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In Mukdahan,
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the public is supporting
the search for Chompoo,
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the little 3-year-old girl
who disappeared from home without a trace.
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At first, we thought it was just
a simple missing-child case.
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But it turned into a major event
that captured the nation's attention.
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Viewers, regarding Chompoo's case...
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The authorities immediately
deployed forces up there.
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Searching day and night
through the forests for her.
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They found nothing.
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{\an8}We interviewed 384 witnesses.
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If it's a kidnapping,
the person is totally heartless.
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Phon was just her uncle-in-law.
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Suddenly, this little girl's case
turned into a beauty pageant.
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Phon, look at the camera.
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You look handsome.
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Check...
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Hello, Uncle Phon.
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We love Uncle Phon.
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I said, "Wow, handsome,
you should be a star."
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"Tao Ngoi" by Jintara and Phon!
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Uncle Phon!
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YouTubers came around.
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You just came back. Let me hug you.
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Great.
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Everyone was focused on Phon.
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They must've totally forgotten
what had happened to a kid.
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CHAIPHON WIPHA
"UNCLE PHON," CHOMPOO'S UNCLE
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Sound ready? Rolling.
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Hello.
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CHOMPOO: LOST & FORGOTTEN
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When I moved to Kok Kork...
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KOK KORK VILLAGE
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...it was as if I'd moved to a hidden city.
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There was no connection
to the outside world.
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KOK KORK VILLAGE,
NORTHEASTERN REGION, THAILAND
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ANAMAI WONGSRICHA
CHOMPOO'S FATHER
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Here, we rely on each other.
We help each other.
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I help you, and you help me.
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"AUNT THORN"
VILLAGER
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We all know each other here.
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Our village is related by blood,
but most of the men are sons-in-law.
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We're poor, but we're happy.
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When there's a pot of food, we share it.
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Our kids, extended family,
and Chompoo had meals together.
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Poor little Chompoo.
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How could someone dare do this to her?
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The truth of what happened in Kok Kork,
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I and those who were
at the scene and were part of it,
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we'd know better than anyone
what happened in Kok Kork.
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As for my memory of that final day,
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Chompoo...
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{\an8}MAY 11, 2020
6:00 A.M., THE DAY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE
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I was on my tractor,
about to go out to level the rice field.
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Chompoo came out and called out to me.
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She said...
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"Come back home soon."
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"Don't forget to buy me some snacks."
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That last image has always stuck with me.
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I've never forgotten it.
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Then I drove off to do my work,
leveling the rice field.
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Around 9:00 or 10:00 a.m.,
someone called me, and when I answered,
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they told me to hurry home
because they couldn't find Chompoo.
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I wasn't too worried at first.
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She could've walked into the village
or gone to play with older kids.
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She loved to watch cartoons
and play with toys.
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She'd pretend to sell things.
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She was very close to her big sister.
They always stuck together.
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Her big sister would take care of her.
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Sading said she was distracted.
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She was on her phone,
playing games or whatever.
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She glanced at Chompoo now and then.
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She looked away for just a moment,
and Chompoo was gone.
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When I looked into her eyes,
I could see her sadness.
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She'd always looked after her sister well
because those two were always together.
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Most of the time,
Chompoo would never go anywhere alone.
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She wouldn't go into the dense forests.
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When the evening came,
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I started to feel
like something wasn't right.
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Sweetheart.
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Come back to Daddy.
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I quickly searched everywhere
that I thought she could have gone.
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Daddy's here to find you.
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My partner was there with me.
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Sweetie.
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We listened for anything
that sounded like a child.
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That first night,
I didn't sleep at all until dawn.
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I was worried sick
about whether my daughter would be okay
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and whether someone had kidnapped her.
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24 HOURS AFTER CHOMPOO'S DISAPPEARANCE
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In Mukdahan, the public is supporting
the search for Chompoo,
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the little 3-year-old girl
who disappeared from home without a trace.
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The villagers conducted a thorough search,
and they found nothing.
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My niece disappeared that morning.
I wasn't home.
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When Chompoo disappeared from the village,
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the relatives gathered at her mom's house.
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She must have gone over there.
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She was my niece.
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She was a blood relative of Taen's family.
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We'd get to take care of her.
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The little one connected everyone.
If we fought, we'd stop it for her.
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SOMPORN LARBPHO, "AUNT TAEN,"
CHOMPOO'S AUNT
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We loved each other so much
because of her.
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MANOP POLSAWANG
"UNCLE MOK," VILLAGER
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Sometimes kids get lost in the forest.
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It's dangerous.
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There are snakes and mosquitoes.
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And what can they eat?
There's no food or water.
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Chompoo never went with anyone,
and she never went far.
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There was a lot of talk about Chompoo.
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They only knew that she was missing
and that someone hurt her, and...
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But I didn't tell my little sister
that this and that happened.
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I didn't want her stressed.
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The fact is, Chompoo's no longer with us.
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Oh, shit!
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And more and more people showed up
to help search for her
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because we couldn't find her.
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I hiked the mountain
four or five times that day.
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Officers from the Royal Forest Department
guided the villagers...
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COMMUNITY FOREST
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...as they were local
and knew the area well.
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48 HOURS AFTER CHOMPOO'S DISAPPEARANCE
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I posted about her disappearance,
and I posted my phone number.
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CHOMPOO DISAPPEARED
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{\an8}Then my phone rang almost nonstop.
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{\an8}IF YOU SEE HER OR HAVE INFO, CONTACT...
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Many people were looking for her then.
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Check the ditch too, please.
Try to focus on the ditch, and...
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Everyone looked in the swamps
and everywhere around Kok Kork.
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Dear guardian spirit of the forest,
let them achieve the results as desired.
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On the right?
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Follow him.
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There were shamans and monks coming,
saying that Chompoo was here or there.
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Kuman Ngern, Kuman Thong, Pia, Klae...
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Mediums called, told us what to do...
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CHOMPOO'S MOM, "SAWITREE"
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...and we did it all.
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You mean you mostly believed
the shamans back then?
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Even if I didn't,
I'd still do those things.
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The monks came,
so we had to keep doing everything
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for our peace of mind, you know?
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It was our hope.
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72 HOURS AFTER CHOMPOO'S DISAPPEARANCE
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On the fourth day...
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I couldn't walk anymore because
I'd barely eaten or drunk anything.
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I never slept because I went
to look for her whenever I wanted.
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I had a bad feeling.
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There was nowhere for anyone to sit.
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And as for me, I didn't even eat or drink.
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Someone called and said
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that they saw a pair of shoes.
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Right.
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They didn't say
if they were girls' or boys' shoes.
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- Kids' shoes?
- But they said they were kids' shoes.
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Someone came down and said
they'd seen a pair of kids' shoes,
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but didn't know whose,
so they came to tell us.
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- Chompoo!
- Where are you, honey?
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- Where are you, honey?
- Where are you?
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Many forest rangers, police officers,
and villagers went up that day.
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At least 40 or 50 people
followed us up there.
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It seemed like spirits were
around the big trees.
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When we got close to them,
we got goosebumps.
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I'm getting them now.
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It was dark,
so everyone walked up in a line.
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- Hey!
- Hey!
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Where are you?
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We shone the flashlights
because it was dark.
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Sweetheart.
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- Where are you?
- Where are you?
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- Snake!
- Hey.
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Hey!
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We saw a snake
and ran in different directions.
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And then I saw her body.
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- We just found her.
- We found the kid.
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We found the child!
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We found her.
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Then I decided to call my friend
who'd gone up there.
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Well, he was speechless.
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He went quiet for a bit,
and then he told me to brace myself.
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I was shocked when he said those words.
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Then I said to him over and over,
"Just tell me."
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And he said that, well,
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she...
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had gone to a better place.
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It was like being stabbed over and over.
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I already knew
what condition my child was in.
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Don't tell me she was cold,
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she was in the forest,
or she was hungry or crying.
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I already knew.
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At the time,
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I felt...
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a lot of confusing emotions then.
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{\an8}It wasn't like a heartbreak.
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I lost the apple of my eye.
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The person I loved the most.
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I didn't want to live in this world.
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The image of her lying on the ground
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is still stuck with me today.
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I prayed to Phra That Phanom,
saying I want the one who did that to her,
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whether intentionally or not,
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to turn themselves in.
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I want them to confess or repent.
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SAKON NAKHON
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MARUAY MARKET
WONGSRICHA FAMILY
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The images that are still with me
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are of her running and playing
with her aunt,
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her parents, and her grandparents.
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Those images are all in my memory.
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Regarding the case of 3-year-old Chompoo,
which we've been following closely...
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Yes.
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She was finally found yesterday,
but she was already deceased.
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The authorities immediately
deployed forces up there.
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They went to the Phu Lek Fai Forest
in the Phu Pha Yon National Park.
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Aside from the considerably steep terrain,
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the path is honestly
rather tough to walk on
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because there are
large and small rocks all over it.
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DISAPPEARED HERE
1.87 KM
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{\an8}FOUND HERE
1.82 KM
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{\an8}The child could not have walked
to the place where her body was found.
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What we could tell
as soon as her body was found was...
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SARAWAT KIJPANIT
"ICE," REPORTER
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...she couldn't have got there alone.
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In that case, someone must've taken her.
