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Policeman shoots himself in public

Published: 28 Dec 2012 at 19.45
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A deputy inspector committed suicide at a petrol station in Nong Chok district of Bangkok Friday afternoon, and colleagues are investigating why the man took his life.

Pol Capt Teerayut Kotchakong, dressed in formal uniform, was seen walking back and forth with a concerned look on his face after he parked his car, said a station employee.

The employee told the police that after about two hours, the man suddenly walked to his car and shot himself in the head with a pistol at around 1pm,

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patchar
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Discussion 7 : 29 Dec 2012 at 21.387
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sad to hear a news like this. I thought Thai policemen are good compared with other country like Cambodia. I feel sorry for all his love ones. He may rest in peace.
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Discussion 6 : 29 Dec 2012 at 13.296
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I just read about a policeman who was pulling people over after they had left a filling station where the attendant was stuffing bags of yaba inside the fuel lid as the cars .
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Discussion 5 : 29 Dec 2012 at 09.135
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Appears as though he was waiting for someone, who did not show up.
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Discussion 4 : 29 Dec 2012 at 07.434
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Buddhism, anyone?
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Discussion 3 : 29 Dec 2012 at 02.213
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He just got promoted recently and he killed himself in the public. It is sad for the family to lost family member this way.He could have been under great stress which he didn't find way to talk this out.I suspect it work relate. May he rest in peace.
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Discussion 2 : 29 Dec 2012 at 00.342
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I am very sad to hear this, I have never had any problems with the Police in Thailand. I do know several police officers socially so of course I know that they are just people with human problems.
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Discussion 1 : 28 Dec 2012 at 22.431
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After all, Police Officers are also human beings with their own problems and frustrations. We use to have wrong look at them always thinking that they are out for our money, which in most cases they are, but we should not forget that these are normal people like you and me, with their feelings, problems, constraints, frustrations, sometimes bringing them over the limit of their yielding capacity. I feel sorry for them. I feel sorry for their family, their kids, their friends, their colleagues... Behind this simple "fait divers" hides a whole drama that perhaps no one will know!
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