“He was ill. No one beat him up,” said Prawit, who is also the deputy prime minister overseeing security affairs. Phakhapong, a first-year student at the AFAPS, died on October 17 under what his family believes is suspicious circumstances. The official autopsy by the military-owned Phramongkutklao Hospital shows Phakhapong died of acute heart failure. Asked about the punishment related to discipline issue, Prawit said all AFAPS students had to deal with that. “When I was a student there, I also received punishment and lost consciousness because of that.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 22, 2017 09:41 UTC