Ex-police chief to present new evidence of Red Bull heir’s Ferrari speed

[rooster59]

Ex-police chief to present new evidence of Red Bull heir’s Ferrari speed

 

 

Former national police chief, Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang, accompanied by Associate Professor Dr. Saiprasit Kerdniyom, of King Mongkut Institute of Technology (KMIT), are to meet with Pol Lt-Gen Manoo Mekmok, Commissioner of the Police Forensic Science Office, to present new evidence about the speed of the Ferrari, being driven by Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya, at the time of the fatal accident on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok in 2012.

 

The meeting is reported in a document regarding the conflicting speed evidence issue, submitted by a forensics officer, Pol Col Thanasit Taengchan, sent to the House Committee on Legal Affairs on Thursday.

 

Pol Col Thanasit, in his original report about the car’s speed, insisted that Vorayuth was travelling at 177kph at the time of the accident. He later retracted this statement, maintaining that the speed was actually 79.22kph, claiming that he was under pressure from senior officers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ex-police-chief-to-present-new-evidence-of-red-bull-heirs-ferrari-speed/

 

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[ezzra]

the more the merrier they say...by now every men and his dog waded into this fiasco so "more new evidence" will just add to the confusion...

[2 is 1]

You have traffic camera here EVERY PLACE! So watch that one! Distance between camera's and time to used!

Speed= distance/ time don't need be wizard of OZ! DONE

Back to primary school donks!

Sorry i forget all traffic camera image's is somehow missing!?

[NanLaew]

^ Weren't the cameras already found to be inoperative that night? Or did the tape disappear? So long ago and after so many obfuscations, it is truly hard to recall.

 

In the end, it doesn't matter if he was doing 177 kph (totally unlikely) or 79.22 kph (awesome precision there!), the fact is he struck and killed a guy on a motorbike (who happened to be a cop) and regardless if the guy did swerve into his path, he didn't stop to render assistance, conspired in the deception to offer up a family servant as the actual driver and then, after testing positive for cocaine, repeatedly avoided court summonses and simply left the country.

[bluesofa]

16 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

^ Weren't the cameras already found to be inoperative that night? Or did the tape disappear? So long ago and after so many obfuscations, it is truly hard to recall.

 

In the end, it doesn't matter if he was doing 177 kph (totally unlikely) or 79.22 kph (awesome precision there!), the fact is he struck and killed a guy on a motorbike (who happened to be a cop) and regardless if the guy did swerve into his path, he didn't stop to render assistance, conspired in the deception to offer up a family servant as the actual driver and then, after testing positive for cocaine, repeatedly avoided court summonses and simply left the country.

 Ha ha, your phrase 'simply left the country' for some reason reminded me of the song in The Holy Grail,  'Brave Sir Robin ran away, he bravely ran away, away.'

 

[JusticeGB]

The brave BIB are scared that any brown envelopes they may have received will come to light. Other BIB will be receiving brown envelopes to ensure that any previous gifts of brown envelopes will never come to light. 

[Misterwhisper]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

claiming that he was under pressure from senior officers

And who were they exactly? Names, please. And more importantly: Will they be investigated for potential obstruction of justice? And if not, why not?

[scorecard]

The ex top cop now giving evidence is the guy who was a close buddy of a giant massage etc., venue operator who at one point loaned 300Million Baht to the top cop. 

 

Strange bed fellows. This is LOS...

[Bender Rodriguez]

4 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

You have traffic camera here EVERY PLACE! So watch that one! Distance between camera's and time to used!

Speed= distance/ time don't need be wizard of OZ! DONE

Back to primary school donks!

Sorry i forget all traffic camera image's is somehow missing!?

or his mobile phone GPS ...

[Andy from Kent]

 

Move along now, Please move along.     Nothing to be seen here...

[sammieuk1]

The Pol-Col was under pressure from senior officers to suppress and retract evidence dropping the Pol-Lt-Gen and Pol-Maj-Gen in the Pol-do-do who are they ????

