Thailand
CNN
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Thai police say they’re investigating whether or not a girl arrested this week on suspicion of murdering her buddy with cyanide might have finished the identical to a minimum of 12 different victims in a spate of killings that has transfixed the dominion.
The suspect, who police have recognized solely by the identify Am, was arrested on Tuesday for the alleged homicide of Siriporn Kanwong, Deputy Nationwide Police Commissioner Gen. Surachate Hakparn advised CNN.
Siriporn was final seen on CCTV footage with Am earlier than she fainted and died, and an post-mortem later discovered traces of cyanide in her system, Surachate mentioned.
Am’s lawyer, Thannicha Akesuwannawat, advised native media Thairath TV on Wednesday that her consumer denies any involvement in Siriporn’s dying.
“She has [an] clarification, with proof in hand,” Thannicha mentioned, declining to elaborate additional citing authorized causes.
Investigators are actually trying into a minimum of 12 different suspected homicide instances the place the victims had hyperlinks to Am and comparable causes of dying, mentioned Surachate. CNN has tried to achieve Am’s lawyer for a response to these allegations.
Surachate mentioned one girl who was allegedly focused by Am got here ahead to authorities after information of her arrest broke.
The person advised police she was poisoned in 2020 however was capable of make it to a hospital the place medical doctors resuscitated her and in addition discovered cyanide in her system, he mentioned.
Surachate mentioned the witness was too afraid to file a case in opposition to Am on the time as a result of the accused is the spouse of a senior police officer, however she gained braveness after listening to concerning the different alleged instances.
Within the probably linked instances at present being investigated by police, all of the victims ate or drank with Am within the run as much as their deaths.
“After they ate collectively or drank one thing collectively, later they had been useless,” Surachate mentioned. Investigators imagine the killings might have had a monetary motive, primarily money owed. “She owed cash to many individuals,” Surachate mentioned.
Press photographs confirmed Am sporting a face masks whereas being led into courtroom by police in Bangkok on Wednesday. She was remanded in custody whereas police examine the allegations.
The case has generated enormous native media curiosity this week in Thailand and has prompted others to return ahead to authorities with their suspicion that their family members can also be victims.
