Doctor's report: Mor Yong's death (UPDATED)

Key lese majeste suspect died at 10pm on Saturday from blood infection at Corrections Dept hospital. Had been treated for high blood pressure & other health problems.

LESE MAJESTE

Mor Yong dies from blood infection

9/11/2015
Online Reporters

Suriyan "Mor Yong" Sucharitpolwong died from a blood infection at the Corrections Department hospital on Saturday, said Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya.

The key lese majeste suspect died at 10pm on Nov 7 and his relatives have already been informed, Gen Paiboon said.

Pol Maj Prakrom was found hanging in his cell with a shirt around his neck on Oct 24 and died shortly after at the Corrections Department's hospital.

Gen Paiboon said shortly after that Suriyan, who had high blood pressure, had also been admitted to the department's hospital on Oct 25 but he recovered and was sent back to his cell a few days later.

Suriyan was last seen in public on Oct 21 when he was brought to the military court for the first round of detention.

He was not taken to the court when police sought the second detention on Oct 30.

The Corrections Department's statement said he had had a headache, abdominal pains, flatulence, dizziness and slow reaction. Officials said he returned to his cell a day later.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT & DOCTOR'S REPORT

Vittaya Suriyawong, director-general of the Corrections Department, issued a statement about the circumstances of Suriyan's death on Monday.

The statement said at 9pm on Saturday guards found him lying in his cell with laboured breathing.

A military medical unit found him unconscious with a faint pulse.

By the time they took him to the Corrections Department hospital in Chatuchak district at 10.20pm, he did not respond and his pulse could not be detected. His pupils dilated by 4mm and did not respond to light.

The hospital's emergency team tried to apply advanced cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for over an hour before the duty doctor pronounced him dead, the statement said.

The Institute of Forensic Medicine under the Police General Hospital, having performed an autopsy on him, established on Sunday the cause of death was "respiratory and blood circulation failures due to bloodstream infection", the statement said.

A fact-finding committee will be set up and police will investigate the death.

About Suriyan's earlier conditions, Mr Vittaya said he had high fever, coughed and was agitated on Thursday and Friday.

The military medical unit gave him some pills and told him to rest before the guards found him unconscious.

"Doctors said some air-borne viruses could cause an acute respiratory failure and high-risk patients are the elderly, diabetic people and persons on steroids.

"In Suriyan's case, it's possible his immune system was weak as indicated by the Oct 22 x-ray results, which showed he had a fatty liver," Mr Vittaya explained.

Blood tests during the resuscitation also showed high levels of liver enzyme and abnormally low blood-platelet counts, at 60,000 platelets per cubic millimetre, compared to 140,000 to 400,000 in normal people, he added.

"Our assumption is that he was infected by a germ that caused bloodstream infection and this led to the respiratory failure and quick death," Mr Vittaya said.

BACKGROUND TO CASE

Suriyan, a well-known fortune-teller who helped organise and promote the Bike for Mom and Bike for Dad events, was one of the three suspects arrested in mid-October.

The others were Jirawong Watthanathewasilp, his adviser, and Pol Maj Prakrom Warunprapa, a computer-crime police officer.

They were accused of extorting money from businessmen by citing the monarchy, according to police.

Since lese majeste is a national security offence, the case comes under the jurisdiction of military courts.

The three suspects were detained at the temporary prison at the 11th Military Circle in Bangkok.

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