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And so it looked
like maybe this case involved murder.
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1,390 COMMENTS
I HOPE THEY GET...
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POST COMMENT
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SOMEONE MUST HAVE DONE IT
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I HOPE THEY GET WHOEVER DID IT.
PEOPLE ARE SCARY THESE DAYS
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I HOPE WHOEVER DID IT PAYS FOR IT
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Since there were no forensic tools
like CCTV cameras there,
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and it happened in a forested area,
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all we could do was interrogate witnesses,
as detectives always do.
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We also observed people around the victim.
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- Right.
- We set up surveillance.
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We monitored their behavior.
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We watched how they expressed emotions,
their body language, faces, and actions.
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- We looked at everything.
- Right.
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We went back to basics
with this investigation.
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After the incident, well,
we were questioned constantly.
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We answered all the police's questions.
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We told the truth. We told them everything
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because we wanted to know
what had happened to our child and how.
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{\an8}KITTISAK WEERACHAICHAORENSUK
JOURNALIST
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{\an8}Back then, I was already covering
crime in the Northeast,
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so the station sent me to Mukdahan.
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Now we've walked to the temple archway.
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The entrance.
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I see.
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At first, I thought it'd be
very challenging, and it really was.
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And the villagers were very rural people.
252
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I went looking for the CCTV cameras.
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There were none.
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So I... didn't know what to do.
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{\an8}Officials said everything that was found
near the child's body
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and along the path to her body
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is considered evidence.
258
00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,799
The only thing they didn't find is
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the top she was wearing
when she disappeared.
260
00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,679
She was naked when they found her body.
261
00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,520
Someone took her top. What for?
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I couldn't believe my eyes.
I saw her, like...
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She was like a doll just lying still.
264
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She was lying on her back.
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She was facing this way.
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Her legs were spread apart.
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She wasn't wearing any clothes.
268
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Almost all the men in the village
became suspects.
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Why only men?
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00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,960
Because when they found her body, she was...
271
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She wasn't wearing anything
below the waist.
272
00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,800
The police tested the DNA
of almost all the men in the village.
273
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:14,520
So we had to suspect junkies,
sexually disturbed people,
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or people who had
conflicts with... her parents.
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That's what we thought.
276
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,599
No charges have been filed?
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...more meticulous and detailed.
278
00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,519
We'll also expand
the perimeter of the investigation.
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It'll probably take some time.
For today... I can't say much more.
280
00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,080
The villagers collected her body
and sent it for an autopsy.
281
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:55,199
Chompoo's death has left her family
with unanswered questions.
282
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,599
It all had to be called off.
283
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,159
{\an8}But the initial autopsy result
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{\an8}from Ubon Ratchathani's
Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital
285
00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:05,360
found no evidence of sexual assault
or physical abuse.
286
00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,840
But her family still has doubts.
287
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:14,839
You'll notice that her body underwent
three examinations.
288
00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,239
The first, by the Dong Luang Hospital,
didn't include a dissection.
289
00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,399
The second one was done
290
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,360
by the Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital
in Ubon Ratchathani.
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00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,919
{\an8}Based on that autopsy,
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they couldn't determine
the cause of death.
293
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,999
The child's parents have expressed
their concerns
294
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:44,919
as they still have unanswered questions
about the cause of death.
295
00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,959
That's the reason for the reexaminations.
296
00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,559
The third exam was done
297
00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,560
by the Institute of Forensic Medicine,
Police General Hospital.
298
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,480
Authorities came and took the body
to Bangkok for a second examination.
299
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,839
It was for an autopsy.
300
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,480
- Another autopsy in Bangkok.
- The Police General Hospital.
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00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,360
They asked if any relatives were going,
but no one did.
302
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,519
So Phon volunteered to go.
303
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,760
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE
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00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,399
Her uncle says he hopes
the perpetrator isn't from his community.
305
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,079
If it really is a local,
306
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,359
he'll have to keep worrying
for a long time
307
00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,399
because the perpetrator
hasn't been found yet.
308
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,879
The journalists must have seen me
talking about the case,
309
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,200
so they wanted to interview me
and hear my thoughts.
310
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,959
Yes. Why not?
I wasn't scared of the media.
311
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,320
If someone kidnapped her,
they're completely heartless.
312
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:48,119
Also, we can't definitively say
whether the death was caused
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00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:51,159
by starvation, dehydration,
or another person.
314
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,000
We can't say that for sure yet.
315
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:55,599
Therefore,
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00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,439
regarding the cause of Chompoo's death,
317
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,680
we still can't identify
what exactly caused it.
318
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,080
So people were wondering.
319
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,559
We became more and more interested in it.
320
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,360
More viewers began
following the case closely.
321
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:19,080
She'd never go anywhere with strangers.
She'd only go with the people she knew.
322
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,200
If we believe that theory,
323
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,959
we have to look at who could approach her
without making her cry.
324
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,320
This is what we're considering.
325
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,280
Someone known to her, close to her,
who could take her places.
326
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,120
When viewers followed closely...
327
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,359
It felt strange that so many people
were interested in one kid's death.
328
00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:47,599
That made it strange.
329
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,840
A child went missing
and was found dead on a mountain.
330
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,519
But why were people so interested in it?
331
00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,040
A lot of people were.
332
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,640
Each channel had its own angles.
333
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,199
But yesterday,
334
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,560
Thairath TV's field reporters received
information from a villager.
335
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:14,400
This person said that maybe
Chompoo's parents were the perpetrators.
336
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,720
If they were that worried,
why didn't they try harder to find her?
337
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,919
Police officers often came to visit me.
338
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,119
They'd ask me
if I suspected my little sister.
339
00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:27,920
Why didn't she go up the mountain?
They questioned everything.
340
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,679
Back then, they blamed us,
341
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,280
asking why we didn't take good care of her
and how we lost her.
342
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,639
It was because of us, her parents.
It was our fault.
343
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:39,720
Phon said that.
344
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,400
I want to ask her parents something too.
345
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,200
How come they still haven't gone
up the Phu Lek Fai mountain?
346
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,600
Not even when the monks guided
Chompoo's spirit down here.
347
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:01,559
CHOMPOO'S MOM... WHY DID YOU...
348
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:02,839
CHOMPOO DISAPPEARED...
349
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,159
{\an8}PHON MUST BE VERY SAD
350
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,159
{\an8}UNLIKE HER PARENTS, WHO AREN'T SAD AT ALL
351
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,399
{\an8}MA'AM, WHY DIDN'T YOU GO UP THE MOUNTAIN
TO LOOK AT YOUR CHILD'S BODY?
352
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,879
{\an8}SOMEONE WHO TRULY LOVES THEIR CHILD
SHOULDN'T CLAIM TO BE TOO TIRED
353
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,319
{\an8}ISN'T IT STRANGE?
THE PARENTS WAITED AT HOME FOR NEWS
354
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,759
{\an8}WHILE THE VILLAGERS WENT LOOKING
FOR THE KID AT NIGHT
355
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,439
You still insist
you'd never hurt your child?
356
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,280
Yes.
357
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,519
If whoever said this has proof,
they can arrest me.
358
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,200
Whoever said this,
please don't make baseless accusations.
359
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,760
Well, we were angry.
360
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,560
But we endured it.
361
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:47,040
We let things proceed
according to the legal process.
362
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,760
At that time, we didn't give interviews
to some channels.
363
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,519
We didn't explain or speak publicly.
364
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,000
We stayed quiet
and only cooperated with the police.
365
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,440
At times, I interviewed Chompoo's parents
till they got mad at me.
366
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,879
Her mom isn't good with words.
367
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,479
She didn't appear much in the media
or cry very much,
368
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,399
so the villagers were like,
"She killed her own child."
369
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,679
HER MOM NEVER CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN,
BUT NOW SHE SAYS SHE DID!
370
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,319
{\an8}EARLIER, A FOREST FORAGER SAID
HE HEARD TWO MEN'S VOICES
371
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,759
{\an8}WERE THEY HER DAD AND AN UNCLE?!
THEY SEEM CLOSE
372
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,759
{\an8}I SUSPECT HER PARENTS THE MOST.
HER BODY WAS CAREFULLY PLACED...
373
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,359
I'M SICK OF SAWITREE ALWAYS ACCUSING PHON
374
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:35,119
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SUSPECTS HER
AND HER HUSBAND
375
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,720
SHE SHOULD QUESTION HERSELF
376
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,959
People said they watched the news
and came to ask us.
377
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,239
They came to us, so we told them about it.
378
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,839
They defamed us.
379
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,439
They did it by talking to the media
and on social media channels.
380
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:52,359
1,190 COMMENTS
381
00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:54,079
KARMA IS...
382
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,079
HOW AWFUL.
THIS WOMAN KEEPS CAUSING TROUBLE
383
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,039
KARMA IS CATCHING UP TO THE SINNER
384
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,919
Their defamation hurt us
and led other viewers to misunderstand us.
385
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,399
They insulted us in the comments
when we did livestreams.
386
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,679
I'M STARTING TO HATE HER MOM
387
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,439
They used rude language, yeah.
388
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:09,920
Yes, quite rude language.
389
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,759
MA'AM, DIDN'T YOU THINK
YOUR CHILD COULD BE FEELING HOT?
