Surat Thani village headman gunned down as he left fund-raiser

By The Nation

 

A village headman was gunned down in Surat Thani’s early on Tuesday, police said.

 

The Mothai police station was alerted of the shooting of Chaiyut Mungmee, 54, beside his pickup truck in Moo 7 village of tambon Pak Mak, Chaiya district at 2.30am.

 

Police said Chaiyut was killed as he was about to go home after having organised a tea party at the Ban Yang Prong rescue centre to raise funds for the tambon hospital.

 

He was shot in the back by a shotgun.

 

Surat Thani police chief Pol Maj-General Apichart Boonsriroj ruled out politics as being behind the shooting. He said the murder might have been motivated by business conflicts or extramarital affairs.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30360634

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

He was shot in the back by a shotgun.

Suicide. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Pol Maj-General Apichart Boonsriroj ruled out politics

then politics it is.

Thailand has advanced enough to do away with Village heads everywhere...They are no longer needed.

 

if he is like all other headmen ive met then he probably deserved it. Just a matrer if tine until my local head idiot is taken out. Ripping off old people funds, selling land illegally which i bought, using skimmed gov funds to build houses, buy land elsewhere, taking money 3times in a row to put a paved road on our street, allows the destrucrion of public/forest land, his family log in the hills,etc, etc.. stupid prick has even had goons harassing my family. 

2 hours ago, weegee said:

Thailand has advanced enough to do away with Village heads everywhere...They are no longer needed.

 

Yes they are needed, who's gonna hand out the money the government gives for the villages for building contracts buying 2nd grade materials, that's After they Tax the money  very heavy ,what's suppose to benefit the village people and infrastructure. who's is gonna supply his mates and himself with soil and concrete and building materials ?  If we don't have a headman we would be headless.  ????

Its number 3 of the 1001 unnatural ways to die mysteriously here????

21 hours ago, digger70 said:

Yes they are needed, who's gonna hand out the money the government gives for the villages for building contracts buying 2nd grade materials, that's After they Tax the money  very heavy ,what's suppose to benefit the village people and infrastructure. who's is gonna supply his mates and himself with soil and concrete and building materials ?  If we don't have a headman we would be headless.  ????

....and who's gonna hand out the 500 baht notes when voting occurs?

1 hour ago, Vacuum said:

....and who's gonna hand out the 500 baht notes when voting occurs?

Oh yea ,Forgot about That one.  

I've heard that tea parties can sometimes get out of hand.