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Ranger Shot Dead While Pursuing Illegal Logger
KAMPHAENG PHET — A man was arrested and charged on Tuesday for allegedly shooting dead a forest ranger who attempted to arrest him for illegal logging operation.
Police say Suchat Sae-chao confessed to fatally shooting Krissada Kabbua, a head ranger at Khlong Wang Chao National Park, where Suchat reportedly cut down protected trees for commercial purposes.
Ranger Krissada was among the group of security officers who discovered felled mai daeng trees (Xylia xylocarpa) cut into logs, as well as logging equipment, inside the forest. They soon spotted Suchat fleeing the scene, and gave chase.
Around 3pm, while the group were in pursuit by car, Krissada was fatally shot in the back of the head. Suchat was arrested at around 7pm. He was charged with murder.
Adisak Phusitwongsanuyut, former park director, wrote a tribute to Krissada in an online post.
“The ranger has two small children. I saw the pictures he had posted of him hugging his warm family before he was shot dead yesterday, making me very sad,” Adisak wrote.
Khlong Wang Chao National Park, straddling Kamphaeng Phet and Tak, is a rich forest and a lucrative target for illegal loggers. The head ranger at the same park was also shot dead in April 2008 while investigating logging operations.
In Thailand, park rangers carry out their work with extremely low pay and often risk life and limb. Their profiles rose to public attention in 2018, when a junior ranking ranger arrested a construction tycoon suspected of poaching a black panther in Kanchanaburi.
Source: Ranger Shot Dead While Pursuing Illegal Logger
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Police chain suspects doors and windows until next morning
On August 9, A man attacked an officer, took his gun, and fled to his house in Plang Yao District, Chachoengsao Province. The officer then tried to persuade him to surrender for more than 6 hours but still failed.
Later at 6:00 pm, Plangyao Police Station decided to send 50 officers from a special operations unit in Chachoengsao Province.
The standoff lasted until 11:00 p.m. and the villain still showed no signs of surrendering.
So, they decided to chain his doors and windows preventing him from escaping until the next day rather than risk any of the officers or even the suspect’s life.
Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Police in Chachoengsao Province started to process a search warrant for the next morning after leaving a couple of police officers to watch the house.
Later, Col. Sonthaya revealed that the perpetrator was named Mr. Anon, 45, at the house in Tha Bunmi Subdistrict, Koh Chan District, Chonburi Province, who went into a drunken methamphetamine rampage and destroyed his neighbor’s ricefields.
Police tried to intervene but Mr. Anont took a gun from Officer Or Sor and ran away. Mr. Anon’s daughter also reported his unusual behavior saying he was showing signs of aggressive behavior telling officers to exercise caution especially since he had a gun.
Police hope he will surrender after bringing a search warrant after the drugs wear off. To be continued……..
Later, it was reported that the suspect had escaped through the back of his house prior to officers boarding up his doors and windows. Police then conducted a search of the house and did not find the stolen gun. Police are still searching for the armed and dangerous suspect now.
Source and photos: https://www.khaosod.co.th/breaking-news/news_4678351
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2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
Thai embassies hit by Covid-19: Staff members of Thai embassies in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have contracted the novel coronavirus, according to the Foreign Ministry. The embassy in Manama reported that a foreign employee suffering mild symptoms tested positive for Covid-19, ministry spokesman Cherdkiat Atthakor said on Sunday.
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‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
A policeman in Si Sa Ket province who suffered from mental illness reportedly killed himself on Saturday (August 8) by jumping out of the hospital building. The deceased, Suwaroj Khumthong, 53, was a police officer at Muang Chan Police Station who was admitted to Sisaket Hospital due to his mental condition.
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