The body of an unidentified man believed to be an anti-government protester was discovered yesterday near Samian Nari temple on a local road adjacent to Vibhavadi Rangsit.
The body of an unidentified man, believed to be an anti-government protester, is discovered yesterday morning near Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. Police believe the man may have been attacked and killed in another location. PATTARAPONG CHATPATTARASILL
There were two layers of T-shirts on the body. The outer T-shirt was black with the words "People's revolution" printed on it. A Thai-flag wristband was on the man's right wrist. These are some of the slogans and symbols being used by anti-government protesters.
Deputy metropolitan police chief Pol Maj Gen Ittipol Piriyapinyo, who visited the scene with investigators, said police have yet to conclude at this stage if the man was a demonstrator. Someone could have put a protest T-shirt on the body after the man's death, Pol Maj Gen Ittipol said.
Police said he had been shot four times in the chest with the bullets exiting via his back. The man had apparently been beaten before being shot since his face and body were swollen. His ankles had also been tied with a rope.
Pol Maj Gen Ittipol said police estimated the man had been dead no less than 16 hours before his body was discovered.
Police believed the man may have been attacked and killed in another location with his body then abandoned where it was later found.
Issara Somchai, the People's Democratic Reform Committee co-leader overseeing the Lat Phrao stage, said there had been no reports by protest organisers of anybody having gone missing from their protest sites.
The Lat Phrao stage is the nearest protest site to where the body was found.