PHUKET: Representatives of the family of a tourist who plunged to his death from a bungy jump on Phuket met yesterday with lawyers acting for the owners of the Patong facility.
The meeting took place at Kathu Police Station in Patong with the key piece of evidence - the bungy cord and leg bindings - still in the hands of forensic police in Bangkok.
Eight weeks have passed since the tragedy on May 27 with no charges laid yet in connection with the young man's death.
Abdullah Adel Kadhmbahman, 25, from Kuwait, bounced back up once attached to the cable after making the 55-metre leap. Then his legs broke free from the elastic bond. Instead of crashing safely into a target pond directly below the tower, he hit the ground nearby, breaking his neck.
The delay in achieving a forensics report on the bungy cord and bindings means that there have been no charges over the tourist's needless death, even though the World Bungee Jump ran for 13 years as an unregistered business with no insurance.
At least one lawyer travelled from Bangkok for yesterday's meeting on behalf of the family. A visit to the scene of the tragedy was also planned, even though the bungy tower has since been demolished and the owners of the property plan to put it to other use.
It became clear at yesterday's meeting that the figure of 300,000 baht, mentioned as possible compensation in a contract said to have been signed by the young man from Kuwait before undertaking his first jump, is not likely to be enough to satisfy his family.
Questions are also being asked about the efficiency of forensics work in the Royal Thai Police. Eight weeks have passed and charges have yet to be laid.
Officers involved in the continuing trial on Samui of Burmese workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun for the murders of British tourists David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, at nearby Koh Tao in September have also been unable to explain why so much DNA forensic evidence has been ''used up'' in processing.
In the Phuket investigation, no rationale has been presented for the long delay in production of results of tests on the bungy elastic and leg restraints.
British woman Kleyo De Abreu, 23, was killed on Tuesday in Lanjaron, Granada, when she plunged from a bungy on a bridge and struck an ancient Roman bridge underneath, according to Spanish police.
The meeting took place at Kathu Police Station in Patong with the key piece of evidence - the bungy cord and leg bindings - still in the hands of forensic police in Bangkok.
Eight weeks have passed since the tragedy on May 27 with no charges laid yet in connection with the young man's death.
Abdullah Adel Kadhmbahman, 25, from Kuwait, bounced back up once attached to the cable after making the 55-metre leap. Then his legs broke free from the elastic bond. Instead of crashing safely into a target pond directly below the tower, he hit the ground nearby, breaking his neck.
The delay in achieving a forensics report on the bungy cord and bindings means that there have been no charges over the tourist's needless death, even though the World Bungee Jump ran for 13 years as an unregistered business with no insurance.
At least one lawyer travelled from Bangkok for yesterday's meeting on behalf of the family. A visit to the scene of the tragedy was also planned, even though the bungy tower has since been demolished and the owners of the property plan to put it to other use.
It became clear at yesterday's meeting that the figure of 300,000 baht, mentioned as possible compensation in a contract said to have been signed by the young man from Kuwait before undertaking his first jump, is not likely to be enough to satisfy his family.
Questions are also being asked about the efficiency of forensics work in the Royal Thai Police. Eight weeks have passed and charges have yet to be laid.
Officers involved in the continuing trial on Samui of Burmese workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun for the murders of British tourists David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, at nearby Koh Tao in September have also been unable to explain why so much DNA forensic evidence has been ''used up'' in processing.
In the Phuket investigation, no rationale has been presented for the long delay in production of results of tests on the bungy elastic and leg restraints.
British woman Kleyo De Abreu, 23, was killed on Tuesday in Lanjaron, Granada, when she plunged from a bungy on a bridge and struck an ancient Roman bridge underneath, according to Spanish police.
Sometimes I wonder how it must feel to be a thai police officer, and read day in, day out to be criticized for not doing good and normal police work.
Posted by Kurt on July 24, 2015 09:23