"The Phra Khanong District Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for owners of Santika Club, a pub destroyed by the fire ignited by a countdown fireworks display, which left 64 partygoers dead.
The Royal Thai Police deputy commissioner-general, Pol Gen Jongrak Jutanont, said investigative officers from Thong Lor Police Station asked the court to issue arrest warrants for Santika major shareholder Wisuk Setsawat and pub manager Surity Ritrabue.
They were accused of allowing minors entering the nightclub and being reckless by causing other people's deaths.
More arrest warrants could be issued if police find more suspects involving in the Santika tragedy, Pol Gen Jongrak said."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/13...-santika-owners
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Court issues arrest warrants for Santika pub owners
Started by J.Bell, Jan 12 2009 04:40 PM
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Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:35 AM
Unfortunately, the test is not who gets arrested, but who gets convicted - and for what. Charging the owners of this fatal fire trap with the heinous crime of allowing mnors to enter the premises is a joke. The question is what will come of the rather vague charges of "recklessly causing other people's deaths." Cases like this have the unfortunate habit of disappearing into the fathomless depths of the Thai legal system, sometimes never to be seen again in the same generation. I'm from Missouri on this one: show me.
