Never saw it coming

摘要

In late october the Thai authorities announced that Prakrom Warunprapa-a disgraced police major accused of embezzling money by falsely claiming links to Thailand's monarchy-had hanged himself in his cell in a small prison at an army barracks. On November 9th officials said that a second prisoner arrested during the same investigation had also met an untimely demise. Suriyan Sujaritpalawong, a fortune-teller and minor celebrity better known as Mor Yong, is said to have succumbed to blood poisoning only days after his jailers suggested his illness was feigned. The two deaths follow a wave of arrests and disappearances which have left many in the capital feeling anxious.