Witness against killer cops wants protection
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A witness in a case in which police were convicted of the extra-judicial killing of a Kalasin teenager yesterday asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for protection, as she believed her life was still in danger even though the lower court f
Pikul Phromchan, an aunt of 17-year-old accused thief Kiatisak Thitboonkrong, who was killed by police during Thaksin Shinawatra’s anti-drug war in 2004, asked DSI chief Tharit Pengdit to extend her protection. Normally, witness protection ends once a court has ruled in a case. Pikul reasoned that, besides the murder of Kiatisak, she was a witness in other related cases that were ongoing, and as she and relatives were key witnesses, they might be harmed. Tharit said he would consider the request.
