Prosecutor postpones decision on Santika Club fire case

Public prosecutor Wednesday postponed the decision to file the Santika Club fire lawsuit to be on February 17 at 9.30am.

This was because they were gathering case details and the suspects' written appeals for justice to be proposed to deputy attorney general for Southern Bangkok Criminal Court Division 1, Parinya Jansanjai.

The suspects included club owner Wisuk Setsawat, the special effect provider Focus Light Sound System Co Ltd, Burns rock band's lead singer Saravuth Ariya. The charges to be filed were recklessness causing others' injuries and deaths, allowing persons under 20 to enter the venue, and allowing drug abuse in the venue.

-- The Nation 2010-01-20

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Interesting to see how long this drags on. The owner is clearly culpapable, I guess in Thailand bereaved families may be lucky to pick up 100,000 baht for their loss. unless the owner has millions of baht.

Public prosecutor Wednesday postponed the decision to file the Santika Club fire lawsuit to be on February 17 at 9.30am

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I suppose that a cynic would read between the lines and recast the above sentence as: "Public prosecutor requests all brown envelopes to be filed by close of play on Feb. 16."

In my fantasy world,instead of putting on yellow or red shirts and disrupting a nation, the political activists would focus on something that impacts the life and safety of all citizens and gather to put pressure on all levels of government to enforce the current fire codes and to enact more appropriate life and safety building codes.

In my fantasy world,instead of putting on yellow or red shirts and disrupting a nation, the political activists would focus on something that impacts the life and safety of all citizens and gather to put pressure on all levels of government to enforce the current fire codes and to enact more appropriate life and safety building codes.