Spontaneous human combustion.
There is no way that it could actually happen!
I never thought that...
...medical benefits from my company...
...would put my mother...
...in harm's way.
Where are you?
What is it now, mom?
I forgot the "medical benefits" card at home.
They won't give me my prescription.
How can you forget the card?
Did you tell them that you are covered under
my company's health benefit plan?
I told her, but she needs your employee ID number.
Let me talk to her.
Could you talk to my daughter?
Hello?
That's it. And, don't forget my mother's prescription.
Mom. Wait right here. I'll get your medication.
I promise.
You will make money.
Mona!
Yes.
Why is it that I constantly have to remind you?
Never promise.
Good, I'm glad you remembered.
You never promise.
You never promise!
Or your trip to New York is a thing of the past.
What are you griping about now?
Your rice barrels are blocking my shop, again!
Mali!
Don't you dare move my stuff!
Look, your barrels are on my property!
But they have always been there!
What's the big deal?
How can you be so selfish?
So, are you going to move them or am I?
- No, they stay put!
- Mom. Mom!
What's going on here?
It's your mom! Mali, where are you going?
We haven't resolved the problem.
How about these barrels? I told you... they stay put!
Hey, that's enough!
Go back to your shop. I'll talk my mom.
Right!
What?
- Mom? - Asshole!
When are you going to stop fighting with the neighbor!
I'm so sick of it.
And what is it to you?
OK, just forget it!
How was your visit to the doctor?
It was good.
Mom, do you happen to have some money?
What!
You make all that money!
But you had to spend it all on that damn condo.
And you expect me to live here... like this?
What's wrong with living here?
Mom, how much longer do we live like this?
I've lived here...
...since your birth.
So, are you going to lend me the money?
How much?
I said, how much do you want?
Take care of yourself, mom.
Mom, do you happen to have some money?
You make all that money.
But you had to spend it all on that damn condo.
I've lived here...
...since your birth.
How was your visit to the doctor?
It was good.
Mona.
Sorry, you can't enter.
This is my house. What's going on?
And where's my mom?
(Monks chanting.)
I heard you got a driving ticket.
You're a detective of decent rank.
Why didn't you use your "privileges!"
I am a detective.
Therefore, I need to be under the law.
...just like you taught me.
Do you have a meeting with someone?
Not with a reporter.
Wait! You said there are no new developments.
So, how do I write the news?
Like before: "fire accident."
- But it's... - How about this!
If we get information, you'll know first.
- But... - Stop! End of discussion.
You can leave now!
Well, are you another reporter?
No, I'm here to see detective Don.
Let's go to my desk.
What happened to my mother?
The police determined that it was an accident.
Detective Wang, I think I should talk to her.
Good, I think I should listen!
Today, forensics sent us the report.
There was no evidence of an electrical fire...
...gas explosion...
...or other flammable substances.
I think it might not be an accident.
Here are some pictures.
Don, have some sympathy.
She's already suffered too much.
I invited you here today...
...because you can help further the investigation.
Hi boss, I need the day off.
Don't worry about my work.
I'll finish it outside the office.
More ice please?
Don, let me tell you something.
You don't have to carry the world on your shoulder.
For small cases, let your men do the work.
I want you to be a leader, not a follower.
Make time for other cases too.
We have many of them unsolved.
Yes sir. I still have plenty to learn from you, Wang.
Good, very good.
Did you see?
Where's your partner?
Look!
The fire damage is...
...highly localized, limited only to the center area.
Look around the bed.
What happened to the clock?
Mom died at five A. M.
Fire travels up...
...not side to side.
There is "something" that killed your mother.
Will you be OK?
Yes, I'll be OK. You can go.
Are you sure?
Hey.
My name is Kwan. I'm a reporter.
Sorry, I have to go.
Fire consumed your mother,
leaving only arms and legs!
Yet, nobody has an explanation, right?
Have you ever heard of
"spontaneous human combustion?"
