A detention room on the sixth floor of the Department of Special Investigation building where Thawatchai Anukul was found dead on Aug 29, 2016. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)The Criminal Court has ruled out suicide in the mysterious death of a former Land Department official detained at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) last year. The court said it found Thawatchai Anukul, a former official of the land offices in Phangnga and Phuket, had been killed. Thawatchai was accused of dereliction of duty over his alleged involvement in the issuance of land ownership documents in Phuket and Phangnga. The alleged land fraud included Layan beach in Phuket’s Thalang district and part of Hat Thai Mueang-Khao Lampi National Park in Phangnga in the 1990s.

Source: Bangkok Post August 04, 2017 10:41 UTC