All the police officers who were at the house of murder suspect, Praween Chanklai, aka “Kamnan Nok”, when one highway police officer was killed and another was injured, failed to tell the truth about the incident when they gave their statements to investigators.
Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief, told the media late last night (Thursday) that investigators have scrutinised all the files recovered from 13 CCTV servers at the house, compared them with the officers’ testimonies and discovered that they conflict.
“From the files, we saw what the officers were doing before and after the shooting. We saw who lied. To sum up, none of them told the truth,” said Surachate.
He said that some of the officers ran away after the shooting, while the others failed to apprehend the perpetrators, adding that there were many people at Praween’s house on the night of September 6, both police and civilians, and there were many firearms.
Besides the suspects already in custody and the over 15 police officers at the house who are under investigation, the deputy police chief said that more people are expected to be arrested.
Forensic officers are yet to recover files from two more servers, which may give investigators more evidence of what happened at the house.
Praween is currently being held for questioning, while the gunman was shot and killed by the police in Kanchanaburi last week while, reportedly, resisting arrest.
