Police are considering charging all those on the speedboat that carried late actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong to her death.
A police source said phone conversation records showed that following the actress's fall into the Chao Phraya river last Thursday night, a man on the speedboat phoned numerous powerful individuals to ask for advice.
He admitted to one that the person driving the boat caused it to lurch in the water.
At that moment Tangmo grabbed another person who reacted from fear of being pulled into the water, the source said. The reaction caused the actress to fall into the water, her right leg cut by the boat propeller.
Police planned to summon the actress's five boat companions, who could be charged with negligence leading to death and making false statements. Earlier it was alleged that Tangmo fell while relieving herself on the rear of the boat.
Police had yet to prove if the cut on the late actress's leg was caused by the boat propeller.
Tangmo, 37, fell into the river around 10.40pm on Thursday. Her body was found about 1pm on Saturday.
Police earlier removed the propeller of the speedboat for examination. On Wednesday they reattached the propeller to the boat for the reenactment of its journey on the river.
The reenactment took place at about 6pm but stopped when the propeller fell off. It was due to resume once police attached another propeller to the boat.
