Tangmo: Senator rejects mum’s request to end probe, sack Dr. Pornthip; DSI to open ‘special investigation’

The mother of drowned actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong has asked the Senate committee on human rights, liberty and consumer protection to withdraw her earlier request for an investigation into the police handling of her daughter’s death. The letter in question had petitioned the committee to review the police case. It specifically requested for a certain renown forensics expert to participate.

But that letter had been written by Panida Sirayootyotin’s former lawyer and she had signed it — shortly before she fired him. After hiring a new lawyer, the mounring mum decided that the letter had not expressed her intentions correctly. She is currently represented by Decha Kittiwitthayanan, who advised her to withdraw the letter.

The bizarre backtracking comes after the senate committee visited Nonthaburi police headquarters last Friday, where they inspected key evidence…