Wraps come off Thaksin's luxury room

Truth can never be concealed or suppressed forever, although it can be distorted temporarily. But sooner or later, it will emerge," according to an old saying.

- Veera Prateepchaikul

Take the case of serial killer Sararat "Am Cyanide" Rangsiwutthiporn. From 2015 until April 2023, she poisoned 15 acquaintances with cyanide, and 14 of them died.

Among the dead are four members of a rotating savings and credit association.

None of the relatives of the victims nor the police suspected Sararat because she left no traces of her crime. Nor were most of the victims related to each other by blood.

No one suspected anything until the death of the 14th victim, Siriporn Chaiwong, in Ban Pong district of Ratchaburi, when Sararat made the big mistake of stealing the victim's car and a Louis Vuitton handbag.

Siriporn's relatives reported her missing after Siriporn did not return home. The victim was later found dead near a river pier in Ban Pong.

Police checked the CCTV footage in the area and found the victim had been with a woman who looked like Sararat.

It was then that the truth started to emerge, and more spilt out when people who lost their loved ones, who were acquainted with Sararat, lodged complaints with the police.

Likewise, Room 1404 on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital (PGH), where former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was admitted for medical treatment for six months, had been a well-kept secret.

It was off-limits to the public and the media while the controversy over Thaksin's "feigned critical illness" raged on.

Last week, Thai Pakdee Party chairman Warong Dechgitvigrom, an anti-Thaksin hardliner, posted footage of the VIP room on social media.