DSI not given Santika inferno case

Deputy PM Suthep Thaugsuban presided over the committee's monthly meeting yesterday, at which they considered 21 cases proposed for the DSI to take over. The cases include the Santika Pub inferno, the Rohingya people, the 6,000rai encroachment in Ratchaburi's Suan Phung district and the 253rai encroachment in Kamphaeng Phet province's Mae Raka national forest reserve. At the meeting, DSI also reported investigation results in 502 cases, of which 353 have been completed, while 149 are still continuing.

At the meeting, the panel only handed the Rohingya and Mae Raka cases over to the DSI.

Also yesterday, deputy police commissionergeneral Jongrak Chuthanont told the committee how far the police had gone with its investigation into the Santika fire, adding that if the case was taken over by the DSI, they would have to start the probe over again. So, the Special Cases Committee decided against handing the case over to the DSI, and let the police continue with their investigation.