The decision of the Office of the Attorney-General to press charges of premeditated murder, illegal confinement, coercion and concealing a human's body against former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park, Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn and his three subordinates represents the first major step in the right direction to bring justice to the late Karen activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen and his family.
Kudos must go to officials of the Department of Special Investigation for their tireless effort to clear the air over the mysterious disappearance of Billy, which led to the discovery of a burnt oil barrel at the bottom of a creek near the suspension bridge in the park in September 2019. Forensic officials from the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) of the Justice Ministry should also be commended for their success in extracting DNA traces from a small fragment of human skull found in the oil barrel which matched a DNA sample of Billy's mother.
