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Santisuk is gone

The police monkey, once part of a security team in Pattani's Sai Buri district, has died in a dog attack. PARES LOHASANTSai Buri is a district of Pattini, one of Thailand’s troubled southernmost provinces. It has been the scene of frequent clashes between insurgents and security forces.It was not a place where you would think police would bring smiles to the resident’s faces, but there was one such “officer” who did.The officer’s name was Santisuk Promdao who worked at a police checkpoint in Sai Buri. Everyone could see that Santisuk was different. In fact, Santisuk was a monkey, a macaque adopted and trained by Pol L/C Yutthapol Promdao.Dressed in a blazer with the words ‘‘Monkey Police’’, Santisuk brought smiles to motorists who passed by.Santisuk became famous enough for a French broadcasting to ask for an “interview”.That is what brought Santisuk and Pol L/C Yutthapol to Songkhla last Friday night. The police officer first chained Santisuk at the car park of a tutorial school he was attending.Before long, he realised something was wrong.‘‘I heard dogs barking but I didn’t pay attention at first,’’ he said.‘‘They kept barking and that’s when I felt something was wrong. I rushed down and saw Santisuk collapse. I took him to hospital but it was too late.’’Santisuk had succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack by three dogs.On Sunday, Pol L/C Yutthapol and eight other police officers bade a last farewell to the popular macaque.Santisuk was dressed in a police uniform and wrapped in a white cloth before being laid to rest at a police operation base in Sai Buri. Pol L/C Yutthapol thanked people who sent him condolences after learning of Santisuk’s fate.Adapted from a story in yesterday's Bangkok Post by Pares Lohasant.

Vocabulary

clash =การปะทะกันสองฝ่าย

insurgent= กลุ่มก่อการกบถ

resident =ผู้พักอาศัย, ผู้อยู่อาศัยในบริเวณ ประชาชนที่อาศัยในท้องที่

adopt =รับเลี้ยงเป็นลูก

blazer =ผู้ประกาศ

broadcast =กระจายเสียง,กระจายข่าว

collapse =หมดสติ ล้มลง

succumb =ตาย

injury =การบาดเจ็บ

sustain =ความสูญเสีย การเจ็บป่วย

bade farewell =ลาก่อน

condolences =การแสดงความเสียใจต่อผู้อื่น

COMMENT

Monkeys who tie would have no idea. But why it is arising and will blame it on. But would have thought this over.Very pathetic.