webfact Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Phuket former land officer hangs himself PHUKET: -- A former land officer in Phuket province has taken his own life at the custody of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) which is investigating encroachment of forest and national parks in Phuket by influential people and businessmen. DSI director-general Pol Col Paisit Wongmuang confirmed this morning that Mr Thawatchai Anukul, former land officer in Phuket, hanged himself in the DSI prison in Bangkok last night. The DSI chief said officials found him hanged himself with the shirt he wore while inspecting the order in the cells late last night. He was immediately rushed to a nearest hospital but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. He said the DSI officials were scheduled to escort the former land officer from the DSI cell to the Criminal Court this morning for permission to extend his detention period. The former land officer was accused of issuing land title deeds worth tens of thousands of baht to influential people and businessmen in Phuket and Phang Nga provinces. He said the exact cause of his death is still under examination by forensic police. But he said the former land officer faced several charges involving the illegal issuance of land ownership in forest reserves and national park areas in the two provinces. He was earlier sentenced in prison by provincial court and was also facing investigation of malfeasance by the DSI. He said initially he was believed to take his own life out of extreme stress from facing several charges. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/phuket-former-land-officer-hangs/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-08-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Not often we read news reports where land officials are held accountable ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Dead men don't talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomthai Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Now they got someone to blame everything on. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hung himself or helped a bit by unknown people. If he is dead he cannot spill the beans on people higher up the pecking order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, colinneil said: Hung himself or helped a bit by unknown people. If he is dead he cannot spill the beans on people higher up the pecking order. We may as well just remove the term "Suicide" from all TVF News articles before posting them because everybody treats it as a synonym for homicide anyway. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Selling land parcels in National Forests to influential people? I bet this was a guy very unhappy with the Junta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Tens of thousands of bath? That must have been decades ago then. Nowerdays you wouldn't get a piece of swamp behind a pig farm for that kind of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I wonder if these influential people will ever be names or brought to any kind of justice? I am taking bets now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageurreotype Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 In other news he hung himself with his socks tied together. Good grief do get your story straight. The word 'suicide' was posted in quotes also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 22 minutes ago, ALLSEEINGEYE said: I wonder if these influential people will ever be names or brought to any kind of justice? I am taking bets now. Never ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The only surprise here is the missing statement he committed suicide as a victim of a love triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 ...suicide.....??? ...gotta wonder who might have wanted him dead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 minute ago, SOTIRIOS said: ...suicide.....??? ...gotta wonder who might have wanted him dead.... Jesus. How do you ever build up the courage to walk outside your home? You see murderers everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 2 hours ago, ALLSEEINGEYE said: I wonder if these influential people will ever be names or brought to any kind of justice? I am taking bets now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 2 hours ago, ClutchClark said: Jesus. How do you ever build up the courage to walk outside your home? You see murderers everywhere You're right of course, how could any reasonable person ever think that it might be a bit shonky for a material witness to be murdered before he gives evidence against some suspected hi-so's? Of course he wore special stretch socks just so he could commit suicide whenever he felt like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 6 hours ago, eisfeld said: Tens of thousands of bath? But he was the cleanest man in the prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave0206 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Very lucky land officer to be able to secure a cell on his own! To enable him to end his own life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 land deeds worth "tens of thousands of baht" ... wow, so cheap.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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