A further autopsy on the body of a first-year cadet who is believed to have died under suspicious circumstances will face a delay as a chemical used to extract DNA from his internal organs for inspection is out of stock.
The Central Institute of Forensic Science does not have enough money to buy any more of the chemical, a source said yesterday.
The institute received the body of Pakapong "Moei" Tanyaka on Oct 25, and later on Nov 23 police handed over some of his internal organs for examination. The organs were earlier held back by an army-run hospital where an initial autopsy was performed, and handed over only after the young man's family raised the alarm. The new autopsy on the organs will provide more detail which the family hopes will help explain the cadet's mysterious death.
The autopsy requires a special liquid substance to extract DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue, according to institute director Som Phromrot. He said the chemical substance is needed to perform a careful examination.
The institute cannot explain why such an important chemical ran out or say when the stock will be replenished. The Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School cadet died on Oct 17, a day after he returned to the school after a short break. The Institute of Pathology at Phramongkutklao Hospital which conducted the initial autopsy found internal bleeding in Pakapong's spleen and liver. His death led to questions about whether he died because he was severely beaten.
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