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Speedboat owner, driver charged over ‘Tangmo’ death

Actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong (Photo from melonp.official Instagram account)

The owner and driver of a speedboat that carried TV actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong to her death in the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok on Thursday have been charged with negligence and operating an unauthorised vessel.

Pol Lt Col Uthen Hongthong, the chief interrogator at Muang police station in Nonthaburi, said on Sunday that police on Saturday night formally pressed charges against Tanupat “Por” Lerttaweewit, who owned the speedboat, and Phaiboon “Robert” Trikanjananun, who was driving the vessel when Nida plunged to her death on Thursday.

The two men, who were held under arrest warrants issued by the Nonthaburi Court, were charged on two counts: the first with operating an unauthorised vessel and the…

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