390
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,720
IS INDECENCY ALL YOU COULD THINK OF?
391
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,399
{\an8}DR. TRYNH PHORAKSA
CRIMINOLOGIST AND LECTURER
392
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:26,239
Our society is biased
and expects people to react a certain way.
393
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,640
We expect others to act
according to our expectations.
394
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,479
For example, with sadness,
if a kid disappears, you say,
395
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,559
"Why aren't they sad?"
396
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,399
The parents might be sad,
397
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,999
{\an8}but their emotional expression
doesn't meet your expectations.
398
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,880
It doesn't reach the level you'd set.
399
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,960
We have to survive this.
400
00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,560
We'll know the results tomorrow.
401
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,400
We must endure till the case is closed.
402
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,759
SONGPON RUENGSAMUT
PHOTOJOURNALIST
403
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:11,040
The media gave importance
to her family and to Uncle Phon.
404
00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:20,560
But the other side barely appeared
in the media.
405
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,159
It was like the media was
on different sides.
406
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:24,600
Okay.
407
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,719
One agency was at her mom's house,
408
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,599
and the other was at Thorn's house,
409
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,199
mainly interviewing me, Taen, and Thorn.
410
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,319
Check...
411
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:37,760
One, two, three. One...
412
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,440
When the two agencies released news,
413
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,319
the coverage from Thorn's house
gained an enormous following.
414
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:46,719
The viewership kept climbing.
415
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,119
- Yes.
- The kids like you a lot.
416
00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:50,239
- Here.
- I see.
417
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,439
Do you see him?
418
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,199
It shot to number one in the rankings.
419
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,439
{\an8}It overtook Thailand's most popular dramas
and reached the top spot.
420
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,080
{\an8}That agency's coverage was up here.
421
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,240
It's hard for news
to beat dramas in ratings.
422
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,559
The rating jumped to the top three.
423
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,519
It seemed impossible.
424
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,439
- Well...
- All right, Uncle Phon.
425
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:21,879
- Uncle Phon.
- Yes?
426
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,559
After you arrived here, what did you find?
427
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,919
- And why did you come?
- Well...
428
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,479
My bosses sent me to cover Uncle Phon.
429
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,240
Okay, let's get in the car.
430
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,360
I've stopped the time. I've stopped it.
431
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,239
He turned on the music and sang along.
432
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,760
I sat in the back and filmed him
singing while driving.
433
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,520
I sent it to my bosses.
434
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,320
But viewers said his voice was beautiful!
435
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,560
How many days, months, years
436
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,679
I've been through in life
437
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,399
With so many twists and turns
438
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,160
I can't escape it or get lost
439
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,479
It's the same old path again and again
440
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:12,560
There's no way to escape it
441
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:14,519
Thank you.
442
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,639
The journalists were very excited
443
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,960
because their coverage ratings
beat the dramas.
444
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,879
- Take it, Phon.
- Yeah.
445
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:22,880
Sure.
446
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,959
Bonuses are based on business profits
and that year's ratings.
447
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,200
...split in half,
so it was likely cut with a knife.
448
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,480
Some people got... a lot.
Some got maybe four months' worth.
449
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:37,640
Because they were happy.
450
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,280
At the time, the media was trying
to make him a star.
451
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,720
But I'd keep quiet
452
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:52,280
while I was waiting, you know,
for updates on my child's case.
453
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,799
Regarding the progress of the case,
what's the status, sir?
454
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,799
It's slowed down and is pending.
455
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:05,360
Actually, there are many aspects
where we're still stuck and can't proceed.
456
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,000
Attention!
457
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,239
When these things happen abroad,
initial statements would be made.
458
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,759
How much they reveal depends on them.
459
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,799
In Thailand, things stay quiet
until a case goes viral.
460
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,680
Only then do the police speak up.
461
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,320
Even saying a little would help,
but they stay quiet.
462
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,600
When the police don't talk,
the media takes on that duty.
463
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,119
She can always keep eating.
464
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:43,839
If you ask me if this cow
could've eaten Chompoo's top,
465
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,880
I'd say there's a possibility.
466
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,959
There were many other things
that were, like, unrelated to the case.
467
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,800
- Whoa.
- Whoa.
468
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,240
Everything was a simulation.
469
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,480
I was upfront, telling people
everything I was gonna do.
470
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,919
I even simulated the incident
by carrying a fertilizer bag.
471
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,879
I'll walk around carrying
a 10 kg bag of fertilizer,
472
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,920
which represents Chompoo's weight.
473
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,560
I went to the spot where she was found.
474
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,160
We're getting there. Almost there.
475
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:32,720
I timed how long it would've taken them
to carry her there.
476
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,599
To be honest,
477
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,360
I didn't want to report it,
but my bosses wanted it.
478
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,159
For some things,
I said, "This isn't right."
479
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,600
But since our competitors did them,
we had to too.
480
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,520
Well, viewers liked them.
481
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,160
Sathu.
482
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:52,359
All right, done.
483
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:53,759
It kept gaining momentum.
484
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,439
A medium came.
485
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,159
Another one did one thing.
486
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,280
That other one did something else.
487
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:10,880
Now this...
488
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,079
Venerable Monk,
why did you light the firecrackers?
489
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,879
- Oh.
- How many in total?
490
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,799
- Nine in total.
- Right.
491
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:26,280
The meaning of the nine firecrackers
is the cleansing of the curse.
492
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:35,560
Her spirit can pass on peacefully
now that I've bound the demonic spirits.
493
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,160
Reporters followed them
and let them do whatever they wanted.
494
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,520
They were already here, so we asked them
to show us their miracles.
495
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,880
We let them go all out and do anything.
496
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,519
- What's the snake for?
- This snake will find the culprit.
497
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,279
- I see.
- And expose them quickly.
498
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,519
- You mean chase the culprit?
- Yes, chase them.
499
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:02,799
- That's it.
- I see.
500
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,680
- Let it catch the culprit.
- I see.
501
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,600
So whatever the young reporters saw,
they captured everything.
502
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,999
Stuff that made no sense, made sense,
or was irrelevant.
503
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,480
They captured everything.
504
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,159
A mentally ill person was walking by.
The perpetrator hadn't been caught then.
505
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,840
This mentally ill person walked by.
506
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,239
It then became a shot,
507
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,919
if you watched the news,
of me running up to him and asking him,
508
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,200
"Excuse me, do you have anything to say?"
509
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,039
Back then, I talked to him,
510
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,000
and people wondered
if he might be involved.
511
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,799
The attacker hadn't been caught yet,
so viewers were like,
512
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,679
"Yes, it's him. It might be him."
513
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,559
1,460 COMMENTS
WHY DIDN'T YOU CATCH...
514
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,239
I THINK HE'S SUSPICIOUS. FOLLOW HIM
515
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,839
THAT MAKES SENSE.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE SACK
516
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,399
WHY DIDN'T YOU CATCH HIM?
GET IMAGES OF HIS WHOLE FACE
517
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,080
He was detained by the police.
518
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,639
{\an8}"Killed, it died, deadline..."
519
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,079
{\an8}What is this, sir?
520
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:00,920
{\an8}No.
521
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,559
{\an8}I didn't use it.
I just put it in order for reference.
522
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,720
Sir, why did you run away
when you saw the reporters?
523
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:11,199
- Didn't wanna talk. Waste of time.
- You could've talked to them.
524
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,199
This man was investigated
through the official process.
525
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:15,440
He was found not guilty.
526
00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:19,919
When Chompoo was still alive,
it would follow her wherever she went.
527
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,559
It followed her everywhere.
528
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,160
The reporter in the area told me
529
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,000
that he was assigned
to follow the dog wherever it went.
530
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:31,719
Som.
531
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,799
Yeah, he was like, "What the heck?"
532
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,520
Why did he have to watch a dog sleep,
533
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,839
follow it around,
534
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,280
and observe its sleeping habits?
535
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:49,199
MAYTAWEE HOLASUT
RESEARCHER IN MEDIA STUDIES
536
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,919
Is it entertaining?
537
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,439
Are we brave enough to say
the news we watch daily isn't news
538
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,480
but entertainment?
539
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:57,599
Are you brave enough?
540
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,039
Are we brave enough to say
541
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,640
news reporting doesn't just
present information or facts,
542
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:08,439
but presents them for entertainment?
543
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,920
The fun part wasn't the incident itself,
which wasn't fun or fascinating in itself.
544
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:15,999
It was entertaining
545
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,479
because of the people involved
in this incident.
546
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,359
The media, the netizens,
547
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,919
and the people in real life
were all engaged.
548
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,360
And it was...
549
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,279
Make sure you all look good.
550
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:37,359
Famous people started coming
to see Uncle Phon,
551
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,400
and he started... to get famous.
552
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,039
I have a good eye for talent.
553
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,520
I've earned the nickname
"Thailand's Top Star-Maker."
554
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,040
I've nurtured famous artists and stars.
555
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:03,799
OOP WIRIYA
TALENT SCOUT
556
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,839
In murder mystery movies, we wanna see
who the villain is at the end, don't we?
557
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,239
This creates interest.
558
00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:12,039
Most importantly, Phon was born handsome.
559
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,959
Gosh, you're so handsome, Phon!
560
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:18,560
That's how he gained a following
among people in their 30s to 50s.
