Compensation to be given to man savagely assaulted in Khon Kaen police detention cell by murder suspect

• Published date: 08 January 2019
• Publication title: The Nation - Thailand

Khon Kaen Justice Office head Thaweesak Sarasap on Tuesday confirmed that remedial measures would soon be given to a 27-year-old drug suspect who was seriously injured after being badly beaten up in Nong Rua police station's detention cell by a 37-year-old mentally disturbed patricide suspect on January 5.

Remedial measures would be provided as a matter of urgency, as police investigators had concluded in a report that Chaowalit Jampawai was the damaged party in the assault, Thaweesak said. If Chaowalit required up to 45 days in-hospital treatment, he would be entitled to a maximum of Bt40,000 in compensation, the justice official said, but if he ended up disabled as a result of the assault, the subcommittee would consider a higher compensation sum. Chaowalit was attacked while asleep in the detention cell by murder suspect Yutthana Pakdeesaen, who had been arrested after allegedly attacking his 62-year-old father Somyot Pakdeesaen, 59-year-old mother Sao Pakdeesaen and 40-year-old brother Decha Pakdeesaen on January 4 with a knife, resulting in the father's death and serious injuries to the other two relatives.

According to CCTV footage shown by police on Monday, Yutthana stomped on and kicked Chaowalit nearly...