Call if you want to know
what happened to your mother.
There is "something" that killed your mother.
Look around the bed.
Fire travels up...
...not side to side.
Fire damage is highly localized,
limited only to the center area.
Relax.
Your mother has gone to a better place.
Do you want to see her face for the last time?
Looks like this corpse was
cremated from another temple.
Cremated, except for head and legs! How?
Never seen it!
Sir?
Can I ask you something?
In all the years as an undertaker,
...have you seen a corpse like my mother's body?
I've been trying to figure out...
...what could possibly do this to your mother.
Actually, nothing should be left of her body.
Like the parts that were burned...
...to ashes!
Our furnace,
burning at more than one thousand degrees,
would leave nothing after five hours.
What time did the police find my mom?
About six thirty A. M.
When the police found my mom,
the fire was already out, right?
Mom died at five A. M.
It can't be possible.
It can't be possible for my mother
to burn to that degree...
...in only one hour.
What are you talking about?
That reporter told me about "combustion."
Spontaneous human combustion.
There's no way that it could actually happen!
Stop.
Stop!
Why is she stopping?
She's about to be cremated. What?
Stop.
Stop right now.
Stop right now!
Deliver the corpse to the Police Hospital.
Take it to Goh, in forensics.
I've talked to him.
Yes, sir.
Take good care the subject.
Hey, hey!
Do you want to know what happened to your mother?
Why should I believe you?
You don't have to.
But, I know someone that you should believe.
Hello.
I've can't give much information...
...about things people don't believe.
Just look at this picture.
She was my mother.
Spontaneous human combustion!
A mysterious, unexplained phenomenon
for more than two hundred years.
Many have written about it.
But not many can explain it.
Some say it's static electricity...
...that causes an internal flash fire.
Some say...
...that certain foods generate
dangerous levels of combustible gas...
...which causes extreme imbalances in the body.
Yet others say...
...it is a religious ritual.
There's a European cult...
...that channels internal energy to create fire within,
sacrificing themselves to their deity.
I have something to show you.
I've followed the phenomenon of
"SHC" over many years.
Many similar cases exist.
These are purported incidents of
spontaneous human combustion!
In this news article...
"John Smith..."
...burned from the inside until almost nothing was left.
Objects around the charred remains like paper
and carpet never caught fire.
And in 1919,
flames consumed Mary Johnson in her bed.
Just like her mother.
A witness saw Mary Johnson return home at midnight,
before discovering her immolated body at one A. M.
That's a span of one hour.
The same duration.
The flames destroy only the body.
Almost everything else in her room
was untouched by fire.
There are so many bizarre occurrences in this world...
...without scientific answers.
And the news of unexplainable fires
that you've reported for months.
Why is it happening?
And happening with greater frequency?
Will it happen again?
I don't know.
And I don't know why it's happening in Thailand.
It's your task to find the answer.
Spontaneous human combustion?
Mona, I'm really sorry about your mother.
Yeah...
But I think, a little time off from work is probably the best thing for you right now.
What do you mean...
Well... your performance have been really good recently.
You will need to qualify to go to our international offices.
But your heart is not in it at the moment, Mona.
I think with immediate effect best you take leave from office.
No more questions!
It's not your job!
Stop investigating the case!
That's an order!
Yes sir.
What is going on here?
I've been ordered to move your mother's corpse.
But aren't you gathering new evidence?
All cases were deemed accidents.
Besides, detective Wang said the police are
overloaded with cases.
You can't do that.
But it's an order!
Do you really want to enter?
Goh.
What did you find?
You didn't give me a lot of time. Don't expect much.
Look at the bone.
It's brittle.
Right.
Almost all of her bones...
...are brittle and perforated.
What does that mean?
Usually, in burn victims,
if the flesh is intact, the bones will also be intact.
If the body's calcium usage is not increased,
like in pregnancy,
bone density degenerates relatively slow with age.