561
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,639
Phon was good with words.
562
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,120
He was so eloquent.
563
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:30,320
He could mesmerize people
and leave them swooning.
564
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:35,960
I heard the governor said he wanted
to invite me to transplant rice, right.
565
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,199
I said, "Wow, handsome.
You should be a star."
566
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,319
You go first, Phon.
567
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,520
Phon, look at the camera.
568
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,800
You look handsome.
569
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,759
That's so me, isn't it? It's my thing.
570
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,880
So I brought Phon
into the entertainment industry.
571
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,600
He walked the runway,
did commercial shoots, attended events.
572
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,280
I'll go right through.
573
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,160
Oop came to teach runway walking.
574
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,000
He taught young people that.
575
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,200
- Runway walking taught by...
- He wanted to make them famous.
576
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,679
Tell Aunt Thorn.
Aunt Thorn, you look beautiful.
577
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:15,719
Thank you.
578
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:19,319
- Was it fun walking the runway?
- Well, it was fun, but I couldn't do it.
579
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,040
He told me to do this, and I was like...
580
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:24,879
Gosh, it was fun.
581
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,160
Uncle Phon!
582
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,000
Make some noise.
583
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,919
Jintara and Yinglee came.
We were all onstage.
584
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,600
"Tao Ngoi" was a hit.
My, there were tons of people.
585
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,760
Phon was able to make the Thai public
scream and leave them very happy.
586
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,960
Everyone was focused on Phon.
587
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,400
They had totally forgotten
what had happened to a child
588
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,240
and to this case.
589
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,519
The investigation team said
590
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:21,320
they'd cleared up any doubts
about Chompoo's parents and older sister.
591
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,079
{\an8}This case is of interest to the public.
592
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,759
{\an8}And as I mentioned before, every so often,
593
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,280
{\an8}if there's some progress,
we'll make official announcements.
594
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,720
During the investigation
and evidence gathering,
595
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:44,839
{\an8}we interviewed 384 witnesses.
596
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:50,519
We collected key evidence of the case,
of which 113 items have been examined,
597
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,200
including 16 pieces of evidence
found at the scene.
598
00:38:54,880 --> 00:39:00,839
{\an8}As of now, the investigation report
is 918 pages long.
599
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,599
{\an8}And on August 11, 2020,
600
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,240
{\an8}the investigation team finalized
the autopsy report.
601
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,759
The doctor gave the opinion
that it was highly likely
602
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:15,760
that Chompoo died
from dehydration and starvation.
603
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,679
Chompoo disappeared in the period
604
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:24,280
between 9:11 a.m. and 9:49 a.m.
605
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,600
Where exactly was Uncle Phon
on the day Chompoo went missing?
606
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:34,439
We traced the timeline
607
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,879
and simulated the whole incident
to see what happened.
608
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,680
Things became strange
because there were many inconsistencies.
609
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,679
His story of where he was
at what time on which day...
610
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,520
He'd say something different every day.
611
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,759
On the 11th, he took a shower,
612
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,039
surveyed the land with Chompoo's mom,
613
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,999
rode his motorcycle back home with Taen,
and took another shower.
614
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,640
He went to pick up a monk.
615
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:07,080
Dropped off the monk in Nong Sung Tai.
616
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,079
Back then, you didn't know
Chompoo had disappeared?
617
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,600
I didn't know back then.
618
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:16,959
When they got home, they heard about...
619
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,439
They went to find her.
620
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,479
But when I asked him
about the date he went up the mountain,
621
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:26,880
he... seemed to have gotten the details
mixed up or something.
622
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:32,000
My partner told me she hadn't seen Chompoo
and didn't know where she'd gone.
623
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,079
I told her the monk was in the car.
624
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:35,960
Let's drop him off.
625
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:37,479
MAY 11, 2020
626
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:43,759
SURVEYED LAND, WENT HOME,
LEARNED ABOUT CHOMPOO, DROPPED OFF MONK
627
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,760
Based on the timeline,
he shouldn't have known she'd gone.
628
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,680
That's not what he told the cops.
629
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,840
Multiple police units came.
630
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,440
They had me specify the times,
what I did, and with whom.
631
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:14,040
They put those 24 hours together in order.
632
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,039
They asked people
about the times and places.
633
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,720
I had to look for witnesses.
634
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:23,999
But most people didn't like me,
so who would be my witness?
635
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,200
All I had was Taen,
who was with me all the time.
636
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:34,280
When they interviewed me,
I got the times mixed up. I wasn't sure.
637
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,759
I'd expected that they'd, you know,
638
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:43,199
direct all their questions at us
as if they were examining her parents too.
639
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,799
Can you give me an example of a question
put to you as if asking her parents?
640
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:47,760
Try it.
641
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:49,840
They asked about times.
642
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:01,640
Today, her mom said the only person
she still suspects is Uncle Phon.
643
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,400
I want Phon to explain himself.
We still have to live together.
644
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,919
All the villagers, her dad, me,
and Sading were all investigated.
645
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,200
If Phon were truthful from the start
646
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,839
and never seemed suspicious,
647
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,520
I think the police and I
wouldn't have suspected him.
648
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,679
I feel guilty, but I have to do it.
649
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,599
If the case goes cold,
and the cops leave, how can I live?
650
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,800
Live while constantly suspecting Phon?
651
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,000
I think saying that I feel offended
would be too harsh.
652
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,879
I'd rather say I feel a little hurt.
653
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,760
LIKE IF YOU THINK PHON DIDN'T DO IT
654
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,239
WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING PHON
TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF?
655
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,239
HE'S SAID ALL THAT HE HAD TO SAY
656
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:51,800
PLEASE SHOW PHON SOME SUPPORT
657
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,440
People already believed him
and fell for him.
658
00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:06,879
They fell for him like he was their hero
and favorite star.
659
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,840
They didn't believe
Phon was the perpetrator.
660
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,560
Good luck.
661
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:16,679
He had money and supporters.
662
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,960
I think he got a sackful of money a day
from donations.
663
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:28,559
Tourists came to visit.
They came up from the South. Where else?
664
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,199
From Chonburi, the North, and Ratchaburi.
665
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:32,760
They came to support Phon.
666
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:44,639
- Come in.
- You want to?
667
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:45,840
Would you like to come in?
668
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,799
- Did you come alone? Please come in.
- Yes.
669
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,759
I'm here to support Phon in Dong Luang.
670
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:53,600
Come here.
671
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,920
Gosh, I came all the way
from Ubon Ratchathani.
672
00:43:57,720 --> 00:43:59,599
Thais are naturally sympathetic.
673
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:01,480
- I want to help.
- Good luck.
674
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,919
But does he know he's a fan
of Manchester United?
675
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,679
This happens with other stories too.
676
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,879
It happens when a family calls
for donations.
677
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,559
As soon as Thai people see it,
they donate.
678
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,919
{\an8}TO UNCLE PHON
SMOOTH SAILING, WEALTH, SUCCESS
679
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,399
- How do you feel?
- I'm happy to join Phon's event.
680
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,919
- I made up my mind to come.
- Where did you come from?
681
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,720
- Sakon Nakhon.
- You came a long way.
682
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:27,319
Normally, when someone becomes a suspect,
they keep quiet
683
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,000
and don't appear much in the media.
684
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,560
That's what we usually see.
685
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:33,679
Sure.
686
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,679
Well, these are Phon's fans.
687
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,439
They came to support him. Woo!
688
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,200
Stay strong, Phon.
689
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,720
YouTubers came around.
690
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,599
After Phon drew supporters and YouTubers,
691
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:49,040
a YouTuber village sprang up
very close to his house.
692
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,799
LIVE
693
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,160
Those YouTubers lived there.
694
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,440
Around 30 or 40 of them,
if I remember correctly.
695
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:03,359
Hello. Greetings to all my brothers
and sisters out there.
696
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,920
It's me, Boom Noi Roi Et, again.
Please like and share.
697
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,639
SURACHAI SUWANNAKIT
YOUTUBER
698
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,679
- I got carried away.
- Thank you.
699
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,600
I wanted to go there
and see how Phon behaved.
700
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:18,359
- Hello, Aunt Thorn.
- Hello.
701
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:19,639
- Hello, Aunt Taen.
- Hello.
702
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:21,640
- Taen came to buy...
- She came to shop.
703
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:23,759
Get in the car.
704
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:24,719
It's full.
705
00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:25,959
Where are you going?
706
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,239
I was a fan,
and I'd follow him everywhere.
707
00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:30,879
- Deposit and don't withdraw it.
- Yes. Don't withdraw it.
708
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:31,999
- Thank you.
- Okay.
709
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,279
- Blessings to all the fans.
- Okay.
710
00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:38,599
What they did created a condition
711
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,639
that the Westerners call
a parasocial relationship.
712
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:45,039
It's a relationship where, like,
we identify ourselves
713
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,520
with those YouTubers and influencers,
and think of them as friends.
714
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:53,999
This causes the boundaries
or lines between reality,
715
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,320
individuals, and society to change.
716
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,400
It was like an interactive reality show.
717
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:08,560
Oh, it was a phenomenon.
718
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,359
Phon's channel earned
150,000 baht a month.
719
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:13,399
Everyone was very confused
when it launched.
720
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,160
Even famous stars couldn't make that.
