The police said yesterday they will charge the son of a high-ranking national police figure with fatal reckless driving amid public doubts justice will be done for the refugee man he killed with his sports car.
Driver Pornmet Songmetta will be charged once he is discharged from the hospital, police spokesperson Jiransan Kaewsangek said, adding that evidence was being gathered against the son of former deputy national police chief Wirachai Songmetta.
“Investigators at Samre Police Station are now awaiting the results of alcohol and drug tests of both parties,” Jirasan Kaewsangek said in a statement. “We are reviewing CCTV footage to use in a case against Mr. Pornmet on the charge of reckless driving causing death.”
If convicted of fatal reckless driving, he faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to THB200,000.
But even Pornmet’s admission…
