Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 5, 2006 9:32:00 GMT -5
Death penalty for Michael Wansley's murderers
Criminal Court delivered death penalties on 2 men on Tuesday for
murdering an Australian auditor, Michael Wansley in Nakhon Sawan province
in 1999.
The Court found that Somchoke Suthiviriwan and Sompong Buasakoon guilty of
planned murder Wansley in March 1999.
Wansley, 58 at the time of his death, was travelling to a sugar mill in
Nakhon Sawan when 2 men on a motorcycle pulled alongside his van and
shot him dead.
Wansley, an employee of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, had been hired by the
banking creditors of the Kaset Thai Sugar Co to help address the firm's
Bt17.1-billion debt.
The Court acquitted the mill's owner, Pradit Siriviriyakul, who was
initially charged with masterminding the murder because of lack of
evidence.
Australia had complained in 2003 of what it called tardiness in the slow
investigations and trial into the murder. At that time, police was still
only at the stage of interrogating state witness.
(source: The Nation)
Criminal Court delivered death penalties on 2 men on Tuesday for
murdering an Australian auditor, Michael Wansley in Nakhon Sawan province
in 1999.
The Court found that Somchoke Suthiviriwan and Sompong Buasakoon guilty of
planned murder Wansley in March 1999.
Wansley, 58 at the time of his death, was travelling to a sugar mill in
Nakhon Sawan when 2 men on a motorcycle pulled alongside his van and
shot him dead.
Wansley, an employee of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, had been hired by the
banking creditors of the Kaset Thai Sugar Co to help address the firm's
Bt17.1-billion debt.
The Court acquitted the mill's owner, Pradit Siriviriyakul, who was
initially charged with masterminding the murder because of lack of
evidence.
Australia had complained in 2003 of what it called tardiness in the slow
investigations and trial into the murder. At that time, police was still
only at the stage of interrogating state witness.
(source: The Nation)