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About the Book
Controversial and dramatic, Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, Thailand's most famous forensic pathologist has near daily run-ins with the police and frequently crosses swords with Thailand's political heavyweights. She has also had her life threatened. But her relentless efforts to liberate the secrets of the dead and bring justice to the victims of crime and their families have won her popular support.
In a country where there are 10,000 unidentified corpses every year and where crime scene investigation barely exists outside the world of fiction, Dr Porntip has almost single-handedly dragged forensic science and DNA analysis into the limelight. In this book, she recounts her growing up years ad the influences that shaped her life, and lays bare the challenges of her pioneering role as she describes some of her most significant cases, including her experiences dealing with the tragic events at Tak Bai in Thailand's restive south, and at the tsunami-hit Phang Nga.
About the Author
Dr Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan is the Director of Thailand's Central Institute of Forensic Science, an independent laboratory under the Ministry of Justice which she co-founded in 2002. She has received many awards for her contributions to Thai society and was conferred the honorific title of Khunying by the King of Thailand in 2003. In 2010 she was voted the most trustworthy person in Thailand in the Reader's Digest Trust Survey 2010. She has also been named an outstanding defender of human rights.
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