News Forum - Female police save woman from drunk foreigner during Songkran

[Thaiger]

A group of female police officers heroically intervened to save a Thai woman from a drunken foreigner who was attempting to drag her away on Khao San Road during the final days of the Songkran festival. The officers, identified as Suphannan Shinphatthachitchai, Nitiya Chanamin, Narinthon Saengchai, and Apirinya Jaksaran, were on duty supporting the Chanasongkram Police … …

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[MrStretch]

A group of female police officers heroically intervened to save a Thai woman

Heroic, was it?  Did they place their lives on the line?  Were they or anyone else endangered?

Or did they just separate a drunken man from a woman he shouldn't have treated like he did?

Heroic?  It was was their job and they did it well but it wasn't heroic.

[Poolie]

16 minutes ago, MrStretch said:

A group of female police officers heroically intervened to save a Thai woman

Heroic, was it?  Did they place their lives on the line?  Were they or anyone else endangered?

Or did they just separate a drunken man from a woman he shouldn't have treated like he did?

Heroic?  It was was their job and they did it well but it wasn't heroic.

They didn't say it was, it was the journalist that described it as such.

[23RD]

By the look of the picture hope they checked his immigration status while they were at it.

[MrStretch]

2 hours ago, Poolie said:

They didn't say it was, it was the journalist that described it as such.

I wasn't having a dig at the cops.  I was having a dig at the way it was described by the "writer".

[Poolie]

1 hour ago, MrStretch said:

I wasn't having a dig at the cops.  I was having a dig at the way it was described by the "writer".

Agreed. The standard of journalism is falling fast worldwide.

[Vigo]

1 hour ago, Poolie said:

Agreed. The standard of journalism is falling fast worldwide.

I would not describe the author as a journalist.

[MrStretch]

9 hours ago, Vigo said:

I would not describe the author as a journalist.

Which is why I used the appellation "writer".

[Khunmark]

Wow. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen a female Thai cop out on the beat. Was that a pink gun she was carrying? Or a water pistol?