Death of land official shrouded in mystery: Report

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REPORT

Death of land official shrouded in mystery

PIYANUCH TAMNUKASETCHAI
THE NATION 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE RECENT mysterious death of former land official Tawatchai Anukul while in the custody of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has raised many dubious points.

 

Tawatchai was investigated after complaints were filed about the land deeds of more than 1,000 plots of state land in Phuket being illegally registered. While authorities were checking to see why he would approve these illegal documents, he was transferred to the Phang-Nga Provincial Land Department. 

Tawatchai's successor in Phuket was then abducted and found shot dead - which authorities believe was a motive for Tawatchai to go into hiding. After DSI officers arrested Tawatchai in Nonthaburi province on Monday - three days before his arrest warrant expired - the suspect was handed over to the DSI Bureau of Consumer Protection and Environment Crime investigators. He was seen smiling and saying that he would seek bail. 

A day later, he was allegedly found hanging by attaching his socks to the door of his detention room - just a few hours before he was due to appear in Criminal Court. 

Conflicting reports were issued about what he actually used to allegedly hang himself. Initially a DSI official said he hanged himself by creating a noose with his shirt. Then the agency's director-general claimed he had used his socks, while Tawatchai's relatives pointed out that the wound in the neck was small enough to indicate that a wire or rope was used. 

Then an autopsy report showed that he had died of a ruptured liver, suggesting injury from a blunt instrument, as well as suffocation - clearly in contrast to DSI's statements that he had hanged himself. 

Mongkut Wattana Hospital director Rienthong Naenna then issued a statement saying the DSI had called the hospital saying the suspect had fainted. He also explained that the resuscitation measures used by medical professionals on Tawatachai could not have injured the liver because they were administering CPR on the heart and lungs, which are separated from the liver by the diaphragm. Other experts expressed similar doubts, saying medical professionals could not have ruptured the liver while conducting CPR. 

Explanations provided so far appear to be questionable, making DSI's claims unreliable, even though it does not have a reasonable motive for killing Tawatchai. DSI's only job was to arrest him and bring him to justice. However, it is speculated that many people wanted to silence Tawatchai as he had signed illegal land-deed registration documents for more than 1,000 plots of public land valued at over Bt10 billion. If these plots were found to have been unlawfully registered, the land deeds would be revoked, resulting in huge losses to the illegal landowners. 

He is survived by his wife - not officially married - and children. It is also estimated that he made at least Bt100 million in kickbacks from illegally registering land deeds.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Death-of-land-official-shrouded-in-mystery-30294328.html

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-09-02

[Raymonddiaz]

So many dead in custody in DSI OFFICE, and no one wonders why?

 

Edited September 1, 2016 by Raymonddiaz

[Lampang2]

I guess a few people regretted bying fake deeds.

Possibly was not interested in the seller to come clean before the judge.

Many possibilities.
Way to many.
1000 deeds.
Sums up.

[jamesbrock]

1 hour ago, Lampang2 said:

I guess a few people regretted bying fake deeds.

Possibly was not interested in the seller to come clean before the judge.

Many possibilities.
Way to many.
1000 deeds.
Sums up.

 

And we're not just talking about patches of coconut groves...

 

 

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/encroached-properties-in-sirinart-national-park-in-phuket-to-face-legal-execution-to-evict‏/

 

There are some big, most likely senior-ranking, players in this story that would presumably like to remain anonymous.

[z42]

Has the hallmarks of a very murky affair, I commend the deceased's family for calling for extra scrutiny. I am not sure if it is even possible to hang oneself with regular socks, that alone is a red flag. Hope this isn't allowed to fade away, but I dare say it will do just that

[Wilsonandson]

Now you know why the ufo temple monk won't hand himself in!
DSI - Death Squad Inc.

[ramrod711]

However, it is speculated that many people wanted to silence Tawatchai as he had signed illegal land-deed registration documents for more than 1,000 plots of public land valued at over Bt10 billion. If these plots were found to have been unlawfully registered, the land deeds would be revoked, resulting in huge losses to the illegal landowners. 

 

And there you have it, crooked land deals and wealthy powerful people, a perfect recipe for a "hanging".

