PUBLISHED : 19 Dec 2023 at 04:14
The Metropolitan Police Division (MPD) 4 has established an investigation panel into the death of a doctorate student who fatally fell from an apartment building in the Chokchai Si area.
Ekkaphob Luangprasert, an adviser to the Interior Minister, on Monday accompanied the student’s father, who was identified only as Somchai, to track the case investigation process with Chokchai Police Station superintendent Pol Col Sretthaphan Srisakorn.
Mr Somchai’s daughter, a 27-year-old doctorate student identified only as Arphaporn, fell to her death from her balcony on the sixth floor of the apartment on Sunday. She was frightened by a drunk man who banged on the door of her room at 4am, prompting her to climb out of a window to escape before falling to her death.
The suspect told investigators that an apartment cleaner had wrongfully told him about the owner of a motorcycle parked in a parking space reserved for him that night.
According to Pol Col Sretthaphan, the suspect is now being accused of resident invasion at night, frightening others, and making a commotion.
In addition to the panel established by MPD 4, the police will review CCTV footage and speak with more witnesses.
Pol Col Sretthaphan added that additional investigation is needed to determine if the apartment manager’s alleged attempt to assist the suspect leaving the scene at the time was a criminal act.
The family of the dead woman is expected to receive more than 100,000 baht in compensation as per the law, said Pol Col Sretthaphan.
Meanwhile, the apartment cleaner claimed that the suspect was one of the apartment residents, not the husband of the apartment manager, as had been previously reported.
Regarding the incident, she said the suspect is usually not a violent person.
She said that he felt sad about the incident. The manager had told the suspect to move out of the apartment due to his “dangerous personality”. She said neither the apartment manager nor her helped the suspect flee the scene.