snoop1130 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 S African suspect in killing of Thai businesswoman captured in Vancouver By The Nation A South African man – who allegedly killed a Thai jewellery businesswoman in a Bangkok hotel on Sunday before fleeing to Hong Kong – has been captured in the Canadian city of Vancouver, Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt-General Surachate Hakparn said on Tuesday. Police have already applied for the extradition of Mzwakhe Memela, 38, to Thailand, a process which would take two to three weeks to complete, he said. Surachate credited the arrest of suspect within 48 hours of the victim’s body being discovered to the cooperation between the world’s police forces, “which also saw them attending the Thai Immigration Bureau’s ‘coffee talk’ once a month”. On Monday, Thai police – on learning that Memela had fled to Hong Kong – coordinated with Interpol and Hong Kong police in an effort to locate him. Memela is accused of killing businesswoman Susama Ruenrit, 35, from Kanchanaburi, as he was seen in security-camera footage leaving her hotel room on Sunday morning. Her lifeless body – having suffered blunt-force trauma to the head – was later found at noon on Sunday by hotel staff in the room on the sixth floor of a hotel on Soi Lat Phrao 130. Although the motive for the killing and the suspect’s relationship to the victim are still under investigation, police suspect Memela went to cut a deal involving jewellery but, when negotiations went wrong, he struck and killed her. Meanwhile, Susama’s grief-stricken parents and relatives are hosting a funeral for their daughter at Wat Thewasangkharam in Mueang Kanchanaburi, ahead of her cremation rite on Thursday. The victim’s father, Prapreut Ruenrit, 63, recalled that Susama had left home on Saturday night to deliver an expensive jewellery item to a customer, whom she likely would be meeting at the hotel. However, he was shocked to be contacted by police on Sunday and discover that she had been killed, reportedly by an African man, whom hotel staff said used to stay at the hotel sometimes, too. Prapreut said Susama was married to a Nigerian, with whom she had three children – six-year-old twins and a four-year-old boy. Her husband and their youngest son are currently in Nigeria, he added. As the family business is gem-dealing and producing decorative items to order, he said he suspected that the African suspect in the killing, whom he assumed to be the customer, had ordered many pieces before earning Susama’s trust. However, he did not know what had gone so wrong that it had apparently led to his daughter’s murder. The father also said that Susama’s valuables worth Bt700,000, including more than Bt200,000-worth of gold necklaces and cash, were missing from the scene of the attack. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30366567 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-26 related story: South African hunted after female Thai jeweler bludgeoned to death in Bangkok hotel https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1091419-south-african-hunted-after-female-thai-jeweler-bludgeoned-to-death-in-bangkok-hotel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 unfortunately they'll have to take the death penalty off the table before Canada will extradite.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat ji Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Quote As the family business is gem-dealing and producing decorative items to order, he said he suspected that the African suspect in the killing, whom he assumed to be the customer, had ordered many pieces before earning Susama’s trust. However, he did not know what had gone so wrong that it had apparently led to his daughter’s murder. Maybe someone will explain to him that the incidence of robbery murders is quite high in South Africa. As a matter of course, or because the victim could identify the perpetrator. Quote The father also said that Susama’s valuables worth Bt700,000, including more than Bt200,000-worth of gold necklaces and cash, were missing from the scene of the attack. Of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, from the home of CC said: unfortunately they'll have to take the death penalty off the table before Canada will extradite.. Not really, a life sentence in a Thai prison would be worse. Although foreigners tend to serve 8 years of a life sentence before being transferred to a prison in their home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboyz1 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 How does this guy get captured immediately in a foreign country almost immediately, yeti red bull boy is still running around partying? I think I know the answer. $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortTimed Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 48 hours.Well done to the Police in all Countries involved. That guy would have been better off signing on an illegal fishing vessel in the Gulf for a year or so. Beats prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortTimed Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 How does this guy get captured immediately in a foreign country almost immediately, yeti red bull boy is still running around partying? I think I know the answer. $RedBull boy probably doesn’t have an easily identifiable ridiculous looking tuft of hair growing out of his forehead.Tough to blend into the crowd with that thing...Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, ShortTimed said: RedBull boy probably doesn’t have an easily identifiable ridiculous looking tuft of hair growing out of his forehead. Tough to blend into the crowd with that thing...Lol ....RedBull boy has wings though!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodieAfterDark Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Another sample of a classy very good man that comes to Thailand to spend his high earnings and share his great mind(very well hidden) with the Thai people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 So his name is Memela? In the other report that was his fake name in the passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeleto Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Condolences to the grieving family. May she rest in peace. At the very least they have the suspect and if guilty he will pay for the crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I was thinking also about the Red Bull kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Andrew65 said: ....RedBull boy has wings though!???? ...and a rich, influential family maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman1369 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 39 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said: I was thinking also about the Red Bull kid That's more than the RTP were doing. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipper Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Andrew65 said: ....RedBull boy has wings though!???? Big Joke this...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxe1200 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 hours ago, balo said: So his name is Memela? In the other report that was his fake name in the passport. His real name is Johnnkwerre Odoemenam, the passport was different. Check out his facebook site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 13 hours ago, Andrew65 said: Not really, a life sentence in a Thai prison would be worse. Although foreigners tend to serve 8 years of a life sentence before being transferred to a prison in their home country. He should face the death penalty on appearance alone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Mr. T's son, T Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFelix Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Mr T??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkleGoooose Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I was thinking that it seemed unusual for Saffers to murder, then I saw the picture.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockman07 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 If he had just made it to California he could have received sanctuary status & got to vote in the next election. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley01 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Wow how fast was that? obviously wasn’t an heir to a soft drink company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marley01 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 13 hours ago, daboyz1 said: How does this guy get captured immediately in a foreign country almost immediately, yeti red bull boy is still running around partying? I think I know the answer. $ $$$$$$$$ lots of $$$$$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 13 hours ago, daboyz1 said: How does this guy get captured immediately in a foreign country almost immediately, yeti red bull boy is still running around partying? I think I know the answer. $ Uhmm, first word begins with b and second word e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenm Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Any DNA evidence at the scene to point to him as the potential murderer, or just the fact he was on CCTV leaving the scene? Also with the open adjoining room door that was previously reported, has this 3rd person been definitely ruled out of the investigation? How would the victim's father know the value of the stolen goods? And have any of the stolen goods been recovered from the SA suspect? Lots of unanswered questions which I presume will come out during the extradition hearing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkauf Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Funny how it did not take the RTP two weeks to translate the documents necessary for the Interpol request this time, unlike Red Bull Boy. It's astonishing how efficient the RTP can be when they want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Dukeleto said: Condolences to the grieving family. May she rest in peace. At the very least they have the suspect and if guilty he will pay for the crime. Must have known something about him to allow the daughter to travel to Bangkok with items amounting to quite a value on her own ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran00001 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 15 hours ago, from the home of CC said: unfortunately they'll have to take the death penalty off the table before Canada will extradite.. Very unlikely that they would seek the death penalty in this case, it is normally only sought in cases of aggravated murder, and even then it is always reduced to life when a guilty plea has been entered, or failing that, it is almost always commuted on appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachalan Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Is that little black rectangle covering his eyes supposed to render him unrecognisable ....... Jeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortTimed Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Is that little black rectangle covering his eyes supposed to render him unrecognisable ....... Jeez I thought those were sunglasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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