DSI offers Bt1m bounty for each of seven cases

“The money will be paid to those who were present at the scene and can provide information leading to the arrest of killers,” DSI director general Tarit Pengdith said Wednesday.

He added that the DSI just wanted tip offs and would not put informers on the witness stand or involve them in the trial proceedings at any stage. 

The cases include the killing of Colonel Romklao Thuwatham and five soldiers during crowd-control operations on Rajdamnoen Avenue in April 2010 and the killing of Maj General Khattiya “Seh Daeng” Sawasdipol on Silom Road in May 2010.

Also included are deaths of foreign journalists Hiroyuki Muramoto and Fabio Polenghi; the M79 attack against Pol SgtMajor Witthaya Phromsamlee outside the UChuliang building and the gun attack on Pol Lance Corporal Kannupat Lertchanpen on Silom Road.
The seventh case in which information is being sought is the fatal shooting of conscripted soldier Narong Sara.