Tourism minister gets involved in Japanese tourist’s unsolved murder

[webfact]

Tourism minister gets involved in Japanese tourist’s unsolved murder

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat on Tuesday promised the family of a Japanese tourist raped and murdered in Sukhothai in 2007 that he would coordinate with case investigators.

 

The case of Tomoko Kawashita, 25, has been taken over by the Department of Special Investigation after Ayutthaya police failed to solve it.

Kawashita’s body, with physical evidence of rape, was found inside Wat Saphan Hin in the park compound on November 25, 2007.

 

Weerasak said his ministry wants to assist the parents of the victim, who reportedly plan to hold a religious rite on the anniversary of her death.

 

He has requested the Japanese embassy in Thailand to ask the parents for the planned date of the rite so that the ministry could provide help.

 

The rape and murder case has stalled.

 

A DNA check of 300 people living near Sukhothai Historical Park found no matches for the semen found on the victim’s body.

 

The DSI took up the case six months ago.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355628

 

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[BigBadGeordie]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Kawashita’s body, with physical evidence of rape, was found inside Wat Saphan Hin in the park compound on November 25, 2007.

So that is when the victim was mudered.

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Weerasak said his ministry wants to assist the parents of the victim, who reportedly plan to hold a religious rite on the anniversary of her death

And the family want to hold a religious rite on the anniversay.

OK got that.

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

He has requested the Japanese embassy in Thailand to ask the parents for the planned date of the rite so that the ministry could provide help

It, however, appears that the minister who has promised the victims family that he "would coordinate with case investigators" has failed to grasp that info.

 

I somehow doubt his involvement has re-assured the relatives.

[Kwasaki]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The case of Tomoko Kawashita, 25, has been taken over by the Department of Special Investigation after Ayutthaya police failed to solve it.

 

That's strange think the murder was in Thaivisa news, I live 3 kilos from the Wat Saphan Hin and at the time remembered reports of the Japanese boyfriend that went back to Japan being found responsible.

 

 

 

[Burma Bill]

A "Cold Case Review" - oh dear Thai DNA again. I hope that if there is a "proper" DNA profile the result be sent to Japan for comparison with a possible DNA database like we have in the UK. 

[HAKAPALITA]

19 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

 

That's strange think the murder was in Thaivisa news, I live 3 kilos from the Wat Saphan Hin and at the time remembered reports of the Japanese boyfriend that went back to Japan being found responsible.

 

 

 

Not many folks live 6.614 LBS from anywhere.

[HAKAPALITA]

19 minutes ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Not many folks live 6.614 LBS from anywhere.

Fear not, my Mrs asks for 3 Litres of Bananas when on Holiday.

[SuperTed]

How can a rape and murder case be left open this long? Atrocious!