Nakhon Si Thammarat: Mother of conscript, 21, questions ‘heart attack’ cause of death

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Mother of conscript, 21, questions ‘heart attack’ cause of death

By The Nation

 

Another mysterious death of a conscript has been exposed after the mother of Private Adisak Noipitak told the media after her son had died at Thepsatree Sri Sunthon Camp in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

 

Tuanchai Noipitak, mother of the 21-year-old soldier, said the Army had informed her on Saturday that her son had died from a heart attack only 10 days after he began his military service at the camp.

 

Tuanchai said she did not believe a heart attack was the cause of death because he had been healthy and did not have any underlying causes of disease.

 

Moreover, she said there were many bruises on her son’s body, especially on his back, body and neck and his ribs were broken.

She said she had also found out that a military trainer had tried to conceal her son’s death by not allowing other soldiers to contact Adisak’s family.

 

She demanded that Thepsatree Sri Sunthon Camp Hospital transfer her son’s body to Songkhlanagarind Hospital in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district for an autopsy.

 

If the autopsy shows that her son had not died from a heart attack, she will sue the people who were responsible for his death and file a petition with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, she said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331500

 

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Army denies torture after conscript’s death

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Adisak Noipitak

 

THE ARMY has issued an assurance that soldiers have not died due to a difficult training regimen or any kind of torture after another conscript death was reported at Thepsatree Sri Sunthon Camp in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

The death of Private Adisak Noipitak, 21, was made public on Sunday, after his mother, Tuanchai Noipitak, initially said she doubted the official cause of death because she had noticed bruises on her son’s body. She has asked for another autopsy to be performed by Songkhlanagarind Hospital. 

 

Tuanchai also said earlier that she would sue anyone who was responsible for her son’s death and send a petition to the Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha if the autopsy concluded that her son had been killed by a physical attack.

 

 

However, Royal Thai Army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree said yesterday the issue was just “a misunderstanding” on the part of the deceased conscript’s family, as the final autopsy results showed that Adisak had died from an illness and his family had now accepted that he had died from natural causes.

 

“The army ensures that there are not harsh practices regarding the conscripts and we confirm that no conscript has died from excessively hard military training,” Winthai said.

 

He said all cases of conscripts dying in military camps were due to illnesses, adding that the Army took good care of every soldier.

 

Meanwhile, Tuanchai said yesterday that she had already seen the autopsy results from Songkhlanagarind Hospital, which indicated that Adisak had died from a serious intestinal infection, and she did not question the cause of death anymore.

 

“The doctor said the bruises on my son’s body were the effect of the degeneration of the corpse and appeared after death, so I have no doubts about my son’s death anymore,” she said.

 

She added that she was shocked and saddened by death of her only son, but added that life would have to go on.

 

Tuanchai said her son’s body had already been transported back home in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Hua Sai district in a military vehicle, and the commander of Thepsatree Sri Sunthon Camp had paid for her son’s funeral.

 

Meanwhile, National Human Rights Commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit said the Army should be more transparent on issues related to conscripts’ loss of life to lessen families’ concerns about their children’s well-being and ensure that there was not torture perpetrated at the camp.

 

“The family members of conscripts should have a right to visit their sons in the military camp anytime and conscripts should also able to use the telephone to keep contact with their family,” Angkhana said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30331528

 

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[ChrisY1]

Some people are easily convinced.....a shame.

[Jonmarleesco]

A twenty-one-year-old suffering a heart attack. Supposedly he was fit when taken on? Where does the army find the pillocks responsible for communicating this BS? 

[colinneil]

Died from natural causes, my a++e, being a new conscript p[robably had the s++t kicked out of him.

Then the army start the bs cover up story.

10 days after being conscripted, he dies of natural causes, if that is the case the doctor examining him should be struck of for incompetence.

[KBsinter]

We live in a Land of yesteryear,any Institution can fob off anything its a disgrace, 

but I like it here 10yrs it is what it is ...............