721
00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:18,679
WELCOME
722
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,479
- Be strong. Can I get pics?
- May the YouTubers get rich too.
723
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,440
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
724
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:28,719
We have reached a total of 10,000 baht.
725
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:30,879
- No, 10,000 boxes.
- It's 10,000 boxes.
726
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,879
RECEIPT
100,000.00 BAHT
727
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,399
It seemed, for channels
that didn't give Phon compensation,
728
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,840
he didn't really want to talk to them.
729
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:49,560
{\an8}A GIFT FOR TAEN AND PHON
730
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,959
It's here. Wow.
731
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:54,439
{\an8}- Here it is.
- It's here.
732
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:55,799
DON'T LET THE GUILTY ESCAPE
733
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,319
THE ATTACKER MIGHT STILL BE IN THE VILLAGE
734
00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,679
IT'S SUSPICIOUS
735
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,239
{\an8}MUKDAHAN, PREPARE FOR A HEADACHE
736
00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:04,400
DON'T LET THE GUILTY ESCAPE.
THE CULPRIT MIGHT STILL BE IN THE VILLAGE
737
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,440
Kok Kork became a human zoo.
738
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:18,240
Everyone came to, like, wow,
observe the lives of this or that person.
739
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,919
- Take his photo.
- Who is that?
740
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:24,880
Oh, hello.
741
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:31,159
At Kok Kork, the majority
of the villagers, as far as I could tell,
742
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:32,679
are divided into groups.
743
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:36,679
What I mean is there are...
many groups, which, like,
744
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,160
have different opinions.
745
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:46,000
I was afraid I'd say something off-topic,
then they'd film it and broadcast it.
746
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,040
Because YouTube is global.
747
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,880
Nowadays, YouTubers don't love each other,
not like before, do they?
748
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:03,280
I felt both good and bad about it.
749
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:09,559
In the past, our community was quiet.
We were like a family.
750
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,759
Yes, you look beautiful.
751
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:15,120
Later, we became divided
into different sides.
752
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,560
We didn't even want to look each other
in the eye back then.
753
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:28,720
- Hey, it works.
- Do you want money?
754
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:33,959
I only remember the good things
about the YouTubers staying with us
755
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:35,120
as a media outlet.
756
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:37,719
But most importantly,
757
00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:39,799
what I'm proud of is
758
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:44,119
millions of people
still want to see what I'm like.
759
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:45,279
Mince salad with blood.
760
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:47,399
From the past to the present
and the future,
761
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:51,600
I still think the media
has both good and bad sides.
762
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,000
Come on.
763
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:58,719
We can't expect the media
to only show the positive sides of us.
764
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:01,480
We all have bad sides.
No one is 100% perfect.
765
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,999
In humans, there are genetics in the brain
766
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,879
that make us favor good-looking people.
767
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,360
We tend to believe
good-looking people more.
768
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:36,639
This is my hometown. Hello, Jee.
769
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,319
- Hello there.
- Hi.
770
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,519
- I'm hanging out with reporters here.
- Okay.
771
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:41,360
Okay.
772
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,280
This was an entrance to my school.
773
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,360
I'm a fast learner. I'm smart.
774
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:55,200
To put it simply, I'm not bragging.
My teachers told me so.
775
00:50:01,240 --> 00:50:05,480
I was born and grew up here,
and I stayed in my hometown
776
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:07,480
less than 15 years.
777
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,039
After that, I went to live in Bangkok.
778
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:15,360
I gained life experiences from there.
779
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:23,119
I have experience in security work,
similar to police officers and soldiers.
780
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:26,239
These behaviors
stem from being someone who...
781
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,079
I was a head of security.
782
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:32,840
If someone tries to harm hotel guests,
I have to investigate, don't I?
783
00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:41,199
The grandiose type is someone who believes
they have special powers over others.
784
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,640
This misguided state is called delusion.
785
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,959
I became more mindful of my position
and how I presented myself
786
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:51,679
because I became a public figure,
787
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:55,120
with everyone wanting to know
about my life.
788
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,719
Ordinary people might not notice
in this character
789
00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:04,679
any signs of abnormality
or suspicion in the case.
790
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:09,319
But an officer would definitely see
there's something suspicious.
791
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:12,639
But suspicion alone
isn't enough for a conviction.
792
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,879
We need forensic evidence
793
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:18,080
and physical evidence.
794
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,880
Thank you all for watching.
Phon has now arrived.
795
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:28,520
SOMKIAT ROJANAWARAKAMON
LAWYER
796
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,839
The first time I went to meet Phon,
797
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,319
I felt sorry for him
and wanted to help him.
798
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:39,040
I handled six cases for Phon and Taen.
799
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,680
After spending time together
and getting to know him,
800
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:47,600
my perspective changed.
801
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:54,159
I saw that Phon isn't as ordinary
as I first thought.
802
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,519
I think he's quite intelligent.
803
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,079
Quite intelligent.
804
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,279
And in some ways, he's bad-tempered.
805
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:03,120
He's somewhat self-centered.
806
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:11,600
I've heard the villagers say
that he, well, has two personalities.
807
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,440
One when he's happy and one when he's not.
808
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:20,919
I stayed behind his house.
809
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,120
I rented a hut behind his house.
810
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,679
Sometimes, when he'd wake up,
I'd see him, like,
811
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,200
scream, shout at his wife,
or something like that.
812
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,960
That's not the kind of tone
he'd use in an interview like this.
813
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:41,999
It wasn't gentle.
814
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,919
Instead, it was loud and harsh.
815
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:48,880
He was different
in front of and behind the cameras.
816
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:51,119
There was a problem.
817
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:53,159
He had a problem with a reporter.
818
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:54,639
I came to talk to you first.
819
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:56,719
He might have been
under stress and pressure
820
00:52:56,720 --> 00:53:00,440
with so much going on,
including becoming a suspect.
821
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:05,080
And our journalists all covered
the same issues.
822
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:08,399
Let me see which channel this is.
Come, give it to me.
823
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:09,759
Give me the mic.
824
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:11,439
Let me hold it. This channel. Come.
825
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:12,799
- Let go.
- I can't.
826
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:14,919
Let me hold it. It's okay. Let me hold it.
827
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,519
- This channel.
- It's okay.
828
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:17,919
Let me hold it. What's wrong?
829
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:19,439
- Don't hurt me.
- Let me hold it.
830
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:20,440
- It's okay!
- Okay.
831
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,079
This made us realize he was hotheaded.
832
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:27,000
- Sir!
- Sir...
833
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:30,199
- Don't hurt me.
- I won't.
834
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:32,440
I'm a reporter.
I'm doing my job. Don't hurt me.
835
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,280
Don't hurt me.
I'm a reporter. I'm doing my job.
836
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,000
I did nothing wrong.
837
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:48,039
We humans, when we get pinched,
it hurts there.
838
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:51,239
Nobody gets pinched here
and feels the pain in some other spot.
839
00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:53,439
When you pinch my heart, it hurts there.
840
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:56,280
That's why I said you hurt my feelings
841
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,200
when I was always nice to you reporters.
842
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:08,040
Let's revisit the day
Chompoo's body was found.
843
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:16,240
MAY 14, 2020
THE DISCOVERY OF CHOMPOO'S BODY
844
00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:22,240
How was Phon the moment he saw her?
845
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:24,799
He didn't cry right away.
846
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:26,039
Didn't he cry right away?
847
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:27,200
No, not right away.
848
00:54:27,720 --> 00:54:29,880
- We found the child.
- Yes.
849
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,280
We found her. Notify them.
850
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:36,560
Are you her dad?
851
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:40,880
- We found the child.
- He's her dad.
852
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:45,080
...give us a signal, please.
853
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,520
- Hey!
- I can hear someone crying.
854
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,479
He cried right
when the reporters got there.
855
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:55,759
They were coming right behind.
856
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:58,160
It was just a few minutes.
857
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:05,279
That fits the crocodile tears theory.
858
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:09,720
A person pretending to cry
to cover up their wrongdoing.
859
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:13,840
People tried to make me
860
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:18,359
the villain in the media's eyes.
861
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:22,279
They said I was hot-tempered
and must be a suspect.
862
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,759
"See what he's like?
He's so hot-tempered."
863
00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:28,080
"Maybe he did something to her
without thinking."
864
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,799
{\an8}One day, the police asked me
to talk to them.
865
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:37,239
It was like having a meal
with the officers.
866
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:39,639
I thought maybe
they'd identified the perpetrator.
867
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:42,199
To put it simply,
after listening to the whole thing,
868
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,239
I knew right away that they meant
869
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:45,159
Uncle Phon.
870
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:47,839
The police's work this week
871
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:51,999
involved gathering the groups of people
who went to search for Chompoo
872
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,719
between May 11 and 14.
873
00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:56,239
They grouped them like this
874
00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:59,440
to simulate the situation
during that time.
875
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:04,879
The police investigated
and questioned everyone.
876
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:07,360
Only one person gave unclear answers.
877
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:12,640
"Where were you that day? At what time?"
The police dismissed the ones with alibis.
878
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:14,920
They crossed off everyone.
879
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,320
That left only Uncle Phon.
880
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:25,920
So, these are key witnesses in the case
who might know who took the child away.
881
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:29,920
Two people, Bam's father and...
