All 5 on boat with Tangmo face charges

[Nereus]

You couldn't make this up, although it appears some of them may of tried:
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All 5 on boat with Tangmo face charges

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ce-charges

All five people on the speedboat with TV actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong when she fell overboard to her death last Thursday night will likely face charges of negligence leading to death and giving false statements to the police, according to a police source.

Her five companions were: Idsarin "Gatick" Juthasuksawat, Tangmo's manager; Wisapat "Sand" Manomairat; Nitas "Job" Kiratisoothisathorn; Tanupat "Por" Lerttaweewit, the boat owner; and Phaiboon "Robert" Trikanjananun.

Mr Tanupat and Mr Phaiboon have already been charged with operating an unlicensed vessel and negligence leading to death.

New evidence emerged when the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) traced Mr Tanupat's phone and found he had admitted to one of several people he consulted via phone that Mr Phaiboon was driving the speedboat when Nida fell off, a source at the Provincial Police Region 1 said on Wednesday.

Due to his lack of experience in manoeuvring the boat, Mr Phaiboon reportedly lost control of the boat, which prompted Nida -- who was in the back of the boat -- to grab hold of Ms Wisapat for fear she would fall into the river, said the source.

Afraid she would also be dragged into the river, Ms Wisapat claims she shook her legs, causing Nida to fall overboard, resulting in Nida's right thigh being hit by a blade of the boat's propeller, said the source.

The police will summon all five to face charges of negligence leading to death and providing a false statement to investigators, said the source.

Another source who is a member of the Provincial Police Region 1's team probing the Nida case, said Mr Nitas had given a conflicting statement about how the boat was operated that night.

He was the only witness who told investigators the boat jerked suddenly, causing Nida to fall into the river, said the source.

Mr Phaiboon was the only one who failed to attend the police's reenactment of Thursday night's incident, using a speedboat of the same model. He claimed he was suffering from high blood pressure, said the source.

In another reenactment, the police plan to take the exact same boat on the river to simulate the trip in exactly the same manner as it happened that night, based on the GPS record they retrieved from the boat, said Pol Lt Gen Jirapat Phumjit, head of Provincial Police Region 1.

The boat will run at the same speeds and on the same course as it did that night, and the investigators will test a claim by those aboard that they didn't hear any sound when Nida fell overboard, he said.

More DNA tests from samples collected on the boat will be handed to investigators soon and more witnesses will be questioned in addition to the 12 already interrogated, he said.

The phones of all six aboard the boat have been sent to the TCSD to find more clues, the second source said.

[Nereus]

But not to worry, Laurel and Hardy have it under control:
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Divers find lost propeller from 'Tangmo' speedboat

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -speedboat

The propeller from the "Tangmo" case speedboat that police lost in the Chao Phraya during a re-enactment of the actress's death on Wednesday was retrieved from the river by divers on Thursday.

Scuba divers scoured the river bed in front of the NBC Boat Club, where the boat is stored, in Muang district, Nonthaburi, on Thursday morning.

It took them 20 minutes to find the propeller in the murky water, on the bottom about 8 metres below the surface.

Police lost the propeller there about 6pm on Wednesday as they began a re-enactment of the Cobalt speedboat's trip on the river on the night actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong fell overboard and drowned.

Tangmo, 37, fell into the Chao Phraya River near Pibul 1 pier in Muang district of Nonthaburi around 10.40pm last Thursday. Her body was found about 1pm on Saturday.

Police earlier detached the propeller for examination. On Wednesday they reattached it to the boat for the reenactment of the trip. But the propeller came off and sank into the depths as soon as the engine was started. It was reported the propeller was not properly locked on to the shaft.

Meanwhile, police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepchamnong on Thursday warned people not to post or forward any pictures of Tangmo’s body, out of respect for the late actress and her family's feelings.

According to the spokesman, this could amount to dishonouring a dead person under the Criminal Code, with violators liable to a maximum penalty of three months in prison and/or fine of 5,000 baht.

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The propellerless speedboat engine, during the stalled re-enactment on Wednesday evening. (Photo supplied)

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[buksida]

Thailand is obsessed with this story (as they are with these 'daras'), you wouldn't even think there is a war going on watching the news feeds in this country.

[handdrummer]

Thailand is obsessed with this story (as they are with these 'daras'), you wouldn't even think there is a war going on watching the news feeds in this country.

Thais are not concerned with foreign wars, especially if the perpetrator does business in or with Thailand.

"When your smiling, keep on smiling and the whole world smiles with you."

[bigston]

You would have thought with a surname that long there would have been something to hang on to...

[PeteC]

9 times our obsession with women’s deaths failed to change Thailand

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/features/9- ... -thailand/

[PeteC]

Prosecutors charge six suspects over actress Tangmo's death

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... gmos-death

Public prosecutors have indicted six suspects over the death by drowning of actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong on Feb 24.

Nonthaburi provincial prosecutors announced the decision on Wednesday, after having postponed it three times......

(List of charges against each at the link)