Man wanted over Bangkok shootout that killed Indian tourist surrenders

[snoop1130]

Man wanted over Bangkok shootout that killed Indian tourist surrenders

By THE NATION

 

 

ONE OF the young men allegedly involved in a Sunday shootout that killed an Indian tourist and injured four people in Bangkok has surrendered, while police are now seeking arrest warrants for nearly 20 suspects, national police deputy chief Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan said on Tuesday.

 

Police took into custody Preecha Sak-udompaisal, an alleged influential figure in the Bang Sue area, after he surrendered at the Phya Thai Police Station. The 28-year-old owner of a snooker parlour was identified in CCTV footage as allegedly involved in the shooting and the court issued a warrant for his arrest.

 

Police continue to probe whether the shooting, which involved military weapons, stemmed from a conflict between two influential groups in Pratunam and Bang Sue. The spent cartridges collected from the scene are being inspected to see if they were fired from weapons used in other violent attacks, police said.

 

A police court said that in addition to Preecha, police investigators would seek arrest warrants for at least 10 suspects. The source said a police probe had identified the two groups of people involved in the shootout, with 19 people on Preecha’s side and seven people on the opposite side allegedly led by a wounded Thai victim, Pornthep Pumpuang, 23. 

 

In the meantime, Ministry of Tourism and Sports permanent secretary Pongpanu Svetarundra said the foreign tourist assistance fund board had resolved to pay Bt1 million in compensation for the death of the Indian tourist. When combined with Bt1 million from the insurance firm, the deceased man’s family would get Bt2 million. 

 

The board also agreed to pay for medical expenses beyond the limits covered under the insurance plans of the injured persons. 

 

Tourist Police Bureau acting chief Pol Maj-General Thirapol Kuptanon presided over a ceremony at 1.30pm on Tuesday to present compensation to the relatives of the dead and the wounded at Rajavithi Hospital. 

 

Basant Gakhreja, 45, the elder brother of the deceased victim Dheeraj Gakhreja, 41, joined the event. Speaking through an interpreter, he said that he understood this was an unfortunate event beyond anyone’s control. The grief-stricken brother thanked Thai authorities for arranging transportation of his younger brother’s body back to India on Monday evening for religious rites. 

 

Thirapol said the insurance company agreed to pay Bt1 million to the deceased tourist’s relative within a week, while the Sports and Tourism Ministry’s Bt1-million compensation would be remitted to the bank account of the deceased tourist’s wife later in the evening. He said the injured tourists would each get up to Bt500,000 in medical bill coverage from the ministry’s foreign tourist assistance fund and up to Bt500,000 in medical bill coverage from the insurance company. 

 

India is a key tourist market for Thailand with 1,411,942 Indians visiting the Kingdom last year, ranking them as the sixth largest group. That represented an increase of 18.2 per cent over 2016 and generated Bt62.4 billion.

 

The shooting happened at 8.30pm on Sunday at a snooker parlour in the car park of the Centara Watergate Pavilion Hotel in Ratchathewi district. 

 

Several tourists were at the scene and tour coaches were parked nearby. The Indian man – who was part of an insurance company’s 100-strong group tour to Thailand from October 4-7 – was shot and later died in hospital. Those wounded were named as Dharmendra Sharma, a 45-year-old Indian co-worker of the deceased, Keovongsa Thonekeo, a 28-year-old Lao tourist, and two Thai men, Thaksin Suk-iad, 22, and Pornthep. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30356133

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-10-9

[BigBadGeordie]

Young Man ..28 years old.

And then the BS continues, 1M Baht + insurance etc etc.

Influential groups.

Double money.

Indian tourism is worth X squillian $.

 

Stop the BS, you know who they are. Arrest them.

 

Just deal with it.

 

And then I woke up. Ah, well nice dream while it lasted.

[Enoon]

 

"Influential groups"?

 

You mean criminal gangs?

 

The sort of "groups" who would, if they were not Thai, be labelled "Foreign Mafia"?

 

So there is a Thai Mafia war going on in the heart of Bangkok?

 

Well that should bring in the "Adventure" tourists.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2018 by Enoon

[webfact]

Compensation pays provided for tourists killed, injured in Bangkok's shopping mall shoot-out

 

BANGKOK, 10 October 2018 (NNT) - Compensation pays will be provided for Indian tourists killed and injured during a recent shoot-out at a shopping mall in Bangkok. 

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports' Permanent Secretary Pongpanu Svetarundra chaired an urgent meeting of a committee for compensation fund management for the tourists killed and injured during the shooting incident, which occurred on 7 October 2018 in front of Centara Watergate Pavilion shopping mall. 

Thai and foreign tourists were hit by gufires, resulting in one death of an Indian tourist while two others from India and Laos were injured. 

The committee has approved to provide one million baht in compensation pay to the family of the deceased and a fund for medical expenditure which may exceed the maximum allowance covered by insurance firms. 

Tourists from India are considered one of the major visitors to Thailand, accounting for the sixth largest with 1.4 million visitors last year, marking a 18.2% growth from a previous year. They contributed to some 62 billion baht in tourism-related revenue last year, being on the top 10 list of visitors generating the most revenues.

 

-- nnt 2018-10-10

[RotMahKid]

1 million bath for a life in Thailand.

[RichardColeman]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said the injured tourists would each get up to Bt500,000 in medical bill coverage from the ministry’s foreign tourist assistance fund and up to Bt500,000 in medical bill coverage from the insurance company. 

Now if the rolled that out to ALL tourists injured by Thais whilst in holiday, that would be meaningful

[kotsak]

1 hour ago, RotMahKid said:

1 million bath for a life in Thailand.

Yeap, cheaper than a good truck..

 

[klauskunkel]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police took into custody Preecha Sak-udompaisal

I bet he is sorry to have harmed Thailand's tourism... 

[MaxLee]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Man wanted over Bangkok shootout that killed Indian tourist surrenders

Okay, then pay your few thousand Baht to the police, make a wai and buzz off

[Khuai Lek]

Pay fine 1000 baht for open fire shooting. ????