14 face charges in Kamnan Nok case

Investigation will be overseen by CSD

According to the authorities, 14 police officers are facing dereliction of duty charges in connection with the murder of a bridge police officer this month in Nakhon Pathom.

The 14 police officers are under investigation for failing to assist two soldiers who were shot on September 6 at Praween Chankhlai’s home in Muang area, also known as Kamnan Nok, according to deputy federal police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn.

Shots were fired at two police officers, Pol Maj Sivakorn Saibua and Lt Col Wasin Panpee, both of whom worked for Highway Police Sub-Divistion 2. Following the shooting, Pol Maj Sivakorn passed away in the medical from his wounds.

He claimed that two officers admirals, deputy police investigators, and seven non-commissioned officers are among those who are accused. The two generals are Pol Col. Kritdaporn Chong-aksorn, the commander of Bangkok’s Phaya Thai stop, and the director of Nakhon Pathom station.

The Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) is handling the case against these officers, according to Pol Gen Surachate, adding that the investigation’s deputy commander of the Crime Suppression Division( CSD) has been delegated to Col. Anek Taosuphap.

The CSD has taken control of the research, according to Pol Col. Anek yesterday.

Before the officers decide on the charges, more information, including CCTV footage to ascertain what had actually occurred, may be gathered and compared with witness statements, he said.

A working commission has been established, he claimed, to examine the evidence. The committee is made up of the Muang Nakhon Pathom train, the Provincial Police Region 7, the CIB, and the CSD.

According to a policeman cause, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, the head of the national police, has ordered that the CIB be given access to all case files pertaining to the shooting so that it can be forwarded to CSD.

But, the Region 7 Provincial Police Bureau will be where witnesses are interrogated for violating the Criminal Code’s Section 157.

Meanwhile, the Department of Special Investigation ( DSI ) may take over Mr. Praween’s companies’ price fixing investigation.

His businesses are reputed to have secured funding for 1, 544 state initiatives.