PHUKET: Police have asked the court for 33 arrest warrants over the Phuket riot and will seek more, the Phuket Police Commander, Major General Pachara Boonyasit, told Phuketwan today.
''Most of the cases for which we have clear evidence involve destruction of property and carry penalties of 10, 15 or 20 years,'' he said. The number of wanted people is expected to grow, the commander added.
News of the mass pursuits came as the daughter of a man who died still needing urgent medical attention after an ambulance was turned back by rioters said she plans to sue the perpetrators.
Narttaya Sriinn, 35, said today that she was still traumatised from the death of her father, Chean Choosri, 73, as hundreds of rioters besieged Thalang Police Station and swarmed across Phuket's main road, stopping traffic.
''I was in the ambulance with my father and the nurses were giving him cpr when we were stopped,'' she said.
An ambulanceman said Khun Narttaya got out of the ambulance, waied the protesters, and said 'Please, please, my father is seriously ill, Please let us through, i beg you.'
''After being held up and not allowed to go through for 20 minutes, the ambulance was forced to turn back and take the round-about route,'' Khun Narttaya said.
''My father's condition deteriorated so, instead of going on to Bangkok Phuket Hospital, we opted to try to save his life at Thalang Hospital.
''That's where he died,'' Khun Narthaya said, rejecting the comment by a senior doctor in krabi who said her father died under surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket.
''There is no doubt in my mind that the rioting protesters contributed to his death.
''Once the criminal cases have been resolved, i intend to sue those responsible for stopping the ambulance for damages.''
The pair had gone to Krabi Hospital when Khun Chean had trouble breathing on Saturday night. He was diagnosed with a narrowed artery and sent to Phuket, with nurses performing cpr along the way.
The extra time involved in the delay with the protesters blocking the ambulance and the round-about route the ambulance was forced to take cost her father's life, Khun Nartthaya believes.
Mystery still surrounds the reason why it took 15 hours to quell the riot, with Army troops arriving after a five-hour trip from another province.
''Most of the cases for which we have clear evidence involve destruction of property and carry penalties of 10, 15 or 20 years,'' he said. The number of wanted people is expected to grow, the commander added.
News of the mass pursuits came as the daughter of a man who died still needing urgent medical attention after an ambulance was turned back by rioters said she plans to sue the perpetrators.
Narttaya Sriinn, 35, said today that she was still traumatised from the death of her father, Chean Choosri, 73, as hundreds of rioters besieged Thalang Police Station and swarmed across Phuket's main road, stopping traffic.
''I was in the ambulance with my father and the nurses were giving him cpr when we were stopped,'' she said.
An ambulanceman said Khun Narttaya got out of the ambulance, waied the protesters, and said 'Please, please, my father is seriously ill, Please let us through, i beg you.'
''After being held up and not allowed to go through for 20 minutes, the ambulance was forced to turn back and take the round-about route,'' Khun Narttaya said.
''My father's condition deteriorated so, instead of going on to Bangkok Phuket Hospital, we opted to try to save his life at Thalang Hospital.
''That's where he died,'' Khun Narthaya said, rejecting the comment by a senior doctor in krabi who said her father died under surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket.
''There is no doubt in my mind that the rioting protesters contributed to his death.
''Once the criminal cases have been resolved, i intend to sue those responsible for stopping the ambulance for damages.''
The pair had gone to Krabi Hospital when Khun Chean had trouble breathing on Saturday night. He was diagnosed with a narrowed artery and sent to Phuket, with nurses performing cpr along the way.
The extra time involved in the delay with the protesters blocking the ambulance and the round-about route the ambulance was forced to take cost her father's life, Khun Nartthaya believes.
Mystery still surrounds the reason why it took 15 hours to quell the riot, with Army troops arriving after a five-hour trip from another province.
..and I hope the daughter rakes them over the coals with her lawsuit
Posted by sky on October 16, 2015 17:32