Following the suicide report at 10 minutes past midnight, police found the body of Pol Senior Sgt-Major Narongsal Chalermsri, 52, who served as the Uthumphon Phisai precinct’s financial clerk, inside a restaurant toilet. A few minutes later a gunshot was heard and Chusak asked a subordinate to check at the toilet. Then another gunshot was heard, prompting the officers and other people in the restaurant to break down the toilet door. Police said they suspected that Narongsak might have been suffering from stress related to personal issues, which drove him to commit suicide. Police also interviewed the officers at the scene and checked their hands for gunpowder residue in front of public bystanders.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 12, 2017 07:52 UTC