PHUKET: Police have so far obtained a total of 66 arrest warrants from the Phuket Provincial Court over a 15-hour riot at a holiday island police station.
Names of those on the wanted list will be released soon, the Deputy Commander of Royal Thai Police, Major General Chalermkiat Sriworakan, said in Bangkok.
The arrest warrants relate mainly to young men who live in the Thalang district around the police station that was besieged by hundreds of people. Windows and signs were smashed, cars were torched.
The anarchy only ended with the arrival of 200 soldiers from another province at 3.30am the following morning
The deaths of two your local men in a motorcycle crash during a police pursuit provoked the anger that turned a peaceful protest into a mob rebellion that blocked the main road to Phuket's airport.
''This week we have waited for the families to finish the funerals before moving to arrest those people involved in the riot,'' Major General Chalermkiat said.
''We have the investigation committee established and the family will be able to find out the facts of the investigation.
''We will give justice to the family and also the policemen involved.''
Major General Chalermkiat said the four police officers involved in the original incident involving the deaths of the two men had already been moved off the island.
A separate, independent investigation is taking placed into the circumstances of the deaths of the two men.
Names of those on the wanted list will be released soon, the Deputy Commander of Royal Thai Police, Major General Chalermkiat Sriworakan, said in Bangkok.
The arrest warrants relate mainly to young men who live in the Thalang district around the police station that was besieged by hundreds of people. Windows and signs were smashed, cars were torched.
The anarchy only ended with the arrival of 200 soldiers from another province at 3.30am the following morning
The deaths of two your local men in a motorcycle crash during a police pursuit provoked the anger that turned a peaceful protest into a mob rebellion that blocked the main road to Phuket's airport.
''This week we have waited for the families to finish the funerals before moving to arrest those people involved in the riot,'' Major General Chalermkiat said.
''We have the investigation committee established and the family will be able to find out the facts of the investigation.
''We will give justice to the family and also the policemen involved.''
Major General Chalermkiat said the four police officers involved in the original incident involving the deaths of the two men had already been moved off the island.
A separate, independent investigation is taking placed into the circumstances of the deaths of the two men.
Let's hope that 66 warrants equals 66 arrests and successful prosecution of those guilty parties. Well done BIB.
Posted by Discover Thainess on October 28, 2015 23:26