882
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:33,079
They call her Auntie Nom.
883
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:34,239
A firewood collector.
884
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:36,559
So, they were
around the rubber plantation,
885
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:40,439
which you could walk through
to reach the spot where she disappeared.
886
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:41,879
Near where her body was found.
887
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,520
Around the time
the perpetrator was committing the act.
888
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:48,600
{\an8}WATCHARIN KONGKAENTHAO
"BAM'S FATHER," VILLAGER
889
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:52,719
I looked at the plantation next to mine
890
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:54,080
and saw Phon, Ohm's father.
891
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:55,599
MAY 11, 2020
892
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:57,680
9:00-10:00 A.M.,
THE DAY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE
893
00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:02,639
I saw him lurking around.
894
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:05,880
I wondered why.
I did think it was strange.
895
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,600
So I went to ask him.
896
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:16,959
I asked him,
"Phon, did you come to tap rubber trees?"
897
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:19,119
The owner let him come.
898
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:20,839
He went still. Yeah.
899
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:24,159
As for me, I had a witness,
but I couldn't reveal that.
900
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:26,639
This witness saw the culprit,
901
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,719
but the police asked me to say nothing,
so I told my station
902
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:32,319
that this person was the key witness.
903
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:35,799
The police asked us not to mention this,
so we didn't.
904
00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:38,400
This granny was cutting wood
and saw someone carrying her.
905
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:41,639
She saw them walking
from behind the kid's house,
906
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:42,799
past some bamboo trees.
907
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:45,240
The police asked us to keep quiet,
so we did.
908
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:47,000
Who carried her?
909
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:49,880
The suspect.
910
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:57,839
I mind my own business.
911
00:57:57,840 --> 00:58:00,320
Do I worry about other people? Yes, I do.
912
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,520
I can tell you
what happened with Bam's dad.
913
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:09,199
About Bam's dad, he's very important.
He's a natural as a witness.
914
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,519
- Yes.
- He's never changed his testimony.
915
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,000
After seeing the news, the next day,
916
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:19,199
I rode my motorbike
to Bam's father's house, opposite mine.
917
00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:20,560
Just opposite mine.
918
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:23,039
I said, "What you said in the news,
919
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,200
was it true,
or did you remember it wrong?"
920
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,560
People around him were unhappy with me.
921
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:35,360
They tried to scare me, to scare me badly.
922
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:38,120
They came to my house at night.
923
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:45,720
They tried to hit me with an iron bar.
And they took out a knife.
924
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:48,800
They tried to stab me.
925
00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:53,080
I was on my guard, ready to fight them.
926
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:57,400
Then they got scared
and shouted at me before leaving.
927
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:04,039
After you found out
the police suspected Phon,
928
00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,880
did they tell you to wait or something?
929
00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,560
I wanted him to finally get arrested.
930
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:13,999
We had to wait because to get him,
931
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:17,800
they needed solid evidence
so he couldn't get away and fight.
932
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:19,640
I waited for evidence.
933
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:21,919
...two, three, four.
934
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:23,400
Try some more poses.
935
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:34,079
In Chompoo's case, the police must confirm
that we have forensic evidence
936
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:37,280
proving Phon's involvement.
937
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:42,759
The police came to inspect his car,
which Chompoo would sit in.
938
00:59:42,760 --> 00:59:45,280
Wherever she went,
she'd always get a ride in his car.
939
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:53,599
When I opened the doors on both sides
940
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:56,479
and pulled both windscreen wipers up,
941
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:58,279
I stepped back from the car.
942
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:01,079
"Please go ahead
and do whatever you want."
943
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:02,920
"You want to inspect the car? Go ahead."
944
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:11,440
They got in the car
and inspected this and that.
945
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,679
They went ahead and did their job
946
01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:16,919
while I stood arms crossed,
watching, like,
947
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:18,760
"What are they gonna do with me?"
948
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:20,280
That's enough.
949
01:00:21,120 --> 01:00:21,960
Take it down.
950
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:25,639
What about the middle part?
951
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:28,520
I thought, "This doesn't feel right."
952
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:32,079
I don't know
where they got the hairs from,
953
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:35,960
but the news said they got them
from here or there and so on.
954
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:42,600
They put on their uniforms
and put the yellow tape around the area.
955
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:46,320
I was startled by what was going on
all over the place.
956
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:52,440
They asked me which outfits we put on
to tap rubber on the 11th.
957
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:55,239
I couldn't remember. It was long ago.
958
01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:57,800
And I didn't pay attention
to what I was wearing.
959
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:02,240
I put on whatever was available,
so I couldn't remember.
960
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:06,279
And I never cleaned the inside of my car.
961
01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:08,000
How could I verify the facts?
962
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:10,959
I didn't know what they'd brought,
963
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:13,599
what they collected,
or where they collected it from.
964
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:15,840
They didn't let me see.
What were they afraid of?
965
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,959
One of the hairs found in Uncle Phon's car
966
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,759
had a cross-section
on the side of its surface
967
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:25,879
with the same angle as two of her hairs.
968
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:30,840
And at least three hairs were collected
near where Chompoo's body was found.
969
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:35,239
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
970
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:36,439
They're like ropes.
971
01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:39,639
All the evidence and witnesses,
including hair, are important
972
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:41,280
in forensic science.
973
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:43,239
They're all connected.
974
01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:46,360
1 ABOUT LIFE
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION KIT
975
01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:52,919
The hairs that had fallen in the car
and the crime scene
976
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:56,439
had been cut
with the same weapon, a knife.
977
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:57,839
That's the main thing.
978
01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:00,239
MAPPING/MEASUREMENT KIT
979
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:03,160
The police used a scientific facility
called a synchrotron.
980
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:11,039
This machine
is a synchrotron light source.
981
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:13,960
It's a very large machine.
982
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:18,759
Synchrotron light emits radiation
as X-rays,
983
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:22,719
and the radiation is much more intense
than ordinary radiation.
984
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:26,400
Therefore, the analysis can be
very detailed.
985
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:28,719
Synchrotron.
986
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:32,319
A sample of Chompoo's hair
at the scene had the trace of a cut,
987
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:34,799
and more hair was found in Phon's car.
988
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:38,240
They magnified the strands,
and they connected just right.
989
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:40,439
Therefore, they believe
990
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,719
that when Chompoo was dying,
Phon was probably there.
991
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:45,159
THE WORKING GROUP IS THOROUGH
992
01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:48,680
IT'S HARD FOR HIM TO GET AWAY WITH IT
WHEN THERE'S FORENSIC EVIDENCE LIKE THIS
993
01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:04,200
Back then, we didn't understand
why he cut it.
994
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:11,200
I asked the villagers, and they said
he did black magic, he bound souls.
995
01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:17,879
{\an8}AKARAPONG KHAMKOON
PROFESSOR IN THAI STUDIES
996
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:20,039
{\an8}There are many theories to explain it.
997
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:23,240
Could it be a human sacrifice?
998
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:28,120
According to Thai beliefs,
999
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:32,199
there might be a sacrifice
of a virgin girl,
1000
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:35,480
that is, she's never had
a boyfriend or a husband.
1001
01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:40,239
This happens in Western movies too,
where virgins and blood are sacrificed
1002
01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:41,240
to Satan.
1003
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:43,319
They have these things.
1004
01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:44,839
It's possible.
1005
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:47,319
There are many motives.
1006
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:52,279
Is it possible he took Chompoo
or her top with him to do something?
1007
01:03:52,280 --> 01:03:56,839
If this is really about black magic,
I think it's possible.
1008
01:03:56,840 --> 01:03:59,240
From the perspective of us
rural Northeastern people.
1009
01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:06,040
There should be something on the shirt
to help identify the perpetrator.
1010
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:10,840
They tried to connect me to black magic.
1011
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:15,760
I had nothing to do
with black magic whatsoever.
1012
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:20,040
They went as far as to say
I stuck incense sticks upside down.
1013
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,319
As for sticking incense sticks upside down
1014
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:29,439
and that sort of thing,
it means he didn't want to make a promise.
1015
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:33,240
He didn't want to commit himself
to that obligation.
1016
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:40,280
It's a way of stopping,
of refusing to honor the promise.
1017
01:04:45,480 --> 01:04:46,399
And the trees?
1018
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,399
- Nice? Or you want this angle?
- It's nice.
1019
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:52,959
{\an8}MASTER MAHAMUNI
YOUTUBER
1020
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:56,639
Cutting hair is just a way
to conceal something.
1021
01:04:56,640 --> 01:04:59,039
Cutting her hair, taking off her top,
1022
01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:00,639
and leaving her naked
1023
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:04,239
were done to divert attention
from the truth.
1024
01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:05,159
You understand?
1025
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:07,120
Imagine that I took the kid away.
1026
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:11,639
I'd be scared people would know I did it,
so I'd have to take off her clothes
1027
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:14,560
to suggest that she had been
dragged away to be raped.
1028
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:19,279
About her body,
that was well planned, wasn't it?
1029
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:20,519
Her clothes were taken.
1030
01:05:20,520 --> 01:05:22,999
You'd see that and think,
"Is this sexual abuse?"
1031
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:26,240
- Yeah.
- See? To make someone else look guilty.
