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issue 2 90
11 July 2014
To Hull And Back
Balloon Chasers
Classifieds
Those Crazy Yanks
rail rape
horror
railway worker confesses to crime
hua hin, THAILAND
The horrific rape and murder of a 13 year old girl on a train from Surat
Thani to Bangkok that occurred on Sunday (6th July) just south of Hua
Hin has shocked the nation and led to calls for the resignation of the State
Railway of Thailand’s governor Praphat Chongsa-nguan, as it was revealed
that the crime was committed by a former drug peddler who was recently
upgraded to a permanent employee on the railway.
Wanchai Saengkhao, a 22-year-old bed-sheet replacement employee of a
company contracted by the State Railway of Thailand, reportedly confessed
Monday night to raping and killing the girl, identified only as Kaem, before
throwing her body out of a window of a sleeper car of Train No. 174. The
naked body of the girl was found in a thick grass field five metres from the
southern track and about two kilometres from where the railway crosses
the entrance of the Pran Buri forest park in Wang Pong sub-district, Pran
Buri district, while a blood stained bed sheet and the victim’s clothes were
found earlier further north along the track in Nong Kae.
The SRT announced on Wednesday that they were imposing an immediate
ban on the sale of alcohol on trains, although passengers would be allowed
to carry their own on board; however if they are seen drinking on board
they will be invited to get off the trains. It was also announced that they
would step up background checks on all employees for criminal records.
Other measures are under consideration, including a female only carriage,
a proposal that most support, although many feel the alcohol ban for
passengers is not appropriate, given that this crime was committed by an
employee, and will cut a valuable revenue stream for the railway.
All our thoughts now should be with the girl’s family though, who are
having to come to terms with a truly awful crime, and once again we can
only hope that true justice is dispensed to the animal responsible.
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