12 September 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
According to a policeman source, Pol Col. Vachira Yaothaisong, the commander of Highway Police sub-division 2, shot himself to death yesterday at his residence in the Lam Luk Ka area of Pathum Thani province.
He served as Pol Maj Sivakorn Saibua’s direct officer when he was killed last Wednesday by a gunman in the Muang region of Nakhon Pathom at Praween Chankhlai, also known as Kamnan Nok.
One of the 25 police who attended the group and was under investigation was Vachira, 44.
Although the cause of his apparent death was not immediately clear, it is known that he was upset by the highly publicized shooting’s consequence.
He was identified as the caller who instructed Sivakorn to visit Mr. Praween’s home, where he was later allegedly murdered by Thananchai, also known as” Nong” Manmak.
After learning of Vachira’s passing, acting chief of the Highway Police Division and deputy national police captain Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol went to his house.
After Sivakorn’s passing, Vachira reportedly sought care at Phramongkutklao Hospital for stress and depression.
He was enrolled in Police Academy Class 55 and Class 39 of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School.
He started his officers job in the Si Rattana city of Si Sa Ket state after graduating in 2002.
Vachira was moved to the specific activities section of the Crime Suppression Division in 2014 before joining the Highway Police Division.
Monday, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin gave the Royal Thai Police( RTP) the go-ahead to launch a thorough research into the Mr. Praween situation.
In order to inform Mr. Srettha of Vachira’s passing and update him on the Sivakorn death investigation, National Police Chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas met him in parliament.
As more evidence is required and the investigation is still ongoing, Pol Gen Damrongsak stated that it cannot yet be determined whether Vachira’s dying was truly a case of suicide.
Vachira may have committed suicide, according to Deputy Chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, but he was known to be unhappy after being looked into in relation to the death of his subordinate.
At the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases of Region 7 in Samut Songkram, six soldiers who were detained on Sunday for allowing Mr. Praween and the shooter to flee are currently being held. Bail was not issued.
In the midst of the fallout from Sivakorn’s death yesterday, Pol Maj Gen Jakkrit Kruasunthornwanich, the municipal police chief of Nakhon Pathom, and the Muang place captain, Col Phuphon Thapcharoen, were moved to Provincial Police Region 7 office.
The first day of Pol Maj Sivakorn’s mercilessly sponsored death was also monday.