As the New Year approaches, the ‘Bangkok Post’ takes the opportunity to select five crime stories that both captivated and shocked the nation during the past 12 months.
1. Zebra crossing death
heartbreaking: Ophthalmologist Waraluck Supawatjariyakul died after being hit by a big bike on a zebra crossing on Phaya Thai Road on Jan 21.
The tragic death of Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine, who was hit by a motorcycle as she was trying to negotiate a zebra crossing in January, underscores the need to improve road safety for pedestrians.
Waraluck was struck down by the Ducati motorcycle of Pol L/Cpl Norawich Buadok, an officer attached to the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Protection and Crowd Control Division, at a crossing on Phaya Thai Road in Ratchathewi district on Jan 21.
The 33-year-old doctor…
