the child were called on the phone to lock themselves in their room as there was trouble outside.
Police were alerted and arrived some ten minutes later.
It is believed only one arrest was made though they are investigating and the family hope others will be arrested shortly. The family had to stay over until today to help with the gathering of further evidence.
The post said that guns, clubs and ganga were all found in the property next door.
The family said they had no problem with the department store but complained that they had just wanted a quiet weekend away and the actions of the men had terrified them and ruined their holiday.
They questioned what society was coming to when a family cannot have a quiet holiday in peace.
This story is simply unbelievable. These people should arrested and at the very least they should be fired from their jobs. There is no place in any country for behaviour such as this and a clear message should be sent out warning others that no-one is above the law.
(Source:-Thai Rath)