Family seeks action against Phuket protesters
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THE family of a man who died after protesters blocked his ambulance while on the way to a Phuket hospital will pursue legal action against the protesters.
Police, meanwhile, sought a court order for warrants to arrest 33 protesters for alleged involvement in rioting last weekend when Thalang Police Station was damaged and many vehicles burnt.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of Thalang Police Station last Saturday night and early Sunday morning in anger at what they claimed was excessive use of power by police that resulted in the death of two young men.
Some of the protesters blocked roads in Thalang district, which caused some passengers to miss their flights at Phuket Airport and some flights to be delayed.
Nattaya Sri-in, the daughter of Chian Srichu, 73, said her father suffered from chest pain and breathing difficulties in his home in nearby Krabi province on the night of October 11 and doctors at a Krabi hospital recommended that he be transferred to Bangkok Phuket Hospital. She said the ambulance carrying her father to Phuket was blocked twice at separate locations, delaying the trip.
Her father’s condition worsened in the meanwhile, forcing her to have him admitted to Thalang Hospital instead, where he was pronounced dead.
