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CCTV footage of killing still not handed in
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- WITNESSES to the extrajudicial killing of a young Lahu activist in Chiang Mai say they are afraid of being threatened, while CCTV footage taken at the scene of incident, which is the prime evidence in the case, still has not been handed over to police.

 

The Centre for Protection and Revival of Local Community Rights (CPCR) will hold a press conference today with representatives from Chiang Mai University highlighting what they say is a lack of progress in the inquiry into of the killing of Chaiyapoom Pasae, an 18-year-old ethnic Lahu man.

 

“From what we know, not just the CCTV footage but the results of forensic tests have not yet been given to police investigator,” CPCR director Sumitchai Hattasan said yesterday.

 

The press conference at 1pm today at Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Social Science, which organised the event along with the university’s Legal Research and Development Centre and the CPCR, will push for a transparent and thorough investigation.

 

“We hope to send a message that everyone should help ensure police investigators can work independently and transparently,” Sumitchai said, apparently out of fear over interviews given by senior figures in defence of the soldier who pulled the trigger.

 

Chaiyapoom was shot dead at a military checkpoint in Chiang Dao a month ago. The military claim he was carrying more than 2,800 meth-amphetamine pills and threatened soldiers with a knife and a hand grenade, so he was shot him in “self-defence”.

 

Cross Culture Foundation lawyer Preeda Nakphew, a supporter of Chaiyapoom pushing for a thorough investigation, said recently there had not been much progress in the case as witnesses were concerned about their safety if they tell the truth.

 

“I have talked with the witnesses in this case and the family members of Chaiyapoom, and they expressed concerns about their security and worry about threats from military officers if they speak the truth from their side,” Preeda said.

 

He said he could not identify the witnesses because of security reasons, but all civilian witnesses that he had talked to insist that Chaiyapoom was unarmed and had been beaten before he was shot to death.

 

However, Chiang Mai Police deputy commander Pol Colonel Mongkol Samparaphon said there had not been any threats against witnesses and authorities could ensure their safety.

 

Mongkol said police were close to finishing the gathering of evidence for the case, as almost all witnesses had been questioned and the final results of the autopsy had been delivered. “Unfortunately, we cannot disclose the details of our interrogations or the autopsy results, because it would affect the case, but I can assure [the public] that the police have gathered many good pieces of evidence,” he said.

 

He admitted that police still did not have the surveillance camera footage from the scene, which purportedly shows soldiers conducting a search of Chaiyapoom’s car. “We tried to contact the military twice, asking them to send a copy of the footage to us as evidence in the case, but the military still did not send it and I cannot disclose the reason why they have refused to hand in the footage,” he said.

 

Preeda said had been trying to gather evidence along with police to find the truth about the incident. “Right now the most important evidence is the CCTV footage that captured the scene at the military checkpoint, which has been kept secret in military hands. We demand that the Army hand it over to the police and disclose it to the public,” he said.

 

“It is against the principle of human rights to kill anyone like this, so our goal is to find the truth about the case and if the soldiers’ action was too excessive.”

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30313129

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-24

 

[edwinchester]

I can think of one very good reason the cctv has not been handed over to the investigators.

[yellowboat]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“I have talked with the witnesses in this case and the family members of Chaiyapoom, and they expressed concerns about their security and worry about threats from military officers if they speak the truth from their side,” Preeda said.

There is only one truth.  If it goes unspoken, injustice prevails. 

[wakeupplease]

“It is against the principle of human rights to kill anyone like this, so our goal is to find the truth about the case and if the soldiers’ action was too excessive.”

 

Very True But

 

That means JackS>>> here and we all know it

[worgeordie]

They need more time to "correct",parts of the CCTV footage,

regards worgeordie

[Sooo Upto Me]

And yet another cover up by the military or RTP.  

R.I.P poor kid

[darksidedog]

You can guarantee 100% if the video showed what the army wants us to believe, it would have been released immediately. The only possible explanation for its non release, is that it clearly does not back up their account at all. Given the time they have had it and editing techniques today, I would no longer trust it anyway.

[AGareth2]

Sadly it will be "lost"

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

And the anger increase each day at the injustice that is cloaked in a uniform. Fear can be used as a tool for oppression but at a certain stage fear becomes the normal and then it loses its cutting edge. When that stage is reached there will be no return.

[docshock13]

1 hour ago, AGareth2 said:

Sadly it will be "lost"

In the same place as the Peoples Party plaque. 

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

CCTV footage of killing still not handed in

all this time has passed and the army still hasn't come up with a plausible way to lose the recording... when they do speak thru their collective mouth piece, I am sure that explanation will rival the splitting of the atom.

[jerojero]

Tapes are in the same place as the Bangkok 1932 plaque. Gone!

[joebrown]

2 hours ago, docshock13 said:

In the same place as the Peoples Party plaque. 

and a load of CCTV footage from the Koh Tao murders 'investigation'.

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[lvr181]

Memo to RTP

 

SEIZE the CCTV footage and the forensic results as evidence!   STOP with the stupid waiting games! 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2017 by lvr181
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[Khon Kaen Dave]

Sounds to me, that there could be a 'famous face' on the tape?

[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

while CCTV footage taken at the scene of incident, which is the prime evidence in the case, still has not been handed over to police.

 

RIP young fella I hope they did not put it in the mail. 

[elgordo38]

57 minutes ago, lvr181 said:

Memo to RTP

 

SEIZE the CCTV footage and the forensic results as evidence!   STOP with the stupid waiting games! 

 

 

There are more moves and prostrations in this investigation than in the "Chicken Dance"

[sandemara]

People seem to have forgotten that the esteemed leader has a democratic heart - he said so just last week. I'm sure his word and thoughts will carry significant weight  with his military compatriots delaying and filibustering on essential evidence. If he puts the word in through his network I'm sure those under investigation will do exactly as he directs. With alacrity and  enthusiasm.

[lvr181]

9 hours ago, sandemara said:

People seem to have forgotten that the esteemed leader has a democratic heart - he said so just last week. I'm sure his word and thoughts will carry significant weight  with his military compatriots delaying and filibustering on essential evidence. If he puts the word in through his network I'm sure those under investigation will do exactly as he directs. With alacrity and  enthusiasm.

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