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LAND-DEEDS SCANDAL

Police probe possible murder in DSI custody

KORNKAMOL AKSORNDECH,
SURIYA PATATHAYO
THE NATION 

 

 

Investigation persists into suspicious death of accused former official held over land-deeds scandal

 

BANGKOK: --  POLICE have not ruled out the possibility that a suspect in an illegal land-deed case was murdered while in the custody of the Department of Special Investi-gation (DSI). 

"At this point, it remains inconclusive as to whether he committed suicide or was murdered," Thung Song Hong Police Station's superintendent Pol Colonel Mana Pohchuay said yesterday, referring to the death of Tawatchai Anukul.

Tawatchai, 66, was facing charges of illegally issuing deeds for various land plots in Phuket and Phang Nga provinces with a combined value of over Bt10 billion. 

He was locked in a DSI cell in Bangkok last Wednesday when he hanged himself, DSI officers claimed, prompting them to call for help from Mongkutwattana General Hospital. 

Despite emergency medical treatment, Tawatchai succumbed to his injuries the same day. 

Hospital director Rienthong Nanna later commented publicly that Tawatchai might have been killed by persons who wanted to defame the DSI and hurt the agency's credibility in other important cases.

Doubts in public have been growing that perhaps Tawatchai was killed to prevent him from testifying, because the extent of his alleged wrongdoing was clearly far too large for him to commit single-handedly. 

Mana yesterday said investigators needed more evidence, such as the results of DNA tests of Tawatchai's socks and shirt, to determine whether his death was suicide or murder. "Moreover, we are still in the process of interrogating witnesses," he said. 

Tawatchai's younger brother Charnnarong Anukul said he suspected foul play because a death certificate showed that the suspect had died from a ruptured liver and asphyxiation. 

Charnnarong was among witnesses interviewed by Thung Song Hong police yesterday. "The DSI can't deny responsibility [for Tawatchai's death]. The whole incident about his fatal injuries happened in its compound," he said. 

The Justice Ministry's forensic team has also stepped in to conduct another autopsy on Tawatchai's body to determine the exact cause of his death. 

Charnnarong said he had already asked forensic experts from the Police General Hospital and Chulalongkorn Hospital to help with the new autopsy. The DSI also plans to recruit the help of forensic experts from Ramathibodi and Siriraj hospitals. 

Asked if he believed his brother had committed suicide, Charnnarong said, "In my opinion, there was very little possibility of him killing himself. He's a cheerful type. He didn't show signs of stress when I met him." 

Deputy Police Spokesman Pol Maj-General Songpon Wattanachai assured the public that police would carefully investigate the case. "The investigation team is checking every suspicious point in the case," he said. 

Mana said security guard Sommart Nakwong was watching over Tawatchai's cell on the day of his death.

"Initially, he told police that Tawatchai hanged himself with socks. But we found out that he later told the DSI that the suspect hanged himself with a T-shirt," he said. 

Mana said the conflicting accounts could have stemmed from shock. "The DSI has already put Sommart on a lie detector. We are waiting to see results," he added. 

There were not security cameras inside Tawatchai's cell, he said. The DSI had not installed security cameras inside detention cells out as it could be seen as a violation of human rights, he added. 

Justice Minister General Paiboon Koomchaya has promised to take harsh action against any official found involved in Tawatchai's death if murder is confirmed.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-probe-possible-murder-in-DSI-custody-30294606.html

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-09-06

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

"Hospital director Rienthong Nanna later commented publicly that Tawatchai might have been killed by persons who wanted to defame the DSI and hurt the agency's credibility in other important cases. "

 

Wow!!! Just Wow!!!

 

How do they get away saying crap like this with a straight face? Must be a massive conspiracy to defame this upstanding institution. So, some outsider snuck into this supposedly secure facility and killed this guy without any of these elite highly trained specialists knowing, then faked the guys suicide for him? Then snuck back out?? WOW!!!!

[IAMHERE]

Hospital director Rienthong Nanna ; QUICK, somebody put this man on suicide watch. 

 

[Borzandy]

Noway, the Thai justice has already decided it was a suicide.

[performance]

I have decided to manufacture probes. A lucrative business. With all the <deleted> here. We will have small to large sizes available.

[elgordo38]

1 hour ago, IAMHERE said:

Hospital director Rienthong Nanna ; QUICK, somebody put this man on suicide watch. 

 

Must have rung the Gong on social media. As I said previously this investigation should go back to day one in crooked land transactions. Put the bribe offerers and receivers both in jail and any other little elves that helped him along the way and I am sure there were plenty. 

[greenchair]

Sommart nakwong might accidently fall out of a building , since he is so clumsy. 

Fancy there being bruising around the neck consistent with a wire or ligature apparatus, and a ruptured liver to boot. All because of long socks. 

Who wears  long socks in Thailand? 

[klauskunkel]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The DSI had not installed security cameras inside detention cells out as it could be seen as a violation of human rights, he added. 

And suggesting to install a camera outside the cell that could monitor who enters could be seen as mistrusting DSI's practices and is therefore just a breath away from a defamation charge...

[waldroj]

Two really big cases for the RTP at the one time (southern bombings and possible murder of person in DSI custody)!

Deciding how best to allocate resources - Which one will bring the most kudos?

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed. 

[silent]

1 hour ago, greenchair said:

Sommart nakwong might accidently fall out of a building , since he is so clumsy. 

Fancy there being bruising around the neck consistent with a wire or ligature apparatus, and a ruptured liver to boot. All because of long socks. 

Who wears  long socks in Thailand? 

 

Accidental death just the same if hanging was post mortem.

Edited September 6, 2016 by silent

[KBsinter]

And I suppose half of the nation will believe that outcome, beggers belief of the Infantile 

mentality here ,

But  I STILL LOVE IT HERE. must be the attraction,(infantile mentality) 

[Acharn]

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Mana said security guard Sommart Nakwong was watching over Tawatchai's cell on the day of his death.

Okay, so I'm clearly confused here. Although outside the regular chain of command, I thought the DSI were police officers. In the U.S., curiously enough, FBI agents are not police officers, and only have limited powers of arrest. Is that the case with DSI? Why are they employing a Security Guard to guard a cell where a prisoner is being held? Or is this a case of the difficulty of translating from Thai to English causes confusion? Or just a case of sloppily using a vernacular expression?

 

Also, the explanation for why there was no CCTV camera in the cell is very strange. Don't they have a duty to prevent prisoners from killing themselves? Is it such a rare occurrence that nobody could have expected it? Is this detention cell like a regular jail cell with a barred door that gives a guard outside the cell a clear view of the whole cell? The more I think about this the more the story stinks. Was this "detention room" regularly used for holding prisoners? Was it designed for that purpose? Is the term "cell" an accurate description of the nature of the "detention room?" Has any publication been allowed to publish a picture of the place? I don't understand how the door hinges could have been on the inside -- that would mean that the door opens inward, so a desperate prisoner could try to block or jam the door to prevent guards from coming in after him. The cells I've seen when visiting neighbors or relatives, and which we see sometimes in lakhorns on TV are not constructed that way. Does not compute.

Edited September 6, 2016 by Acharn

[SOTIRIOS]

...so who is calling the shots really...???

 

...wow.....

 

...unsettling......