PUBLISHED: 19 Jul 2024 at 05: 37
Police are looking into the supply of the cyanide used to kill six Taiwanese people at a hotel in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong neighborhood earlier this week.
Police are looking into whether the poison was imported into the region or purchased directly, according to Metropolitan Police Bureau Division 5 commander Pol Maj Gen Witthawat Chinkham.
He claimed that before making a decision to contact people in for further questioning, authorities are awaiting the results of all investigative testing.
Officers were attempting to speak with the younger girl of one of the six victims as well. On July 10, she made her way to Vietnam.
Chanchai Sittipunt, chairman of Chulalongkorn Hospital, said on Thursday that investigations on the body of the six deceased had been completed.
He stated that the family may be permitted to come pick up the items if the police do not request any more data.
Police believe Sherine Chong, one of the six persons found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday night, poisoned the others before killing herself, with a significant debt problem as the possible cause.
Prior to the incident, Lumpini police station’s research chief, Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thumsuthee, claimed that officers had interrogated the daughter of one of the sufferers as well as other witnesses.
Their transactions were important, he said.
” The situation likely branches from a debt problem. There are no other alternatives. Because they were the only ones who entered the room, the blame is one of the six who have died. There were no individuals”, Pol Maj Gen Theeradet said.
The six were discovered dead on Tuesday night in a place on the second floor of the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok.
Two of the people were citizens of the United States, and the other two were Taiwanese.
The room’s next door was booked by a sixth Taiwanese resident. She was allegedly one of the victims ‘ younger sisters, according to police.
The girl left the country on July 10 and was doubtful to have been involved in the incidents.
Kornkiat Vongpaisarnsin, chairman of the examination heart at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine, recently said an preliminary search of the body samples of the six deceased had detected poison.
According to a police source, Tien Thang Pham, one of the six dead’s past spouses, had been questioned by researchers at Lumpini police stop on Wednesday.
The gentleman was reportedly on a trip to Japan and had a video call with his ex-wife before the deaths took place.
Sherine, who had been given American citizen, was likewise reportedly in contact with law enforcement in the United States for more information.
More than ten years ago, it was discovered that various Asian residents in San Francisco had complained to the police.
They claimed she defrauded them by claiming she may help them obtain American citizen in exchange for money.
However, according to the source, American prosecutors finally decided to drop the circumstance against her.