[aussieinthailand]

Ehh hello, is this the hospital? 

Yes it is,  how can we help?

Umm we have our prisoner he and he just like fainted, can you come?

We will be right there.

So first he fainted, then he necked himself with a bit of his shirt, then he necked himself with his socks.

But died of a ruptured liver and asphyxiation...

 

You gott'a take  a fair kicking to rupture your liver...   to many connections (evidence) linking to people,  he's gotta go.

So funky dodgy land deals huh?  And in Phuket, Sounds like o'l  Suthep's got a copy cat fan, his old stomping ground for flim flam land deals,  according to fellow poly's he's (Suthep) the most corrupt ploy ever. 

And his mate the junta leader wont touch him,  Why is that? junta fan club? djjamie, Halloween, etc, Why?  He got to much dirt on him maybe?   What,, what's that?  The junta leader did a bit of a (*&^%$%^)  land deal just before the land tax laws were changed and paid how much in taxes?  You people p*ss n moan, tax dodger,, oh  the red's,  PTP,  Thaksin,, Well guy's it's your hero as well but you'll leave that little nugget well and truly alone huh?

Aww sorry some people here think o'l Suthep's  a hero for whipping up a few 100,000 protesters and paid thugs and brought the country to it's knees...

DSI have a few questions to answer,  Kind'a reminds me of the famous,   Lucy,,, choo got some esspliainin to do......

[Eric Loh]

Suthep has been involved in many dodgy land corruption deals in the South. He should be able to provide good information to the investigation.

[Emster23]

Death of land official shrouded in mystery coverup

[The Deerhunter]

Well he must have known he was being paid off by rich and influential people when he was doing all his dirty work and therefore the consequential risks dealing with such people in the event of it being investigated.   But he probably spent a bit of his ill-gotten gains on highest quality amulets to cover that eventuality.  I remember talking to an old monk at one of those booths that where they put amulets into little transparent cases & attach chains.   The one he was getting done would make him bulletproof!!!!!   Why would a monk fear being shot?   He didn't look much like he owned a helicopter or any classic Mercedes.   Why would anyone believe that rubbish? (I'll be the elusive Mercedes man doesn't believe in that.)

[smedly]

34 minutes ago, aussieinthailand said:

Ehh hello, is this the hospital? 

Yes it is,  how can we help?

Umm we have our prisoner he and he just like fainted, can you come?

We will be right there.

So first he fainted, then he necked himself with a bit of his shirt, then he necked himself with his socks.

But died of a ruptured liver and asphyxiation...

 

You gott'a take  a fair kicking to rupture your liver...   to many connections (evidence) linking to people,  he's gotta go.

So funky dodgy land deals huh?  And in Phuket, Sounds like o'l  Suthep's got a copy cat fan, his old stomping ground for flim flam land deals,  according to fellow poly's he's (Suthep) the most corrupt ploy ever. 

And his mate the junta leader wont touch him,  Why is that? junta fan club? djjamie, Halloween, etc, Why?  He got to much dirt on him maybe?   What,, what's that?  The junta leader did a bit of a (*&^%$%^)  land deal just before the land tax laws were changed and paid how much in taxes?  You people p*ss n moan, tax dodger,, oh  the red's,  PTP,  Thaksin,, Well guy's it's your hero as well but you'll leave that little nugget well and truly alone huh?

Aww sorry some people here think o'l Suthep's  a hero for whipping up a few 100,000 protesters and paid thugs and brought the country to it's knees...

DSI have a few questions to answer,  Kind'a reminds me of the famous,   Lucy,,, choo got some esspliainin to do......

so you are saying Suthep was involved in this, that is a pretty serious accusation you are making there, I hope you have the means and the evidence to follow it through as they will be knocking on your door soon enough

 

Now on topic

 

I wonder what is going to happen to all this land that was illegally transferred and also the very large amount of money this family has amassed through this highly illegal activity. I'd be willing to wager a similar operation exists at a few other tourist hotspots and is yet to be exposed 

[halloween]

"Mongkut Wattana Hospital director Rienthong Naenna then issued a statement saying....... that the resuscitation measures used by medical professionals on Tawatachai could not have injured the liver because they were administering CPR on the heart and lungs, which are separated from the liver by the diaphragm. "  OP

Can I suggest MR-D applies, aka CYOA. OTOH

"....abdominal complications have been observed ...........with liver rupture and other liver injury occurring in 2.1% and 0.8% respectively"

"Complications as a result of CPR.......can occur even with correctly applied CPR."

