This week I saw the smiling face of Duang Yoobamrung on the front cover of a police magazine.
I couldn't help remembering the behaviour of his father when Duang was the major suspect in a murder case. Compare that to the behaviour of Western Australia's police chief Karl O'Callaghan this week. He chose to reveal he had personally delivered his son Russell, 31, back to authorities after the Department of Corrective Services discovered he had lapsed in his drug addiction battle. The younger O'Callaghan was sentenced to 16 months behind bars last year for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine. He had been released on parole after serving eight months of his 16 month sentence.
Police Chief O'Callaghan said, "I picked him up and delivered him into the hands of police." This was very tough, but I will continue to support him. I have got to behave as commissioner of police, and I have also got to behave as a parent - that is how it is."
It's a pity the senior Yoobamrung didn't show the same character in his son's case. After all, he was originally a police captain.
Andrew Lynn
Nakhon Si Thammarat
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