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Ex Police Lt Col Banyin and 4 Accomplices Deny All charges To Murder Case
Former deputy commerce minister Pol Lt Col Banyin Tangpakorn is escorted by police to court facing charges in connection with the abduction and murder of a senior judge’s brother. The Crime Suppression Division on Friday sent prosecutors its case report on former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangprakorn and five others accused of the abduction and murder of a senior judge’s brother.
On Feb 4, It was believed that a judge’s brother , Wirachai was forced into a car near the Bangkok South Civil Court where he died of fatal wounds from his abductors. Wirachai’s body was then burned and his remains were stuffed in fertiliser bags and then dumped in the Chao Phraya River.
Pol Maj Gen Jirabhop said Pol Lt Col Banyin and four of his co-accused have denied ALL charges. The investigators had questioned 111 witnesses and all six suspects. Their report consisted of 11 files, with 4,259 pages, and was handed to public prosecutors on Friday.
Banyin and his co-accused face nine counts as follows:
- Trying to force another person to act unlawfully
- Colluding to force a state official to act unlawfully
- Criminal association
- Colluding in murder to conceal another offence
- Illegal detention for ransom
- Illegal detention causing death
- Concealment of a corpse
- Collusion to destroy a corpse or surrounding areas before an autopsy was conducted
- Impersonating a state officer by wearing a police uniform.
Source: CSD hands abduction-murder case against Banyin to prosecutors
(File photo:Somchai Poomlard)
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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.
Source: 2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
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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.
Source: ‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
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