Charges progress on Phuket monk for slaying boy, 17

Shela Riva

 

Mr Wei Pew Ar was found hacked to death in the early hours of Aug 5. Photo: Thalang Police

 

PHUKET: The defrocked monk now held on drug charges and suspected of hacking to death a 17-year-old monk’s assistant at Wat Baan Don in August will have his case file sent to the Public Prosecutor today (Oct 6), police have confirmed.

 

The suspect, Khittisak Songkram, 38, was a monk at the temple at the time of the murder, in the early hours of Aug 5.

 

His fingerprints were found to match fingerprints found on the knife used to kill 17-year-old Wei Pew Ar, who was found hacked to death in front of a monk’s house, where he used to sleep.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/charges-progress-on-phuket-monk-for-slaying-boy-17-64197.php

 

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Should expedite the charges before Monk becomes invisible.