Flashermac Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Phuket Gazette 2 Jun 2009 BANGKOK: Stabbing victim Pairat Juntub knew he was entitled to compensation, but he was staggered yesterday at the sum he got from the government. Mr Pairat has the dubious distinction of receiving the lowest amount ever given to a crime victim. "I got 30 baht," Pairat said. "I was speechless when I saw the amount." But Pairat only had to wait five years to get the money. He was stabbed in the body in 2004, while unsuccessfully trying to save his older brother from an attack. His brother died and he himself was rushed to a nearby hospital where he received treatment and spent the night under observation for his wounds. He said a relative helped him to fill in a form for compensation from the Rights and Liberties Protection Department. "I thought I would receive about 1,000 to 2,000 baht", Pairat said. "Had I known the compensation would be so little, I would not have gone to pick it up. My travel costs were more than that." [color:red][color:red]Pairat was awarded just 30 baht in compensation because his medical treatment had been provided under the Thaksin government's 30-baht medical scheme, which now appears to be in financial distress.[/color][/color] The director general of the Rights and Liberties Department, Suwana Suwanjutha, revealed yesterday that her department had lowered pay-outs lately in a bid to encourage criminal victims to claim compensation from their attackers. An informed source said that about 100 victims of crime, whose requests for compensation had already been approved, were having to wait for their money from the government. "These 100 victims will altogether get 9 million baht," the source said. Suwana said that between 500 and 700 victims had sought help from her department last year. "We are reviewing their requests," she said, adding that the department was now seeking 60 million baht in the mid-year budget from the Cabinet. "We have already run out of money allocated for the 2009 fiscal year. We have spent the money compensating victims," she said. The department was given 200 million for the 2009 fiscal year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 The 30 Baht medical scheme in distress? Surely not... Unlucky for this guy. To add to his loss. But still, I agree that he should've sought to sue the perpetrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hi, "These 100 victims will altogether get 9 million baht," So, these got an average of 90K Baht. And apparently they've already spent 200M Baht this year. Even using that average of 90K Baht (rather than the 30 Baht the guy got), that means they've paid out to 2222 people - more than triple the amount they gave money to the entire previous year. Hmmm.... makes you wonder, eh? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I'm confused as to why the government is paying victims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Easy...get a 200M budget, pay victims 30 baht and the remainder is spent for salaries, benefits, travel & living costs, business "meetings", etc...seems to be working as they already ran out of the money for the 2009 budget! Of course, gov employees would not siphon off any money from this fund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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