"...following CPR.....(it) is necessary to make an early diagnosis of liver trauma as a potential life threatening complication."

http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A6468

Edited September 2, 2016 by halloween

[alfalfa19]

There is no mystery. 

 

[zyphodb]

Dead men tell no tales, is anyone actually surprised by this?

[aussieinthailand]

6 minutes ago, smedly said:

so you are saying Suthep was involved in this, that is a pretty serious accusation you are making there, I hope you have the means and the evidence to follow it through as they will be knocking on your door soon enough

 

Now on topic

 

I wonder what is going to happen to all this land that was illegally transferred and also the very large amount of money this family has amassed through this highly illegal activity. I'd be willing to wager a similar operation exists at a few other tourist hotspots and is yet to be exposed 

No smedly, I'm not saying anything of a sort, but hey you just keep making stuff up to suit yourself ok popit.

Try reading and comprehending the text then comment.  " sounds like o'l Suthep's got a copy can fan" 

Suthep has been involved in many very well know land deals including Phuket, that were suspect, FACT, What's the matter smedly, people still remember his antics and you don't like it?  Stiff.

Now as for fake land paperwork, to bad man loose the land...

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, aussieinthailand said:

Ehh hello, is this the hospital? 

Yes it is,  how can we help?

Umm we have our prisoner he and he just like fainted, can you come?

We will be right there.

So first he fainted, then he necked himself with a bit of his shirt, then he necked himself with his socks.

But died of a ruptured liver and asphyxiation...

 

You gott'a take  a fair kicking to rupture your liver...   to many connections (evidence) linking to people,  he's gotta go.

So funky dodgy land deals huh?  And in Phuket, Sounds like o'l  Suthep's got a copy cat fan, his old stomping ground for flim flam land deals,  according to fellow poly's he's (Suthep) the most corrupt ploy ever. 

And his mate the junta leader wont touch him,  Why is that? junta fan club? djjamie, Halloween, etc, Why?  He got to much dirt on him maybe?   What,, what's that?  The junta leader did a bit of a (*&^%$%^)  land deal just before the land tax laws were changed and paid how much in taxes?  You people p*ss n moan, tax dodger,, oh  the red's,  PTP,  Thaksin,, Well guy's it's your hero as well but you'll leave that little nugget well and truly alone huh?

Aww sorry some people here think o'l Suthep's  a hero for whipping up a few 100,000 protesters and paid thugs and brought the country to it's knees...

DSI have a few questions to answer,  Kind'a reminds me of the famous,   Lucy,,, choo got some esspliainin to do......

 

Has Suthep been convicted, sentenced, jumped bail? Does he have 15+ outstanding pending court cases that he's running from.

 

And there's the difference. Nothing to do with politics. Or how onerous you may perceive someone to be.

 

One is a convicted criminal fugitive, one isn't.

 

There were considerable more protesters than 100k against Thaksin's self interest whitewash himself and his family bill. Suthep hijacked that and used the momentum to bring down the YL puppet regime - but PTP brought that situation on themselves. 

 

The usual Shin fan club are posting, all slandering Suthep by suggesting he is involved in this when up to now he's never been linked to it officially. Hope they're all familiar with Thailand's defamation laws.

 

What's more pertinent is that people have died in custody, the military, the police, the DSI and there doesn't seem any proper procedure or process to do anything about it or even question the bs explanations put forward. And that's been the case under previous governments too. As with witnesses or those exposing the truth disappearing or dying in odd circumstances. Once a certain level of people are involved only their rules apply.

 

Edited September 2, 2016 by Baerboxer

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Suthep has been involved in many dodgy land corruption deals in the South. He should be able to provide good information to the investigation.

 

Do you have evidence of that? Repeating hearsay can constitute defamation. 