Of course, its older people who...
...tend to suffer bone problems.
But in this case,
...the bone degenerated abnormally fast.
Right.
Oh, one more thing!
I found this is your mother's bladder.
It consists of calcium and phosphorus.
Similar to bladder stones, only much larger.
As large as ten bladder stones combined!
Can it cause acute stomach aches?
Stomach aches?
It kills you.
What are we going to do next with my mother's body?
We need to move your mother to a private hospital.
That way, Goh can continue to find more evidence.
Promise me you will personally
look after my mother's body.
I promise.
- Give me my mother's medical record. - We're closed. You have to talk to Doctor Simon.
Sir?
I need the medical records
of Mrs. Mali Raksathai right now.
I'm a police officer!
Do you have a search warrant?
Screw your search warrant! My mother was very sick!
How the hell did the hospital miss finding
a huge stone in my mother's bladder?
A new victim of human immolation
has just been discovered...
The police still have no answers to what caused it.
Don, that's Kwan.
We're closed.
If I didn't have free medical...
...I would never allow my mom to come here!
Relax.
I won't let this pass.
Let's get in the car.
Excuse me!
Are you looking for this?
According to the medical record,
your mother was in good health.
Impossible!
I saw my mother suffer stomach aches!
What you said upstairs gave me grave concern.
...Because my mother also suffers the same condition.
Where is your mother right now?
I think we need to get your mother checked now!
Let's go.
Your mother is inside here?
Well, we'd better hurry.
Wait!
I don't think they'll welcome you.
Are you sure?
It's a place for women.
Don't worry.
Will you be OK?
I'll be back.
I don't really agree with my mom coming here.
But...
...she believes in this stuff.
Your mother is not well.
Her spiritual guru is performing the ritual.
Wait here.
Oh shit!!!
Step back!
How's she doing?
Did the police find any evidence?
Well, witnesses believe the...
...spiritual guru worked her magic incantation.
The guru?
...that old lady?
I don't think so.
Why don't the police perform an autopsy?
Eventually,
...they will.
Excuse me. Goh is on the line.
What happened to me?
You were unconscious.
This saline solution will make you fresh.
Thank you.
God damn it!!!
Your mother's corpse has been... stolen.
You promised to look after my mother's body!
You promised to "personally"
look after my mother's body!!!
Mona, what are you doing?
- I promise to take care of this. - Take care of what?
Don! How can you let her go? She's a witness!!!
Hello, Mona? This is Ploy. Do you remember me?
I have information pertaining to
my mother and your mother.
Can you come over to my apartment?
This is my mother's medical record.
It's the same as your mother's record.
It's very suspicious.
So, at the very least...
...you knew what the clinic does with patients.
Most of the patients are senior citizens.
So, it's common that they have osteoporosis.
To make them better,
the clinic gives calcium supplements,
which they take regularly.
Have you heard of a company named "Terradyne"?
They're a Multi -National Medical Conglomerate
Right! I just found out that the company...
that I used to work for
and the clinic that treated my mother
are part of the Terradyne network.
How does that relate to everything?
At Terradyne's clinic, they give patients
a drug called "N 0116".
...to my mother and other patients.
Are you saying the drug is responsible?
Perhaps.
But first, we need to find out about this drug.
The police found calcium/phosphorus deposits...
...inside my mother's bladder.
But her medical record at the clinic stated nothing.
They're hiding important evidence!
Mona, where are you?
Hello.
Mona. Hello, hello.
Hello.
This is all we have on the close-circuit cameras.
That's it?
That's it.
How can an entire corpse vanish without a trace?
- A waste of time. I've looked through it. - I want to look it again!
You didn't see anything unusual?
I asked all security guards.
No one saw anything.
I've searched the entire book.
Perhaps, "N 0116"
...hasn't been registered
with the Pharmaceutical Federation.
Maybe "N 0116..."
...is a code for a drug that is still being tested.