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

The ex top cop now giving evidence is the guy who was a close buddy of a giant massage etc., venue operator who at one point loaned 300Million Baht to the top cop. 

 

Strange bed fellows. This is LOS...

 

He also did the "press conference" with the Koh Tao headman in which the headman's son was declared completely innocent, and not even on the island at the time, of the horrific murders and rape of British tourists.

 

Good job he's there to sort all these messes out 555!

[Baerboxer]

The plot thickens. Red Bull family bring out their "experts". for want of a better word!

[TheFishman1]

It seems funny when I go through those yellow lights always get it taken in the mail and the cameras are always working very well but now the cameras weren’t working well the night of the accident and by looking at the damage of his car it looks like he was going very fast TIT

[Dap]

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

And who were they exactly? Names, please. And more importantly: Will they be investigated for potential obstruction of justice? And if not, why not?

Not! TIT!! 

[biggles45]

Waste of time inquiry, no connected person in Thailand gets punished, only the scapegoats. Are the mushroom picking old folk still serving their 15 years? 

[natway09]

Seems like the more they twist & turn the deeper the poo

[RJRS1301]

I ask myself:

Why oh why is there so much cynicism in Thailand ? Such a wonderful calm ethical place

[DaveE13]

The ex police chief who couldn't properly explain why he took money from a well known gangster. 

 

[The Barmbeker]

What does it matter?

The cop is dead!

No matter if he was killed at 177 or 80...

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

The plot thickens. Red Bull family bring out their "experts". for want of a better word!

A very long time ago when I was training in a aeronautical engineering college my tutor gave me some very valuable advice:

Never call yourself an expert.

He explained an "ex" is a has been... and a "spurt" is how you were brought into the world.

He was a smart guy.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

And who were they exactly? Names, please. And more importantly: Will they be investigated for potential obstruction of justice? And if not, why not?

 

I believe the Thai media are saying it's the one mentioned in the OP article here...  Who of course, is no longer an active officer in the RTP.

 

[edwinchester]

Surprised that they weren't brazen enough to testify the Ferrari was parked up and the Police Bike reversed into it.

[Surelynot]

Perhaps we will find he was traveling faster than the speed of light and the accident took place before he actually got there........ so he can't be held guilty!

[khunken]

1 hour ago, DaveE13 said:

The ex police chief who couldn't properly explain why he took money from a well known gangster. 

 

Not only that but he was getting paid, with 'questionable legality', B50,000 per month from TCC - the Chang beer group.

 

There are few, if any, clean polce involved in the sorry mess.

[northsouthdevide]

Obviously all just a big misunderstanding then. 

 

Nothing to see here folks..... 

Move along now.  ????

[joebrown]

16 hours ago, DaveE13 said:

The ex police chief who couldn't properly explain why he took money from a well known gangster. 

 

Ex police chief Somyot is the man allegedly hand picked by coup leader Prayut Chan Ocha to create the desired verdict for the Kho Tao murder investigation in 2014. The local Surat police had identified the perpetrators as a wealthy local headman's son and another family member. The Surat police said they had evidence to support their claim.

Apparently the Headman was closely connected with the Surat political fat cats and lo and behold Somyot's appointment resulted in 2 Burmese scapegoats being found and the Headman's son being exonerated after a stage managed DNA test, which was highly publicised. Needless to say Somyot's smiling face was to the fore.

Thai Stock Exchange records show that Somyot had purchased shares valued at hundreds of millions Thai Baht at about this time. Obviously a very astute businessman being able to save so much money on a police chief's salary!

It seems the Red Bull fiasco has attracted his attention, presumably because of the potential for rich pickings.

Whilst the News and OP doesn't make it clear, I can imagine he's found some new evidence to help in the attempt to clear the Red Bull runt. Somyot is never the one to miss an opportunity to enlarge his 'unusual' wealth is he!

Somyot is currently the FIFA representative and Head of the cash strapped Thai Football Association Association.