1032
01:05:27,240 --> 01:05:31,000
Watching the news, I thought
people didn't believe it at first
1033
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:36,399
because he seemed
like an ordinary country person
1034
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:38,879
living a country lifestyle.
1035
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:40,479
He probably wouldn't do any harm.
1036
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:43,719
And more importantly,
he was Chompoo's uncle or something,
1037
01:05:43,720 --> 01:05:45,680
and he was close to her.
1038
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:52,280
Just look at him.
Take a long, hard look at him.
1039
01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:56,599
Could an uncle have done that
to his niece?
1040
01:05:56,600 --> 01:06:00,319
Why would he go that far?
What's the reason?
1041
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,040
There must be a motive and a reason.
1042
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:11,400
When someone kills, it's probably not just
because they feel like it and just do it.
1043
01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:18,320
Before Chompoo's case,
the family had conflicts with each other.
1044
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,599
I COULD TELL IT WAS ABOUT MONEY
1045
01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:25,480
THEY PICKED SIDES NOT OUT OF MORALITY
BUT OUT OF GREED
1046
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:32,719
When it comes to debt, actually,
it was only him borrowing from me.
1047
01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:33,999
He'd borrow my money
1048
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:36,279
and wouldn't return it,
so I had to follow up.
1049
01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:39,040
I owed him nothing.
He was the one who owed me.
1050
01:06:41,160 --> 01:06:46,239
So, since the family has been together,
has anything this serious ever happened?
1051
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:48,199
{\an8}Nothing this serious has ever happened.
1052
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:49,839
{\an8}SOMKHUAN LARBPHO
CHOMPOO'S GRANDFATHER
1053
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:51,519
{\an8}Just little arguments.
1054
01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:55,319
At first, I wanted to ask Phon
if he really did it.
1055
01:06:55,320 --> 01:07:00,199
If he really did it,
he should admit it like a man.
1056
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:03,719
If he did it,
why did he do that to a child?
1057
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:05,639
What for? Why was he upset with her?
1058
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:09,319
If he was mad at us parents,
he should've taken it out on us.
1059
01:07:09,320 --> 01:07:10,680
Take it out on me.
1060
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:12,520
Don't do it to a child.
1061
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,319
The police asked
the Mukdahan Provincial Court
1062
01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:27,359
for an arrest warrant
1063
01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:30,320
for Mr. Chaiphon Wipha, or Phon,
on three charges.
1064
01:07:30,840 --> 01:07:34,879
The charges are abducting a child
aged 15 or under away from her parents...
1065
01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:36,039
JUNE 1, 2021
1066
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:38,279
...abandoning a child aged 9 or under
1067
01:07:38,280 --> 01:07:44,560
with the intention
of leaving her without a caregiver.
1068
01:07:47,400 --> 01:07:48,319
Wait. Don't.
1069
01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:50,080
Okay, sure. Go ahead.
1070
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:53,879
- Move back.
- How many more minutes?
1071
01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:57,400
We're detaining Mr. Chaiphon
under an arrest warrant.
1072
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:02,440
- We've waited for years.
- We're still following it.
1073
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:04,519
Phon's wife also faced charges.
1074
01:08:04,520 --> 01:08:06,799
Taen was charged with two charges,
1075
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,799
including tampering with the corpse
to change the outcome of the case.
1076
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:13,599
- This is the same charge as Phon.
- Right.
1077
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:17,480
Secondly, she's the coconspirator
in committing the offense.
1078
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:20,679
Hey, this was getting weird.
1079
01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:23,000
I was confused
about why there was a warrant for me.
1080
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:28,960
I surrendered to the Royal Thai Police
to prove my innocence.
1081
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:31,960
Uncle Phon?
1082
01:08:34,440 --> 01:08:35,359
Well!
1083
01:08:35,360 --> 01:08:37,279
- It's not something we see often.
- Right.
1084
01:08:37,280 --> 01:08:41,440
A suspect being flown back
on a police helicopter.
1085
01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:48,360
They acted like I was
the nation's top drug dealer.
1086
01:08:51,080 --> 01:08:54,480
{\an8}ROYAL THAI POLICE
1087
01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:58,080
The police escorted me on a helicopter.
1088
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:04,360
The cops in the Hummer were all my fans.
1089
01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:07,879
We were taking selfies
like we were friends.
1090
01:09:07,880 --> 01:09:10,440
They let me hold keys
and took pics with me as souvenirs.
1091
01:09:11,360 --> 01:09:14,120
Gosh. "I like you." Stuff like that.
1092
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:20,200
Turn left.
1093
01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:24,879
On the second day, I was in the cell.
1094
01:09:24,880 --> 01:09:28,439
My first time ever being in there.
I stayed in there on the second day.
1095
01:09:28,440 --> 01:09:30,999
I sang my song, "The Truth in My Heart."
1096
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,559
I was accused of wrongdoing
1097
01:09:34,560 --> 01:09:38,120
Oh, what a hard life
1098
01:09:38,720 --> 01:09:44,079
I only gave you the love I had
Looking after you while you were here
1099
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:46,720
A cop who was sitting there was like...
1100
01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:52,439
Instead of stopping me...
"Hey, you're a suspect.
1101
01:09:52,440 --> 01:09:54,319
"You're... a prisoner."
1102
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:56,239
The YouTubers were down there
1103
01:09:56,240 --> 01:09:57,239
trying to record it.
1104
01:09:57,240 --> 01:09:59,040
"Hey, Phon is singing. Come see!"
1105
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:03,720
DECEMBER 20, 2023
1106
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:08,919
Today, the Court of First Instance
of Mukdahan
1107
01:10:08,920 --> 01:10:12,479
scheduled the reading
of the verdict in Chompoo's case.
1108
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:15,200
According to the latest update,
the verdict's been announced.
1109
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:19,320
When they read the verdict,
1110
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,880
I nudged my lawyer next to me. "What?"
1111
01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:24,999
"Pan, what was I convicted of?"
1112
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:27,919
"Wasn't the case dismissed?"
He said, "Hold on."
1113
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,520
"Calm down, Phon. You've been convicted."
1114
01:10:31,320 --> 01:10:34,640
I started crying.
I couldn't hold back my tears.
1115
01:10:35,480 --> 01:10:37,320
I really didn't know I'd been convicted.
1116
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:40,959
IN THAILAND, THERE IS NO PUBLIC REGISTER
1117
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:44,599
FOR THE RULING OF THE COURT
OF FIRST INSTANCE OR THE COURT OF APPEAL.
1118
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:46,119
ACCORDING TO MEDIA COVERAGE,
1119
01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:49,519
THE MUKDAHAN PROVINCIAL COURT
SENTENCED PHON TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON,
1120
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:52,839
RULING HIM GUILTY UNDER SECTIONS 291
AND 317 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE
1121
01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:55,279
FOR NEGLIGENCE,
CAUSING ANOTHER PERSON'S DEATH,
1122
01:10:55,280 --> 01:11:00,039
AND ABDUCTING A CHILD AGED 15 OR UNDER
FROM HER PARENTS WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE.
1123
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:03,879
ALL CHARGES AGAINST TAEN WERE DISMISSED.
1124
01:11:03,880 --> 01:11:08,120
PHON SAID HE WOULD FILE AN APPEAL.
1125
01:11:12,160 --> 01:11:13,719
This is a very special case.
1126
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:16,399
I've never seen one like this
in 20-odd years as a lawyer.
1127
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:18,839
If it's a case involving a killing
1128
01:11:18,840 --> 01:11:22,240
or a serious crime, the court usually
imprisons them right away.
1129
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:25,480
The court released him.
1130
01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:30,439
- Hello.
- Hello.
1131
01:11:30,440 --> 01:11:34,279
Uncle Phon looked like he was crying.
1132
01:11:34,280 --> 01:11:38,279
But he said he accepted
the Court of First Instance's ruling.
1133
01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:42,320
He said he understood the orders,
and the rest is in the lawyers' hands.
1134
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:46,159
I'm still wondering
how those hairs fell inside my car.
1135
01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:51,479
But if those hairs they took
really were hers,
1136
01:11:51,480 --> 01:11:55,119
I'd try to explain to the lawyers
1137
01:11:55,120 --> 01:11:58,680
that I never washed my car
and Chompoo rode in my car all the time.
1138
01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:02,919
You journalists have seen me arguing
about the synchrotron,
1139
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:06,159
the hair analysis, and the cut mark.
1140
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:08,319
I don't know what that cut mark is.
1141
01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:11,519
This is an announcement
by Boem, Phon's lawyer.
1142
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:16,679
Strands of hair
are strands of biological matter,
1143
01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:21,480
which are different
from metals in general.
1144
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:24,919
I don't know how long they were kept
1145
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:30,160
until they looked at the magnified images
under synchrotron light.
1146
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:35,200
And this is scientifically unstable.
1147
01:12:44,200 --> 01:12:46,239
AUGUST 12, 2025
EVE OF PHON'S APPEAL HEARING
1148
01:12:46,240 --> 01:12:50,440
Honestly, I think about it... all the time.
1149
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:54,279
The memories are always in my head.
1150
01:12:54,280 --> 01:12:57,880
When I think about it, I always cry.
1151
01:12:58,480 --> 01:13:05,400
If I could turn back time, I would like
to spend much more time with my daughter.