[Bluespunk]

I'm seeing a lot of things in this story, but a mystery isn't one of them. 

[chuang]

5 hours ago, Raymonddiaz said:

So many dead in custody in DSI OFFICE, and no one wonders why?

 

One day you will read a suspect hangs himself with a straw....

[chuang]

21 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Do you have evidence of that? Repeating hearsay can constitute defamation. 

Evidence....

[snowgard]

Did him use Over-the-Knee-Socks? Otherwise they are a little bit to SHORT or not?

2 knots, neck, ... minimum 70 cm!!!

[smedly]

19 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

Eric Lo said - Suthep has been involved in many dodgy land corruption deals in the South. He should be able to provide good information to the investigation.

 

19 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Do you have evidence of that? Repeating hearsay can constitute defamation. 

only if you are of sound mind and fully in control of your faculties

 

 

(the quote system doesn't work well with MS Edge)

[Baerboxer]

1 minute ago, chuang said:

Evidence....

 

1 minute ago, chuang said:

Evidence....

 

Of course he doesn't - but doesn't stop him spreading urban myths. How the witch hunters would've loved social media.

[Baerboxer]

1 minute ago, chuang said:

Evidence....

 

1 minute ago, chuang said:

Evidence....

 

Of course he doesn't - but doesn't stop him spreading urban myths. How the witch hunters would've loved social media.

[smedly]

41 minutes ago, aussieinthailand said:

No smedly, I'm not saying anything of a sort, but hey you just keep making stuff up to suit yourself ok popit.

Try reading and comprehending the text then comment.  " sounds like o'l Suthep's got a copy can fan" 

Suthep has been involved in many very well know land deals including Phuket, that were suspect, FACT, What's the matter smedly, people still remember his antics and you don't like it?  Stiff.

Now as for fake land paperwork, to bad man loose the land...

either produce it or remove it, TVF is not about your rumours and false accusations

[chuang]

2 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

 

Of course he doesn't - but doesn't stop him spreading urban myths. How the witch hunters would've loved social media.

[Eric Loh]

42 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Do you have evidence of that? Repeating hearsay can constitute defamation. 

 

Quick to defend your hero BB. The DSI still have a case of illegal land encroachment at 'Phaeng' mountain back in 2012. And the infamous Sor Por Kor corruption that brought down Chuan government. Seem your hero has a talent for acquiring real estate that smell of corruption.

[IAMHERE]

Not sure I'd want to be a 'land official' of dubious knowlege in any other province about now.

[aussieinthailand]

49 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Has Suthep been convicted, sentenced, jumped bail? Does he have 15+ outstanding pending court cases that he's running from.

 

And there's the difference. Nothing to do with politics. Or how onerous you may perceive someone to be.

 

One is a convicted criminal fugitive, one isn't.

 

There were considerable more protesters than 100k against Thaksin's self interest whitewash himself and his family bill. Suthep hijacked that and used the momentum to bring down the YL puppet regime - but PTP brought that situation on themselves. 

 

The usual Shin fan club are posting, all slandering Suthep by suggesting he is involved in this when up to now he's never been linked to it officially. Hope they're all familiar with Thailand's defamation laws.

 

What's more pertinent is that people have died in custody, the military, the police, the DSI and there doesn't seem any proper procedure or process to do anything about it or even question the bs explanations put forward. And that's been the case under previous governments too. As with witnesses or those exposing the truth disappearing or dying in odd circumstances. Once a certain level of people are involved only their rules apply.

 

"The Shin fan club are posting all slandering Suthep by suggesting he is involved in this when up to now he's never been linked to it officially."    

Hmmm I haven't read anywhere in this post suggesting Suthep is involved in this case,  seems to be you and smedly are trying to claim "Shin fan club" are accusing a link between Suthep and this case but no one else. quite the imagination you fella's have there.

BTW n noteing Suthep's very public history and the land deals in Phuket and southern areas controversy is not any way shape or form linking him to this case... 

And no supprise for not responding to the question Why won't the junta launch an ( independent ) investigation into Sutheps's dealings???

As for your last paragraph, yeah agreed.