Complaint lodged against police doctor's lawyer

Sawang Numjui spoke after filing three criminal charges against lawyer Pholthep Suwannawichian with Tha Mai Ruak police in Phetchaburi.
He said Pholthep’s statement that Samart, Sawang’s son, and his wife Orasa Kerdsab fled to Myanmar because of crimes committed in Thailand was a lie, or indicated he knew the whereabouts of the couple, who have been missing for three years.
Pholthep has represented Pol Colonel Dr Supat Laohawatthana, who has been charged with restraining people’s freedom, theft, and possessing stolen items along with Wilsa Jantharabanchorn, the doctor’s wife who is on the run, after three bodies were found on his farm in Phetchaburi. The lawyer has been accused of the same three offences, and defamation.
Sawang said it was not possible his son and Orasa had gone abroad, as their vehicle was parked at an abandoned house of Supat in Bangkok, while their young children remained with great grandparents. “If Samart and Orasa had actually been to Myanmar, whether on their intent or against their will, Pholthep must also be responsible for them going missing for three years, equally to Supat.
“If it is not true, the lawyer must be made responsible for his false statement, possibly given at the order of Supat to confuse police or undermine the investigation into the disappearance [of Samart and Orasa],” Sawang said.
Tha Mai Ruak police chief Pol Cololnel Phichai Pokpong said Pholthep would be scheduled soon to meet with police over his statement about Samart and Orasa being alive and fleeing to Myanmar.
Police completed a sixth search at Supat’s farm yesterday, which turned up skeletal remains of two animals. Meanwhile, police are seeking to identify three human bodies found earlier, after DNA-based tests found that they were not Samart or Orasa.