cheekyboy Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thursday 14th May 2009 Planning begins to extract the mystery containers located off the coast of Sattahip. We continue to follow the case of the containers which are thought to be located off the coast of Sattahip. Pressure on the government to check to ensure that the containers do not contain skeletal remains continues and on Thursday Dr. Porntip, the Director of the Department for Forensic Science arrived in Sattahip and is now personally overseeing the case following orders from the Prime Minister and began by inspecting skulls and other remains which have been picked up by fishermen over the years. The Royal Thai Navy is now in the process of mapping the exact location of the containers and extraction will begin shortly. Hopefully the mystery of what is inside the containers will soon be revealed and if the rumors are correct, this story could soon hit the international press. Pattaya One News Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Watch to see if any retired generals suddenly leave the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 So what other country in the world that has been discussing openly on the news every night would not have brought the containers up by now?? It's been almost 10 days since this story was first reported. Has anyone said why it's taking so long to bring them up? Or is this another case of TIT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Watch to see if any retired generals suddenly leave the country. suchinda and nonphakdee go abroad every year during black may anniversary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 The Nation 15/5/09 Pornthip to survey containers off Chon Buri A team of forensic scientists and Navy personnel will today survey five spots in Sattahip Gulf off the Chon Buri coast where eight sunken containers rumoured full of human skeletal remains are located. Forensic expert Pornthip Rojanasunant will lead the expedition with logistical support, including equipment, vessels and aircraft, mainly from the Navy. The operation, under direct orders from Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban, has also enlisted manpower from several civilian organisations. The eight freight containers have been resting on the seabed since 1993. Fishermen have reportedly netted human skulls and skeletons from time to time. Speculation has intensified that the unclaimed containers may hold the bodies of people who went missing during the 1992 bloody upheaval. Pornthip, director of the Justice Ministry's Central Institute of Forensic Science, said she would also visit Chong Samaesarn Temple, where skulls and skeletons collected by fishermen have been kept for inspection and future identification. Many of the skulls are being sent to the CIFS for examination and DNAbased identification. Pornthip was shown a newlyfound skull during her visit to a charitable foundation in Chon Buri where some skulls have been stored. She said it belonged to a person of underdetermined gender aged around 40. The skull had been submerged in seawater and was covered with barnacles, making DNA identification difficult because the flesh and hair were long gone, she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Bangkok Post 15 May 2009 No containers of bones on seabed A search by divers has failed to find any sign of shipping containers reputed to contain human skeletons on the seabed in Chon Buri province, the head of Silpakorn University's Division of Underwater Archaeology said on Friday. Imprem Watcharangura said the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) asked his division to organise a search of the ocean floor off Sattahip for the containers reported to have been seen by other divers. He could confirm there were no containers there, Mr Imprem said. Mr Imprem said fishermen have told the team that they would surely know if there were dead bodies hidden there, because fish would have flocked to the area to feed and the news would have spread. He said people had been filing complaints based on the rumoured containers for the past 20 years. Diving teams had searched the area and found no evidence of the containers. On Friday morning, a team of navy divers began searching a location there for the containers. Scuba divers claim to have come across a large number of skulls on the seabed during a coral reef adventure dive. They reported the find to the media. The DSI said it would have another look at the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 "because fish would have flocked to the area to feed and the news would have spread." I was having a chat to a Groper the other day, really pissed off about all the used condoms and rubbish floating around. Though he did like the fat Farang women bathing at a beach nearby, it seems they give off a rather pungent seafood excretion, that is most intoxicating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 So one group of divers confirmed the presence of containers and another group of divers deployed by the DSI says no containers. Must be some generals told the DSI there are no containers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 So what other country in the world that has been discussing openly on the news every night would not have brought the containers up by now?? It's been almost 10 days since this story was first reported. Has anyone said why it's taking so long to bring them up? Or is this another case of TIT? Do you have an subsea experience? Any idea what a container full of water weighs? Especially one that has been submerged in the mud for 20 years? They can't just hook some ropes and pull them up by hand. This would be a major salvage operation. Crane barges that size and saturation divers are not just sitting around the Gulf of Thailand, they are all working and you have to book them months in advance. Jeez. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 I used to work in the Faculty of Archaeology at Silpakorn U. (For some bizarre reason, that's where the Dept of Western Languages is.) I'll believe what they say. I had a colleague who used to dive on centuries old wrecks with the university team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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