Six officers indicted over role in murder

The officers, attached to the Muang police station, were charged for the premeditated murder of Kiattisak Kiatbunkhrong and for concealing his body in July 2004. The Department of Special Investi-gation took the case over from the local police and recently ruled that the six officers had allegedly murdered the victim.

Kiattisak was found hanging in his prison cell in Roi Et province, a few days after being arrested over the theft of a motorcycle. Later his relatives lodged a complaint with DSI citing their suspicions over his death. The DSI later ruled that the victim had been murdered and recommended the Office of the Attorney General to prosecute the six officers.

The officers indicted are Pol Colonel Montree Sribunlue, Pol Lt-Colonels Sumit Nansathit and Samphao Indee, Pol Sr Sgt-Majors Angkhan Moolkhamna, Sutthinant Nonething and Phornsilp Uppanant. Three officers have been additionally charged with assisting others to escape prosecution. - The Nation