'Uniformed man killed Akeyuth'

Suwat also announced that he was withdrawing from the case as he wasn’t being paid and received death threats on a daily basis. 

When Santiphap asked to meet Suwat at the Bangkok Remand Prison, Suwat sent another lawyer on his behalf. The suspect then allegedly told the lawyer that Akeyuth’s murder was not a simple robbery but an assassination in exchange for Bt3 million. 

Suwat cited Santiphap as saying he had tried to kill Akeyuth twice before but failed, hence the person who hired them had a “uniformed person” kill the businessman using a “special method”. 

The lawyer went on to say that he had asked city police chief Pol Lt-General Camronwit Toopgrajank and investigators how Akeyuth’s murder could be considered a robbery when the culprits reportedly threw the valuables in the river. He also asked how the hard disk of security camera in the businessman’s house could have gone missing. 

Meanwhile, Metropolitan Police deputy chief Anuchai Lekbumrung insisted that the investigators were working on the case based on the evidence present and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) could hand in any useful information it might have. He also pointed out that the investigation team’s results did not contradict the NHRC’s results, adding that the police was ready to provide explanations. Insisting that the police had enough evidence to prosecute the four suspects in police custody and that the case was a robbery, he said the team would present its results to the public prosecutor this week. Anuchai also said he had not heard about Akeyuth’s relatives being unhappy with the investigation and that they planned to ask the Central Investiga-tion Bureau take over the case, adding that they were within their right.