"Navy" has confirmed the latest in the case of "Sukhothai Royal Navy" today, 6 bodies were found, but there is evidence indicating that it was 5 troops who rushed to verify their identities, totaling 17 missing.

Progress on the search and rescue of the missing naval personnel from the incident

The HTMS Sukhothai shipwrecked at 5:40 p.m. on December 24, 2022 at Prachuap Pier, Bang Saphan District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province.

Royal Navy helicopter

The bodies of the deceased, found at noon today, four more people have been brought to the pier.

With the car of the rescuers picking up the body of the deceased to send to the Sawangrat Sattha Thammasathan Foundation

to wait for the process of sending to prove identity

which the operation of the operation to search for the missing today

A total of 6 deceased bodies have been found, all of which must be confirmed through identity verification, all 6 of whom will leave for forensics, police hospital this evening.

Vice Admiral Pichai Lorchusakul, Commander-in-Chief of Police 1, revealed that the operations of the lost search team today

A total of 6 bodies were found, where all the bodies were found in Sector 3 and 4, near the point where the Sukhothai HTMS shipwrecked.

in which all the bodies of the deceased

Still unable to verify who the person is

will have to wait for identity verification

from the forensic

Police Hospital only

from which a body was found near the shipwreck site, making tonight

May have to adjust the search plan for tomorrow.

This will narrow the search circle to the location of the shipwreck.

At 8:15 p.m. at the Sawangrat Sattha Thammasathan Foundation, Bang Saphan Ms. Punika Netsawang, Deputy District Chief, said that at about 7:00 p.m., there was a joint meeting between the government, the navy, the police. Bang Saphan District and the medical team from Hua Hin Hospital

There was a meeting together to consider the re-opening of the Operations Center for Identification of Persons at Bang Saphan Police Station again to facilitate the relatives of the missing.

From which the joint meeting preliminarily concluded that tonight there will be no movement of the deceased brought up today.

sent to forensic police, but on Monday

There will be a medical team from forensic medicine, police hospital coming down to the area.

for an autopsy of the deceased

And samples of body parts found will be sent to the laboratory for examination.

To verify DNA with relatives to confirm the person's identity.

Before the body release committee will deliver the body of the deceased to relatives.

It is expected that it will take about 3 days for DNA proofing to confirm the person's identity after the fragments reach the forensics.

Reporters reported that

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Summary of helping victims

#Sukhothai Royal Ship, total 105 officers

-Can help 76 people

- 6 killed

-Waiting for proof of identities of 6 officers (there is evidence indicating that they are 6 Royal Thai Army troops without evidence indicating that they are 1 Royal Thai Army force)

- 17 missing

*Edit -Waiting for proof of identities of 6 officers (there is evidence indicating that they are 5 Lt. Troops, there is no evidence indicating that they are 1 Lt. Personnel)