The Election Commission (EC) has yet to say whether it will appeal a Chiang Mai court decision to award former Pheu Thai MP Surapol Kietchaiyakorn 64 million baht plus interest over his unjust disqualification from the 2019 election.
Druggie kills council man, two-timing cop, teacher strays
Poor reward for good work
published : 18 Jul 2021 at 04:00 Parichart Taewnern points to the drug paraphernalia in her car.
A municipal council head in Chanthaburi was killed when a young jailbird under the influence of drugs collapsed at the wheel and ploughed into his motorbike.
Nong Bua sub-district municipality president Chot Chanasit, 69, was killed when Parichart Taewnern, 26, fleeing what she feared was a nearby drugs bust, lost control of her Chevrolet on Sai Pansil-Nern Pho Road in Muang district on July 9, mounted the footpath and hit him.
Parichart, who police say has a long history of drug taking and is only recently out of jail, said she fell asleep at the wheel. Later she owned up to having taken drugs and fainting. She said she had been partying since the night before.