Samut Prakan, BTS explains the case of a man molesting a girl. Inspected the area in less than 1 minute, not acknowledging the matter and then ignoring it like in the news. Reiterate that passengers must be confident in their safety.
From the incident, Mr. Suthat, 26 years old, was wearing a black long-sleeved hooded shirt. Three quarter pants Masturbating on the side of the escalator going up. But when I turned around I saw a 30 year old woman coming up the escalator. He tried to molest the victim by kissing and caressing the cheek, which the victim tried to fight until he fell. After that, Mr. Suthat, the perpetrator, also tried to take off the victim’s clothes. During that time, the victim asked for help. This caused the lustful young man to use his hand to punch the victim’s face several times. until someone walked by and saw The perpetrator then stole the shoulder bag and belongings of the victim. Run down the stairs and quickly fled on a motorcycle parked under the station. at the Kaeha Samut Prakan B
TS Skytrain Station, Sukhumvit Road, Tai Ban Mai Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Prakan Province, yesterday (May 7), where police later tracked down and immediately arrested the perpetrator along with the stolen property. sufferer
This incident has caused many people to question the safety of the BTS Skytrain station and the assistance of the security officers. Today (8 May), Mr. Sumit Srisantitham, Director of Operations of Bangkok Mass Transit System Company Ltd. clarified the fact that BTS security guards quickly went to the scene of the incident. After being informed by a female passenger at 9:38 a.m. that she saw a man in black doing an obscene act near the escalator, the security guard informed the station master. in order to enter the scene of the incident But in the meantime, at 9:38:33 a.m. (33 seconds had passed), the perpetrator proceeded to molest a female passenger. Security guards quickly arrived at the scene in no more than 53 seconds, at approximately 9:39 a.m., and hurriedly stopped. esc
alator and ran after the culprit but could not find him. Then at 9:40 a.m. the security guard returned to the escalator area. and inform the bus control room to request coordination with the police and cleared the area until 9:43 a.m., the station master took the victim to rest in the infirmary. and officers checked CCTV cameras to see what happened.
The police arrived at the scene at 9:58 a.m. and BTS handed over CCTV images to the police as evidence to quickly track down the culprit. At 10:16 a.m., the victim traveled with the police to report the crime. And the police caught up with the culprit in no time. Along with a press conference at 4:00 p.m. on the same day, we would like to confirm that BTS has been practicing taking care of passengers all along. And this case is considered to be processed quickly. Having CCTV cameras helps deter 4,500 criminals in 60 stations on the Green-Gold Line. Makes the criminals quickly apprehended But this event The perpetrator lost consciousness and came to cause the cri
me in an area that was not a secluded place. BTS has security centers at Ratchadamri and Lat Phrao Intersection Stations. There are officers constantly watching the CCTV cameras and there are security guards taking care of both the landing and landing sides and the platform. Therefore, the incident can be quickly suppressed.
And this afternoon The victim, along with his boyfriend and mother, came to follow the progress of the case with Pol. Col. Noppadol Changruen, superintendent of Muang Samut Prakan Police Station. and told reporters that after the incident, his mental state was poor. Panic attack Constant state of panic From being a person who goes everywhere alone Now I’m afraid and afraid to go alone. Unable to go anywhere alone like before. I had to let my girlfriend and mom take me there. He sees that BTS It is the safest way to travel. But when this happened I no longer have confidence in myself. I want BTS to arrange more security guards to patrol. Or if someone reports that someone has behaved like
this. You should hurry and take care of it. Because it is a social threat and very dangerous. However, thanks to the police Muang Samut Prakan Police Station that is not complacent It took less than 3 hours after reporting the crime to arrest the perpetrator.
Source: Thai News Agency
