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Wife and relatives of billionaire Chuwong Saetang, who died in a road accident in Bangkok in late June, file a complaint with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday via Government House

PETITION PM AMID DOUBTS OVER WHETHER A CAR ACCIDENT REALLY CAUSED HIS DEATH

BANGKOK: -- THE FAMILY of billionaire businessman Chuwong Saetang is pushing hard for a transparent and thorough investigation into his death.

Chuwong was found dead inside a car on June 26 in what its driver Pol Lt-Colonel Banyin Tangpakorn, a former deputy commerce minister, said was a road accident. Banyin, who has been charged with reckless driving that caused death, may land in bigger trouble if an investigation reveals any foul play.

After Chuwong's family publicly raised doubts about his death, Banyin quickly sought a meeting with national police commissioner General Somyot Poompanmuang to insist that he had no reason to wish for Chuwong's death because they were business partners.

"His death is a loss to me," said Banyin, who is also a former MP.

The victim's family has expressed doubts, particularly in light of the fact that a huge volume of shares owned by Chuwong - worth no less than Bt200 million - were suspiciously transferred to two women just days before his death.

"The transfer happened without our prior knowledge. This is very strange. My younger brother had always consulted his family before conducting any share transactions," Chuwong's elder sister Wanpen Thanathamsiri said at a press conference yesterday.

Also present at the press conference were Chuwong's son Kan and their lawyer Anek Khamchum.

The lawyer said he had traced the movement of transferred shares further and found that the recipients had already sold a sizeable portion of the shares.

"This is also suspicious given that share prices have been falling lately," he said.

Kan said on June 26 that he had immediately rushed to the "accident scene" and found that his father's lifeless body was already cold while Banyin was unhurt.

"I can't help having doubts," he said.

After the press conference, Kan headed to the government's complaint-receiving centre under the care of the Office of the Prime Minister and submitted a petition addressed to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha seeking his help in finding out the truth.

"Is it really an accident or is it an action by someone who wanted his assets?" a part of the complaint says.

According to the petition, Banyin said he and Chuwong left a golf course together at about 7pm on June 26 but the car was involved in an accident before he could get Chuwong home.

Kan said: "The accident spot is just 30 kilometres from the golf course. But my family was informed of the accident at about 10pm. Why did it take so long for the car to arrive at that spot?

"When I arrived at the scene, Banyin was still in the driver's seat with his safety belt on, and later rescue workers arrived."

A police source said Chuwong and Banyin were seen at a golf course together on June 26 and the two did not seem to have any quarrel. Recordings from a security camera near the scene of the reported accident showed their car move past at about 9.57pm.

An autopsy showed that Chuwong died of bleeding inside his brain that was a result of impact from a hard object. According to the autopsy results, Chuwong had also sustained many bone cracks.

Banyin yesterday said Chuwong did not have a safety belt on at the time of the accident. He also said Chuwong wished to hide some of his personal assets - something that his family did not know about.

"I know the two women who have received the shares from him and they were well known to Chuwong," he said. He did not say directly how close Chuwong and the two women were.

Metropolitan police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul vowed to ensure justice to all sides and disclosed that he had now assigned his deputy, Pol Maj-General Charnthep Sesavej, to oversee the investigation.

Charnthep said he would have a joint meeting with local police today in a bid to solve this case.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Dead-tycoons-kin-seek-probe-30264630.html


-- The Nation 2015-07-17

[BSJ]

Mystery and intrigue at the golf club.....the Burmese caddy did it!

[clockman]

When ever there is a mystery death. It always involves greed, and money. Got to love these Buddhists!

[CelticBhoy]

"Chuwong had also sustained many bone cracks"

This would seem to be quite an important story,

so why allow such an inept journalist to cover it?

[Bluespunk]

"Banyin, who has been charged with reckless driving that caused death, may land in bigger trouble if an investigation reveals any foul play."

Well, duh!!

[Manbing]

N.E Policeman and Pheu Thai politician under Samak, demonstrating unusual wealth, there are 3 red flags which already alert anyone to legitimate reasons for an investigation, without the added suspicious death of a business colleague and various nefarious business dealings.

