Two correctional officers – a married couple – had been discovered dead at their residence inside Samut Sakhon Provincial Prison in central Thailand yesterday. Police suspect that the husband shot dead his wife earlier than committing suicide.
At 5pm, officers at Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station were informed of a capturing inside an officer’s residence inside the prison in Moo 2, Ban ya Phraek subdistrict, Mueang district.
Inside the two-storey home, officers found the bodies of 43 year old Chalermpol [surname withheld] and his wife 44 12 months old Warintara [surname withheld], who had both been shot within the head.
Near Verify , police found a 9mm Glock 19 gun and two bullet casings.
Superintendent of Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station, Pol. Col. Pichetphong Jangkaikom, reported that the deceased have been husband and spouse and worked as correctional officers on the jail.
The couple have been collectively for four to five years, stated the superintendent. He believes the capturing is a result of “family problems.”
Chalermpol and Warintara’s bodies have been despatched to the Forensic Institute to undergo autopsies earlier than being returned to the deceased’s households for spiritual ceremonies to be carried out.
Police didn’t enable reporters close to the scene.
The Commander of Samut Sakhon Provincial Prison, Chamnan Leksakul, stated the jail is currently investigating the facts of the capturing and can make a public statement as soon as the investigation is full.
Over 10 years in the past in March 2013, round 30 prisoners at Samut Sakhon jail protested after an inmate died of coronary heart failure. The prisoners claimed that the inmate’s demise was attributable to the prison’s lack of medical look after inmates. About four hundred police officers had been deployed to forestall prison violence.
According to a research by Kasetkart University in 2020, Samut Sakhon Provincial Prison is house to 1,025 prisoners.
The recently published Thailand Annual Prison Report 2023, conducted by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), revealed a glum perception into prison conditions in present-day Thailand.
The report stated Thailand “made little progress in implementing classes discovered from the pandemic to improve detention situations and guarantee the well-being of inmates in 2022.”
Secretary-General of FIDH, Adilur Rahman Khan, said…