If so, why is it being used with people, professor?
You've always questioned things, Ploy.
But, the purpose of this drug...
...is beyond speculation.
Besides, I've yet to identify it.
Can I take a look?
Sorry.
What if "N 0116"
...is actually "Z"
"...9110..."
...would that have any meaning, professor?
"Z?" Let me see.
"N" to "Z?"
"Z" for "Zen"??
"Zentana"
Yes, that's lt!
"Z" is "Zentana".
"Z 9110" A bio-tech drug.
...for Anti-aging.
However,
It hasn't been approved by
the Pharmaceutical Federation yet.
An anti-aging drug?
Does it have side effects...
...that can cause people to "burn?"
I don't think...
...drugs like that really exist in the world.
Hello! Hello?
How about this?
I know people in the "experimental drugs"
department at Videgen Labs.
They can test the drug...
...and tell you its composition.
If you still want to know,
I can contact them for you.
Have you heard of Videgen Lab?
Going to Videgen now.
May I help you?
I'm here to see Mr. Chokchai.
Appointment for Mr. Chokchai.
This way please.
Good afternoon.
Professor Manus told me about the drug.
Sounds very interesting.
Do you have the drug with you?
Let's go to the lab.
Yes, sir.
Please have some water.
Please.
May I take a look at the drug?
Here you are.
Let's go inside.
How much do you know about Zentana?
I'm actually the supervisor
for the production of this drug in Thailand.
Then you must know its side-effects.
Side-effects?
They're just like any other drugs.
For example, if we take cough syrup too often
we might get addicted.
Just give me the facts. What are its side-effects?
Do you really want to know?
Hmm... it could be... developed...
...into a biological weapon of war.
What are you doing here?
Give me the phone! Mona!
Now!
Do something! Call the back-up!
"Mona."
What happened to me?
Where am I?
Mona.
Don, I saw my mother's dead body inside!
- Where did you see her? - Upstairs.
Calm down. Let's get Ploy safe first.
Let's go.
Take good care of her.
The doctor said Ploy will be OK.
But she needs to stay here for a while.
Are you OK?
Let's go.
Mona,
...there's something unusual about your mother's case.
The security company for the private hospital...
...is actually part of the Terradyne network.
They must've tampered
with security tapes in the morgue.
I'm sure they're hiding evidence,
making it look like nothing happened.
Wait!
I need to sit down.
I have something to show you.
I got this from Videgen labs.
It's a video clip...
...demonstrating that "Zentana..."
...can make one explode into flames.
Don!
They're using the Thai people as lab rats.
Terradyne and company provides welfare
to the family members of each employee,
putting them under the company's health program...
...in order to experiment with this drug...
...and see the side-effects on people.
The side-effects?
Why?
We have evidence of the experiment.
So, they will come after us.
For this to stop,
the public must know the truth.
Yes!
Terradyne sponsors those clinics.
In the past two years,
a number of them have sprung up in ASEAN countries.
Many of the patients are senior citizens.
Most importantly,
several patients have disappeared without a trace.
Kwan, we have to expose the truth!
The sooner we meet,
the sooner you will have your big story.
A drug called "Zentana" causes
spontaneous human combustion.
But, we need evidence!
I have it!
Good.
Let's meet at...
...the park under the Rama three bridge.
Kwan.
Did you bring it?
Here, look!
This video clip shows them testing on an animal...
...the same thing they're doing to Thai people.
How do you want me to help you?
Expose the truth!
Mona,
I...
I... am...
I am sorry!
The girl has the chip!
You should have the chip!
Alright! Let's get it over! Come on! Guy!
- Lets stop -just a bit further
- Wang. I need backup! - Hello?
Where are you?
Wang. Send backup now!
Hello?
- Where are you? - Old warehouse at the port on Rama III Road.
Mona... Go!!!
Mona?
Come on out. I know you are in here. There is no use in hiding.
Stop wasting time.
