Bone DNA 'not a match with lawyer'
DNA extracted from a bone fragment - retrieved from the Mae Klong River in Ratchaburi's Ban Pong district last March - was initially found to not belong to the missing Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, a senior official said yesterday.
Pornthip Rojanasunan, acting director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS), said CIFS officials had compared the DNA extracted from one of three bone fragments with the DNA of Somchai's younger brother, but it was not a match. Officials would have to wait for the DNA test results of the other two bones that should be released within this week, she said. Officials took a blood sample from Somchai's elder sister for further comparison on Monday. As for the Department of Special Investigation's progress on Somchai's case, officers continue to summon witnesses in order to gather environmental evidence to make the case as complete as possible, a source said. They will also wait for the DNA test results for all three bone pieces and, if the DNA matches those of Somchai's, the officers would hold a meeting, the source added.
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