Frenzy is in search of justice after being stomped on by a safety guard at a pub in Phuket, southern Thailand, at 4am on April 9. The injured tourist determined to take the case to Thai media after the police didn’t take action greater than a week after he reported the crime. Police deny delaying the investigation and say the case is now closed after fining the perpetrator 1000 baht (US$29).
On the evening of April eight, 33 yr previous Bryce Alan Terzian went to Laguna Plaza Bar on Wiset Road in Rawai district, where he got into an altercation with the DJ. In a chaotic CCTV footage clip, Terzian is pictured combating with the DJ when three safety guards step in to break up the fight and drag the tourist away from the DJ.
One of the safety guards stomps on the American’s face so hard that it broke his nostril.
The subsequent day, the tourist filed a police criticism at Chalong Police Station and offered a medical certificates from Chalong Hospital which acknowledged that his nose was damaged.
The tourist stated that the police told him they’d ring him the subsequent day. However, Terzian mentioned police nonetheless hadn’t contacted him after one week, so he decided to go to ThaiRathTV and clarify his story within the hopes it will stimulate the police to take motion.
Less than 12 hours after the report, Phuket Provincial Police posted on Facebook to confess they’d obtained a police grievance on April 10 and had been investigating the case. Police said they might not assess CCTV footage (despite it already circulating online) till receiving a physical examination report of the American’s injuries.
Three hours ago, Phuket Provincial Police posted on Facebook again to say that the case is now “complete” because they arrested the perpetrator, Prasert Madsatun, on charges of bodily assault and fined him 1,000 baht for stomping on the tourist.
The police’s publish stated that a medical report dated April 17 solely identified abrasions on the American’s left leg which can be cured in in the future. The police didn’t mention the tourists’ broken nose, which was as evidenced in a certificates by medical doctors at Chalong Hospital on April 9.
The publish additional defined that the police were investigating the bar the place the incident occurred for, “opening an entertainment venue without permission.” Pay zero in Thailand is permitted to be open at 4am.
The Phuket News reports that the bar, “Laguna Bar,” is actually now called “Club Zhu” after a grand reopening in August final 12 months..