PHUKET: The Australian men who were kicked and elbowed by Phuket security guards this week had caused trouble everywhere they went on a drunken rampage in Patong, according to sources who spoke to Phuketwan today.
''They are not likely to come forward because their behavior was seriously bad,'' Phuketwan was told.
''But the beating by the security guards went well beyond what's permitted in terms of retribution.''
The video of the brutal beating of the Australians was viewed more than 280,000 times before it was pulled down from Facebook.
But by then it had already been widely copied and was being viewed on news sites around the world, especially in Australia.
At least one venue had to deal with the men behaving badly earlier in the night but managed to evict them without violence.
According to people in Soi Bangla, Patong's popular tourist walking street, the White Room, where the drunken Aussies ended up on Tuesday night, has recently improved its reputation under new ownership.
''We get these low-grade Aussies occasionally,'' a source told Phuketwan. ''There is no doubt they were looking for trouble.
''But whatever they did inside did not justify the kicking they received while lying on their backs.''
It's not the first time a group of young Australian men have become drunk and behaved badly. What's important, one venue proprietor said, is that the lessons are learned.
''Violence is never the appropriate reaction,'' the source told Phuketwan. ''All of Patong suffers when incidents like this are recorded and posted on social networks.''
Police have investigated but are not expected to take the matter further unless the Australians come forward, which seems unlikely.
They had picked fights, harassed women and tried to avoid paying the bill inside the White Room.
The bouncers were reprimanded and told not to behave like that again.
WARNING: This video contains brutal violence
The original Facebook posting has been removed but a version can be found here:
http://goo.gl/lXjb8u
''They are not likely to come forward because their behavior was seriously bad,'' Phuketwan was told.
''But the beating by the security guards went well beyond what's permitted in terms of retribution.''
The video of the brutal beating of the Australians was viewed more than 280,000 times before it was pulled down from Facebook.
But by then it had already been widely copied and was being viewed on news sites around the world, especially in Australia.
At least one venue had to deal with the men behaving badly earlier in the night but managed to evict them without violence.
According to people in Soi Bangla, Patong's popular tourist walking street, the White Room, where the drunken Aussies ended up on Tuesday night, has recently improved its reputation under new ownership.
''We get these low-grade Aussies occasionally,'' a source told Phuketwan. ''There is no doubt they were looking for trouble.
''But whatever they did inside did not justify the kicking they received while lying on their backs.''
It's not the first time a group of young Australian men have become drunk and behaved badly. What's important, one venue proprietor said, is that the lessons are learned.
''Violence is never the appropriate reaction,'' the source told Phuketwan. ''All of Patong suffers when incidents like this are recorded and posted on social networks.''
Police have investigated but are not expected to take the matter further unless the Australians come forward, which seems unlikely.
They had picked fights, harassed women and tried to avoid paying the bill inside the White Room.
The bouncers were reprimanded and told not to behave like that again.
VIDEO Guards Evict Aussie Tourists
WARNING: This video contains brutal violence
The original Facebook posting has been removed but a version can be found here:
http://goo.gl/lXjb8u
"The video of the brutal beating of the Australians was viewed more than 280,000 times before it was pulled down from Facebook."
Could someone perhaps lucidly explain to me why the video was taken down from Facebook?
Posted by Sam Wilko on October 9, 2015 19:33