Red shirt protestor killed by soldiers' bullets, inquest concludes
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A Criminal Court inquest concluded on Monday that a redshirt protester was killed by bullets fired by soldiers on May 15, 2010.
The inquest concluded that Charnnarong Polsriwala, a member of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), was killed in gunfire by troops who were carrying out an operation under the orders of the Centre for Resolution of the Emergency Situation.
Charnnarong was shot in front of a petrol station on Rangnam Road. He was hit with .223 bullets in his stomach. The bullets caused tears in his intestines. The .223 bullets could only have been fired from M16, Travo or HK33 assault rifles.
The court said it could not be established which particular guns had fired the fatal bullets. But testimony from witnesses could establish that the bullets were fired from the side of troops, although the inquest was unable to ascertain to which agency the troops were assigned.
Suriyan Polsrila, Charnnarong’s widow, said the conclusion was not unexpected. She said she was consulting lawyers on filing a lawsuit against the previous government for compensation over the death.