1152
01:13:07,160 --> 01:13:11,040
Because she was with me
1153
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:16,120
for three years and two months.
1154
01:13:19,480 --> 01:13:20,720
Just a short time.
1155
01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:30,360
MUKDAHAN,
NORTHEASTERN REGION, THAILAND
1156
01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:41,120
I'm prepared for the worst.
1157
01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:44,319
I'm like two people in one body.
1158
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:48,639
One asks, "If this is the outcome,
can you accept it?"
1159
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:52,319
The other side of me can accept it
because I'm already prepared.
1160
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:53,959
I've prepared for the pain.
1161
01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:55,040
Yeah.
1162
01:13:56,360 --> 01:13:57,719
I can't figure it out.
1163
01:13:57,720 --> 01:13:59,559
What the motive was,
1164
01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:05,040
what he was thinking,
how he did it, why he did it.
1165
01:14:05,560 --> 01:14:06,800
What's your name?
1166
01:14:07,640 --> 01:14:09,200
- Stack them.
- Go get it downstairs.
1167
01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:16,840
{\an8}I want this to be the last case like this.
And I want justice to be served.
1168
01:14:24,640 --> 01:14:30,280
I think Phon's case will be a lesson
many people will need to learn from.
1169
01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:34,639
This includes the way we see
1170
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:37,040
how the justice system
in our country has changed.
1171
01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:39,599
The truth won't come out
1172
01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:44,880
if social media meddles
with the facts in the case.
1173
01:14:47,160 --> 01:14:49,239
Phon's case is
a very good example of that.
1174
01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:51,920
Even lawyers like me were shocked.
1175
01:14:56,840 --> 01:15:00,039
I want to say something to reporters
who are hungry for news
1176
01:15:00,040 --> 01:15:02,919
or don't care
about the news stories they get.
1177
01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:06,279
When this happens to your family,
you'll understand
1178
01:15:06,280 --> 01:15:11,199
how difficult it is to bear
the consequences.
1179
01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:15,399
How powerful do you think social media is?
1180
01:15:15,400 --> 01:15:17,320
It's really powerful.
1181
01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:23,519
If we create YouTube videos
or similar media,
1182
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:26,519
we must accept the consequences.
1183
01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:30,599
We must do it well
and think before we say something.
1184
01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:34,279
Once our words are out on social media,
we can't take them back
1185
01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:36,680
because every word has a price to pay.
1186
01:15:39,480 --> 01:15:41,599
She was like a little angel
1187
01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:45,720
who lived for only a short time,
and people ended up making money off her.
1188
01:15:46,440 --> 01:15:48,559
I won't deny that I got famous
because of her.
1189
01:15:48,560 --> 01:15:51,120
I admit I got famous
because of Chompoo's case.
1190
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:56,360
I never met you,
but I've seen your photos.
1191
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:01,359
In your next life,
I hope you have a perfect life
1192
01:16:01,360 --> 01:16:02,959
with your parents,
1193
01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:06,839
and you don't suffer and die
at the hands of cruel and evil people.
1194
01:16:06,840 --> 01:16:08,080
To this day,
1195
01:16:09,240 --> 01:16:11,200
all the coverage that happened
1196
01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:14,399
was a total fucking waste.
1197
01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:17,800
It's like it came and went past,
and it's over now.
1198
01:16:19,040 --> 01:16:21,559
It's all in the past now.
1199
01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:22,640
And what's next?
1200
01:16:25,480 --> 01:16:30,760
AUGUST 13, 2025
PHON'S APPEAL HEARING
1201
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:49,480
This story is complicated and convoluted.
1202
01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:54,040
Finally, it has gone
through the justice system.
1203
01:16:55,280 --> 01:16:58,959
This story is a long and epic tale.
1204
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:02,159
It started in 2020
1205
01:17:02,160 --> 01:17:05,840
and it's still going now, in 2025.
1206
01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:15,679
How do you feel? Relaxed?
1207
01:17:15,680 --> 01:17:16,640
Well,
1208
01:17:17,440 --> 01:17:18,399
I'm nervous.
1209
01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,799
- Nervous. I get it. Yes.
- I'm nervous.
1210
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:24,519
Well, as you've seen,
I've had to wait for today,
1211
01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:28,160
the day the court reads the verdict.
1212
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:30,639
- Let's wait and see.
- Right.
1213
01:17:30,640 --> 01:17:34,520
This afternoon we should...
hear some good news.
1214
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:39,919
I've fought to this day
because I want my family to get justice
1215
01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:43,240
like other families
to whom justice is served.
1216
01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:48,119
Please don't shout. Keep it down.
1217
01:17:48,120 --> 01:17:50,680
As we agreed, I came to support Phon.
1218
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:54,199
So, why are you still his fan?
1219
01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:57,640
Well, like, he's a kindhearted person.
1220
01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:03,199
Although a lot has happened,
1221
01:18:03,200 --> 01:18:07,279
with people insulting
and accusing Phon and Taen of things,
1222
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:10,199
the remaining YouTubers
still have faith in them.
1223
01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:16,160
We've seen his actions and behavior
since we started staying in Kok Kork.
1224
01:18:18,720 --> 01:18:21,879
If by noon we don't see Phon come out,
1225
01:18:21,880 --> 01:18:25,160
it means the court must've
sentenced him for some reason.
1226
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:34,559
{\an8}Regarding the epic case of Uncle Phon,
1227
01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:38,839
who was accused
of causing little Chompoo's death,
1228
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,919
today the Court of Appeal
announced the verdict, viewers.
1229
01:18:41,920 --> 01:18:45,320
Uncle Phon's sentence has been increased.
1230
01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:53,359
- The court increased it to 26 years?
- Increased to 26 years.
1231
01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:54,920
Oh crap, I'm gonna faint.
1232
01:18:55,560 --> 01:18:57,639
The Mukdahan Provincial Court
1233
01:18:57,640 --> 01:19:00,279
read the verdict
of the Court of Appeal Region 4.
1234
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:04,559
The court sentenced Mr. Chaiphon Wipha,
the first defendant, on three charges.
1235
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:09,999
Imprisonment for murder
with indirect intent, 15 years,
1236
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:14,440
abducting a child aged 15 or under
from her parents, 10 years in prison,
1237
01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:16,959
and tampering with the corpse
1238
01:19:16,960 --> 01:19:19,799
or the crime scene
where the body was found
1239
01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:21,919
before the autopsy was completed,
1240
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:23,199
one year in prison.
1241
01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:26,799
That's 26 years in total.
1242
01:19:26,800 --> 01:19:28,159
CHOMPOO HAS RECEIVED JUSTICE
1243
01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:29,439
Stay strong.
1244
01:19:29,440 --> 01:19:30,720
Look at this camera.
1245
01:19:31,640 --> 01:19:36,319
Everyone who came here
has been unable to eat or sleep.
1246
01:19:36,320 --> 01:19:39,840
I don't even know what to say.
We did our best. We tried our hardest.
1247
01:19:58,560 --> 01:19:59,519
Stay strong!
1248
01:19:59,520 --> 01:20:00,920
Come. Let's go together.
1249
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:03,079
Stay strong. Okay.
1250
01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:05,039
Do you feel better now?
1251
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:07,799
- Do you feel better now? Okay.
- Keep fighting.
1252
01:20:07,800 --> 01:20:08,840
What's your name?
1253
01:20:09,360 --> 01:20:10,800
I cried.
1254
01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:15,120
Well, the punishment's harsher this time.
1255
01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:20,999
I'd like to thank everyone
who's worked on Chompoo's case.
1256
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:22,680
She's received justice this time.
1257
01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:31,440
I felt so happy, I was shaking and crying.
1258
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:39,079
This is something
I've been waiting for a long time.
1259
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:43,200
When they found her body,
the police carried out an investigation.
1260
01:20:44,800 --> 01:20:46,119
We had to wait.
1261
01:20:46,120 --> 01:20:49,999
We waited two, three years,
four years, five years
1262
01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:51,720
until today.
1263
01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:55,000
Now Chompoo has received justice.
1264
01:21:09,120 --> 01:21:12,400
I'm not satisfied. I'm very sad
that he could do this to a child.
1265
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:18,760
I want to tell those who have followed
this news from the start
1266
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:23,319
to watch things for more than a moment
before they believe them.
1267
01:21:23,320 --> 01:21:25,639
Also, to the media out there,
1268
01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:29,280
don't turn a suspect into a celeb, a star.
1269
01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:32,720
Please report the news ethically.
1270
01:21:36,360 --> 01:21:39,079
Please let this be
the last case like this.
1271
01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:41,320
Don't turn criminals into stars.
1272
01:21:42,480 --> 01:21:44,960
Don't let this happen again.
1273
01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:52,720
Well, I told my daughter
1274
01:21:53,560 --> 01:21:56,920
I hope she rests in peace
and becomes an angel in heaven.
1275
01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:07,559
AFTER THE VERDICT
FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL,
1276
01:22:07,560 --> 01:22:13,319
BOTH PHON AND THE PROSECUTOR
STILL HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO APPEAL
1277
01:22:13,320 --> 01:22:15,760
TO THAILAND'S SUPREME COURT
1278
01:23:13,640 --> 01:23:15,960
{\an8}Subtitle translation by Tanchira Arjinkit