Army apologises for calling bed-ridden man to conscription venue

The army has apologised for ordering a bed-ridden man to appear at a conscription venue in the northern province of Lamphun on Saturday to prove he is unqualified for the draft.

Col Rungkhun Mahapanyawong, spokesman for the Third Army, said on Sunday that mid-last month a parent of Thanakrit Wuthiraithong, a 21-year-old native of Lamphun’s Muang district, reported the young man was hit by a car and would not be able to appear for conscription at a district auditorium on Saturday as ordered because the accident had left him bed-ridden.

The military recruiting officer of Muang district then ordered the parent to…