Abdullayib Doloh’s death remains a mystery

One of the lingering issues still in the minds of quite a few people in the Deep South throughout December is the mysterious death in the army detention of Mr Abdullayib Doloh, a suspected militant. 

          The suspect was held in detention in a prison at the Ingkayuth Boriharn camp in Nong Chik district of Pattani since November 11 until December 4 when he was found dead in his cell.

          To contain speculation that Abdullayib might have died from foul play, the government set up an independent panel led by Pattani deputy governor Thakerng Yossiri to investigate the case in order to determine the exact cause of his death.

          The probe team is made up of representatives from civic society, Muslim lawyers association, hospital, local administration, public prosecution and the Islamic clergy. Relatives of the victim have refused to join the investigation.

          At the last meeting of the investigating committee, it was reported that no traces of assault were found on the body of the victim but it was yet to be determined whether the victim died unnaturally or naturally.

          Nonetheless, it was agreed by the committee that the victim’s body would be examined by forensic experts to find out the exact cause of the death.

          The Isranews reporters were however told by a member of the probe team that the team was concerned with the delay of an autopsy report from the Songkhlanagarind hospital in Hat Yai and would travel to the hospital to get some of the reports which were already completed.

          However, a new issue has emerged which has drawn the interests of several parties, including the victim’s relatives. The issue in question is about a report of the Internal Security Operations Command claiming that the victim confessed that he used to get involved in unrest activities such as burning care tyres and spraying anti-government messages on public roads.

          However, it was pointed out that none of claimed confession statements were signed by the victim.

          But full autopsy of the victim ‘s body could not be done by doctors in Hat Yai because his relatives had refused to allow doctors to cut up his body. So, the doctors only examined the body, took blood samples, X-rayed the body and looked for toxic substances from urine.

          No traces of amphetamine, sleeping drugs, morphine, alcohol and other narcotics drugs were found in the victim ‘s blood from laboratory tests. The doctors concluded that they could not determine the exact cause of his sudden death.

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Captions : 

1 Abdullayib's ID

2 The press conference of the probe team and the doctors