I know you've been injected.
I know you've been injected with Zentana.
You don't want to burn like that, like the rabbit now. Do you?
Life is in jeopardy, Mona.
I know you've been injected with Zentana.
I know you hear me.
I've got the serial number of Zentana.
You got the micro-drive.
Let's make a trade.
Mona...
Mona, I know your in here. There's no use in hiding.
I know you think Zentana is bad.
But hey! I'm a doctor.
There are a lot of positive uses for it in the world.
There are a lot of people out there needed to be eliminated.
If you don't want to be one of them... give me that micro-drive. Now!
Where's the backup?
Coming.
Mona!!! Wang!!!
So, where's the backup?
The backup?
Where's the micro-drive?
Wang?
Kill them!
What's the meaning of this, Wang?
What's the meaning of this!!!
Don!
You've let me down...
...Wang.
- I can't go on any more. - Mona, keep strong!!!
Mona!
Don! It's over!!! Give up!!!
Go, Mona! Mona!!!
Mona!!!
- Mona!!! - I can't go on!!!
Mona!!!
- The antidote... is with... Simon. - What?
The antidote is with Simon.
Simon???
Open the truck!
Slowly!!!
Mona!!!
Mona. Breath, Mona!!!
Let's get the latest update on a very big story...
...about cases of mysterious deaths...
...which many people believe come from...
...the sudden bursting of fire from inside the body...
...that people have termed "SHC."
Police have determined that it is the effect of a drug...
...called "Zentana,"
which is manufactured by the Terradyne Corporation.
The drug has been used...
...with several elderly Thai patients.
The video you're seeing...
...was obtained from inside Terradyne's Videgen lab.
It shows the effect of "Zentana,"
the same drug that has caused people to suddenly
burst in flames.
Aside from your testimony,
is there anything else you wish to state
for the court today?
I do, your honor.
Your honor, at the risk of sounding inappropriate and might like the following to be stated for the record.
My name is Robert Joost Hoover.
I'm the Chief Executive Officer of Terradyne Corporation, the asian division.
We are Terradyne. We are a multi-local, we are a multi-national and we are a multi-billion dollar corporation.
With many governments all around the world.
We help daily, over 90 million people.
This we've accomplished by the discovery and the development of breakthrough medicines.
We have a work force, the numbers over 400,000.
Whose main job is to enhance the life of others all around the world.
Ladies and Gentleman. We are a big company.
Now. It is often the case, that individuals who would love and wish to see
the giant of a company like ours brought to it's knees.
Yet for every single individual, who brings a lawsuit or a complaint against us.
There are millions who benefit from our undying quest.
For a longer, a healthier and a happier life. Through innovation.
We are the paradigm of global leadership.
And of corporate responsibility.
Think about that.
Thank you.
Today, let's talk about the case involving...
...Mr. Robert Joost Hoover
Miss Mona Raksathai,
what else can you tell us about the lawsuit?
Whats your opinion on the verdict?
That day, the verdict was unexpected.
I lost.
He won.
I saw that he looked quite normal.
When he exited the court room,
there was nothing out of the ordinary...
...until he reached the court steps...
...the incident that followed...
...he exploded violently into flames!
Everybody saw it.
I could not believe...
...what I witnessed.
This incident that happened in front of everyone...
...who do you think was responsible?
I don't know.
May I ask a direct question?
Did you cause Mr. Robert Joost Hoover
to burst into fire?
I did not.
Then, I take it as your confirmation,
That you had nothing to do with the incident.
Thank you very much.
I've said from the beginning that my client is innocent.
Will you still produce medication in Thailand?
The medication has great benefits.
Of course, my client will continue to produce it.
Will you still help these victims?
What happened was not our fault.
But anyone in need of assistance can contact me.
We will consider case by case.
Mona,
What do you plan on doing next?
I think I'll go back "home" to work at the shop.
There are many more things I need to do... for my mother.