Police submit charges in Muk case

Police submit charges in Muk case

By The Nation
Published on August 11, 2011


Police yesterday submitted to the Bangkok Military Court prosecutor the case report recommending that Colonel Saksit Phuklan be charged with attempted murder relating to a "road rage" incident on June 4 that left Phra Mongkut Army Hospital doctor Hathaiporn "Mor Muk" Imwitthaya severely injured.

After the three-hour procedure, Pol Lt-Colonel Wichai Daengpradap of Phayathai police said the military prosecutor would consider the evidence and then decide whether to file a case in court or request further investigation. Saksit, director of the administrative office of the Royal Thai Armed Forces' Comptroller-General's Department, went to the court at 7am for the procedure and left without comment.

Colonel Peerapol Pokpong, director of the Phra Mongkut Army Hospital's department of trauma and emergency medicine, said Hathaiporn was X-rayed yesterday in preparation for an artificial skull cap to be inserted in October.

He said she could count but still had some speech difficulties. Based on other patients with similar injuries who had recovered fully and returned to their professions, he believed Hathaiporn could do the same.

While Hathaiporn's mother declined to comment on the case, Muk's cousin Kosalang Wannarospak said they didn't agree totally with police conclusions. Suspicions remained, such as where Saksit parked his car that night, why police didn't charge those inside the car with him, and whether he was truly the "hit-and-run" driver.

However, they said it was too late to argue and the silver lining for them was that Hathaiporn was recovering. If she returned to normal, then she would reveal the truth, he added.