Supat to be sacked from Police Hospital

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Supat to be sacked from Police Hospital

Published: 24 Sep 2012 at 00.00
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Police General Hospital doctor Supat Laohawattana will be dismissed from the hospital after he was arrested and accused of murdering at least four people, hospital director Jongjate Aojanepong said Sunday.

Relatives of a couple allegedly killed by Pol Col Supat Laohawattana, a Police General Hospital doctor, pictured inside his cell, hold placards opposing his release on bail at Tha Mai Ruak police station in Phetchaburi where he was held Sunday. PHOTOS BY TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD

Police took Pol Col Supat, who was arrested in Phetchaburi's Cha-am district on Saturday evening, from the Provincial Police Region 7 in Nakhon Pathom to Tha Mai Ruak police station in Phetchaburi at 2.30am yesterday.

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hyponeros
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Discussion 16 : 25 Sep 2012 at 10.1916
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@ Discussion 15:
What you are saying is non-sense. Those cops convicted of murder having nothing to lose and everything to win to kill again! They did it one time (at least) they can do it again and there is no logic behind their release.
The kid that was killed was a human being and therefore had the right to live. Nothing can justify his killing!
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Discussion 15 : 24 Sep 2012 at 15.5415
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@ Discussion 2 and 6 Even the so called killer cops were not as dangerous as a serial killer, which this case appears to be. Their killing was just one of many extrajudicial killings than happened during Thaksin's silly drug war, so to some degree so long as they are not working as cops, they are not dangerous. I also doubt very much that the kid they supposedly killed was exactly an innocent victim or an asset to society.
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Discussion 14 : 24 Sep 2012 at 14.4614
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All the mentioned charges by Tha Mai Ruak police chief against the suspect seemed to be minor and does not constitute any capital offences !!!
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Discussion 13 : 24 Sep 2012 at 12.4413
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Have they checked his assets to see if he is unusualy rich or frozen them I doubt it, he will probable get bail and flee to Cambodia, Thailand gets more like Gaddafi's Libya every day
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Discussion 12 : 24 Sep 2012 at 12.2112
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First: You make a tough statement, arrest someone, tell the media you will be enforcing the law to the maximum.
Second: You get media coverage and everyone applauds your tough stand.
Third: You actually do nothing at all and leave it as it was, no one asks a question, the media had their frontpage news, money changes hands and everyone and everything goes on as before. Thai justice and politics in 2012
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Discussion 11 : 24 Sep 2012 at 12.0211
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Apart from the rights or wrongs you are arrested, questioned and if the evidence is there charged.That is that how it should work.Bail is considered and if the prosecution put up a better case than the defending council for his retention then bail is refused on the grounds then the suspect,and that is all he is at this stage of the game,is a danger to the public and he is locked up until his trial.
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Discussion 10 : 24 Sep 2012 at 11.1710
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Aren't the police jumping the gun by dismissing him? I certainly don't want him released on bail, but standard procedure requires he be proven guilty before he can be treated as such. If he is, then throw the book at him - but not before.
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Discussion 9 : 24 Sep 2012 at 11.079
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Clever move by the hospital to dismiss this doctor, after all would you feel safe being treated by a suspected murderer.
Maybe Chalerm can find him an inactive post for the next 6 years while he waits for evidence to be complied against him.
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Discussion 8 : 24 Sep 2012 at 11.018
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"Of course, I'm afraid of his influence because he is a senior police officer". In most countries, people don't fear the police this way, but TIT.
Note that it seems ridiculous to dismiss anyone on the grounds of being a suspect, but then again, TIT.
IF a murder suspect would be granted bail, those responsible for allowing bail would need to be prosecuted for potentially endangering public safety.
Anyone who believes that justice will be this done in this case is naive.
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Discussion 7 : 24 Sep 2012 at 10.127
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3 policemen convicted of murder are free on bail. One girl who killed 9 people in a road accident is free, too. This man is going to be free soon! This is Thai style justice and we as foreigners cannot understand it!
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