Panel to seek polygraph test for Tangmo five

A Senate committee will ask the police to subject five people who were on the speedboat with the late actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong when she drowned in the Chao Phraya River to a lie detector test.

The chairman of the Senate committee on human rights, freedom and consumer protection, Somchai Sawaengkan — who was petitioned by the late actress’ mother to keep a close eye on the investigation into her daughter’s death — also said on Monday that police will be asked to re-examine a number of aspects in the investigation. These include her dress and a blood sample, he said, adding the police have been asked to be transparent in their…