2 current attacks on occupants, among them deadly, in condos have actually triggered alarm bells about security in these structures and the type of individuals used to safeguard them.
In the early hours of Dec 26, a 23-year-old part-time storage facility employee was stabbed in a condominium in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan.
A male renter, determined as Natthachai Art-samart, 31, supposedly confessed to cops he assaulted the girl with a knife as he attempted to require his method into her space.
She suffered a deep cut to her leg which bled greatly. She had a hard time fruitless to get aid and passed away due to blood loss outside the condominium’s lift.
The killer stated he meant to rape and take from her, according to cops.
On Jan 4, Montri Yaikrathok, 41, a head guard, raped a female inside her space in a condominium in Phetkasem Soi 47 in Bang Kae district of Bangkok.
Checks validated he had actually been founded guilty of raping a small in his home province of Sa Kaeo in 2013 and was launched from jail 4 years ago before landing a task as head of security at the condominium.
After the Jan 4 rape, he left and was captured in Sa Kaeo 2 days later on. He supposedly confessed to having sexually attacked the female while under the impact of drugs. He has actually given that been charged with rape and substance abuse.
security issues
The 2 attacks, which were only days apart, have actually raised issues about condominium security defense and the recruitment of guards, particularly given that among the assailants was one.
Pol Maj Gen Rungroj Thakoonpunyasiri, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Authorities Bureau (MPB), stated modifications to how guard are hired and how they set about their work remained in order.
He will propose to the MPB commissioner that all guard be trained by cops in standard security defense.
Background checks to see if guards have rap sheets are likewise required. “We require to see these records and interview them to understand who they are and what they can,” he stated.
” A lot of guard are obedient. Nevertheless, criminals might be concealing amongst them,” Pol Maj Gen Rungroj stated, including security-guard training ought to be carried out by cops in each province.
In case of criminal occurrences, the deputy commissioner firmly insisted guard have no authority to avoid cops from going into a condominium to examine.
No guard or condominium juristic individual can block an authorities examination or they might be prosecuted.
The deputy commissioner was describing the Phetkasem condominium attack in which the guards were reported to have actually attempted to keep the cops from going into the structure due to the fact that the condominium’s juristic individual had actually not allowed.
” We didn’t enter there for the enjoyable of it. They had no service keeping us out,” he stated.
Piyajet Meedech, a previous army officer and director of security at the Sam Security Guards Business, stated the Security personnel Organization Act of 2015 bars anybody imprisoned for rape from ever getting a licence to work as a guard.
The security chief in the Phetkasem case need to never ever have actually been used in the very first location. He might have paid off somebody to protect the task or was hired before the law entered force when candidate background checks were lax.
crucial background check
Apartments should completely inspect a guard’s individual history.
Maj Piyajet mentioned policies that forbid guard from going into domestic zones of a condominium unless they are allowed by the juristic individual.
When a guard gets in such a zone, they need to refrain from doing so alone however in the business of either a fellow guard or with the juristic individual. In the Phetkasem case, the condominium’s juristic individual may have been too relying on of the security chief.
Maj Piyajet stated the guards themselves might not have actually been skilled with the guidelines as they just got standard training before being used.
Kampanat La-ong, 32, a member of the administrative committee of a condominium in the Sutthisan location of Bangkok, stated his committee makes a point of examining the backgrounds of individuals security companies send out to the condominium.
He stated condominium juristic individuals need to work with just trusted security companies and ask regional cops to inspect a guard’s background.
The 2 current attacks have actually stimulated numerous condos and homes into increase internal security defense.
An apartment in the Thon Buri location has actually given that acquired information of a company’s background look at guard used there.
The guards are not provided essential cards to access the domestic floorings of the condominium which is geared up with closed-circuit tv video cameras in public locations.
A juristic individual of the condominium stated occupants are asked to watch out for any suspicious characters on the facilities. The condominium now prohibits anybody without a crucial card from slipping into the structure when a crucial card holder unlocks.
Female occupants living alone are highly encouraged not to open their doors to complete strangers and instantly inform the workplace if they have security worries.
psychological toll on occupants
Pimpa Pakseelert, 49, stated she has a home in Pattaya where she sticks with her teenage child. She stated the condominium ought to recommend occupants on security treatments in case of an emergency situation.
” They need to inform us plainly how we can report occurrences and who to report them to,” she stated.
” The 2 current attacks were a cause for deep issue. Apartments need to be a location of security due to the fact that they’re gated and safeguarded.
” However the guard were the offenders themselves or at fault. I feel truly bad about this,” she stated, including cops need to carry out routine security patrols around condominiums, especially during the night.
A 44-year-old condominium renter in Rat Burana district, who asked not to be called, stated the attacks left her sensation really frightened and expose how quickly security in condominiums can be jeopardized, as the occurrences had actually originated from within.
Manassavee Issarathamrong, 27, a freelance translator, stated condominium living feels less safe because of the 2 attacks.
She stated security was her primary issue given that she lives alone which she does not completely rely on the guards working there.
At her condominium, she stated security is all over– in the lobby and on the domestic floorings– however even with an extra chain lock on her door, she still feels risky.
” One time a housemaid incorrectly entered my space. She pressed the door so tough she broke the chain lock,” she stated.
Her space is likewise near the fire escape where guard frequently gather. “I have actually typically seen them smoking there,” she stated.
She likewise has doubts about the condominium’s screening of guard along with other on-site employees like mechanics.
Yanin Prommolmard, 28, an instructional expert from Chiang Mai who owns a condominium in Ratchathewi, stated condominiums are a home far from home for numerous initially from upcountry. Everybody is worthy of to reside in a safe environment which guard and juristic individuals need to be accountable for producing.
” When the current attacks occurred, I seemed like I can not count on anybody for security,” she stated, including the occurrences had actually taken a toll on her mentally.
As more individuals are working from home due to the fact that of Covid-19, security at condominiums should be prioritised. Working like this can be difficult. To need to likewise fret about security is a double whammy, she stated.