[Tatsujin]

When ever there is a mystery death. It always involves greed, and money. Got to love these Buddhists!

Greed crosses all social arenas and religions, it's not exclusive to Thai "Buddhists", although they do seem to want to have their cake, eat it, and then expect the bakery to give them more for free as it's their right.

[mmh8]

incredible thailand, children killed in obvious foul play, immigrants found dead with no explANation,

some rich kid gets found dead and I guess they could always round up some burmians, or laosians for the job,

[smedly]

a good pathologist should be able to determine the exact cause of the sustained injuries

2 missing hours

transfer of shares

interesting indeed

[Cuchulainn]

.........Bt200 million - were suspiciously transferred to two women just days before his death............

Spot the mis nois!!

............Charnthep said he would have a joint meeting with local police today in a bid to solve this case..........

Yep that'll do a lot of good!!

[dcsw53]

Was there blood on any of the golf clubs in the trunk of the car, I think we should be told.

They could also interview the 2 ladies when they return from their extended shopping trip and holidays in Hawaii.

[Baerboxer]

N.E Policeman and Pheu Thai politician under Samak, demonstrating unusual wealth, there are 3 red flags which already alert anyone to legitimate reasons for an investigation, without the added suspicious death of a business colleague and various nefarious business dealings.

Many crimes seem to involve policemen. Many crimes seem to involve politicians. Many seem to involve politicians working or who have worked for a former policeman politician convicted of crime. Money, assets, theft, stories where things don't quite seem to add up or where much is left unexplained.

Now, in such cases, who gets to investigate - policemen, many of whom are former politicians and/or connected with politicians and always connected with former policemen.

Nothing unusual. "Urgent" meetings. Bit of clarification over coffee and some nice pastries. Simple accident very unfortunate. The share transfer was clearly coincidence and nothing to do with the unfortunate accident, which do happen. Add to the long list of all those other strange, unsolved or odd verdict cases.

RIP

[halloween]

N.E Policeman and Pheu Thai politician under Samak, demonstrating unusual wealth, there are 3 red flags which already alert anyone to legitimate reasons for an investigation, without the added suspicious death of a business colleague and various nefarious business dealings.

Nope. He was Matchimathipataya party in coalition with PPP and later the Democrats.

"Matchimathipataya executives facing the ban include Anongwan Thepsuthin, Prachai Liewpairat, Maj-Gen Intarat Yodbangtoey, and Pol Lt-Col Banyin Tangpakorn."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3627035&mesg_id=3627069

[Lekong]

incredible thailand, children killed in obvious foul play, immigrants found dead with no explANation, some rich kid gets found dead and I guess they could always round up some burmians, or laosians for the job,

Burmese and Laotians please.

[elgordo38]

N.E Policeman and Pheu Thai politician under Samak, demonstrating unusual wealth, there are 3 red flags which already alert anyone to legitimate reasons for an investigation, without the added suspicious death of a business colleague and various nefarious business dealings.

Being rich has its perks even after your dead. I hear the PM is pushing for the police to dig deeper.

[Baerboxer]

N.E Policeman and Pheu Thai politician under Samak, demonstrating unusual wealth, there are 3 red flags which already alert anyone to legitimate reasons for an investigation, without the added suspicious death of a business colleague and various nefarious business dealings.

Being rich has its perks even after your dead. I hear the PM is pushing for the police to dig deeper.

Aye, but he pushed for Thaksin to have his police rank stripped. And how successful was that.

Here again we have a former senior policeman involved, and large sums of money too.

[ratcatcher]

The Case of the Dead Thai Coonskin

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Rhetorical question here...

Why is it that Thais always have to ASK/BEG/PLEA to some bigwig for a fair and impartial criminal investigation to be done...

It kind of gives the impression, that the normal way of investigating these things doesn't quite meet those standards... Really???

Perhaps that's because various police Lt. Col.'s are too busy serving as politicians, drivers and who knows what else to actually do any police work.

Edited July 19, 2015 by TallGuyJohninBKK