Deaths that sparked Phuket police station riot ruled accident

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Deaths that sparked Phuket police station riot ruled accident
Phuket Gazette


The riot caused about six million baht worth of damages to the station and nearby vehicles. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- Police have ruled that two men killed in a police chase, the alleged catalyst for the Thalang Police Station riot in October, was an accident.

Patomwat Panarak, 22, and Teerapong Srisamut, 17, were killed after fleeing a police check point on October 9. Officers crashed their car into the men’s motorbike in an attempt to stop and apprehend them (story here).

Both men died at the scene, where police found fifty ya ba (methamphetamine) pills in their possession.

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Deaths-sparked-Phuket-police-station-riot-ruled/62639?desktopversion


-- Phuket Gazette 2015-12-17

[JoePai]

Of course it was an accident

[thaiduncankk]

If somebody purposely crashes into somebody else in order to stop them, can anyone explain to me how it is an accident ?

[ezzra]

Stop and search procedures just got a whole new meaning.. why work too hard if you can just ram

the suspects and be done with that....

[oneday]

"...the alleged catalyst for the Thalang Police Station riot..."

Yeah, I think we can go beyond the ridiculous use of this over-used word "alleged", unless they were rioting because the motorbike they were driving was totaled.

"...Officers crashed their car into the men’s motorbike in an attempt to stop and apprehend them..."

Well golly, if this statement is true, then I'm a bit mystified how they came up with "accident". Oh right, it was the police investigating themselves.

[Colabamumbai]

Phuket is an accident waiting for someone to happen.

[Ulic]

Of course it was an accident. The police did a full investigation asking themselves if

it was an accident. All police questioned, reported it was an accident. Time to move

on to the next police investigation.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

try and outrun the police and you can expect it to end badly. Not sure what really happened but no sympathy from me,

[LeungKen]

Disruptive & Off Topic posts removed.