Pattaya: Police hotfoot it back to base as huge murder reenactment turns nasty

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Pattaya: Police hotfoot it back to base as huge murder reenactment turns nasty

 

Image: Ruk Siam News

 

Some 200 police officers led by the Chonburi provincial police chief and the acting head of the Pattaya police took the suspect in the shooting murder of an influential and well connected local man on a reenactment to the scene of the crime yesterday. 

 

But as around 100 of the victim's friends tried to break through a police cordon the provincial chief ordered his men to head back to the Pattaya police station. 

 

The reenactment was of the murder in the early hours of a man who went by the nickname of "Tee Lai Kor Phai". The 37 year old was shot outside the Teng See bar in the Rung Land housing estate in South Pattaya. 

 

Injured in the incident was Chatchai, 37, who was shot in the head and is still in hospital. It happened at 5.30 am on the 11th according to Ruk Siam News. 

 

In a Facebook report the media gave more details of what happened. They said that Tee Lai and Chatchai started to have an argument at a birthday party and went out into the street.

 

A security guard at the pub who is a friend of Chatchai went out to help them settle their differences. 

 

But Tee Lai pulled out a gun and shot Chatchai in the head. 

 

The guard Warut Sae-jia or "Arm" ran into the pub and got a gun. He fired at Tee Lai multiple times because he was angry that his friend had been shot in front of him.

 

He then fled to his girlfriend's house in Surin where he was arrested and charged with murder and brought back to Pattaya. 

 

Yesterday Provincial police chief Pol Maj-Gen Nanthachart Suphamongkhon and acting Pattaya police chief Atinan Nutchanart mobilized 200 officers for the reenactment of the crime. 

 

Security was tight and the road leading to the housing estate was sealed off temporarily amid fears that friends of Tee Lai would try to lynch Warut. 

 

When Warut was led out of a police vehicle about 100 friends of the dead man tried to break through a police cordon.

Seeing that things had taken a bad turn Maj-Gen Nanthachart decided to call off the reenactment and head back to the Pattaya police station. 

 

Ruk Siam News said that the police were in control of the situation throughout. 

 

Thaivisa notes that several names and details in this story have changed from earlier reports.

 

No reports have specifically itemized what Tee Lai was known for in Pattaya. 

 

Source: Ruk Siam News

 

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[Phuketshrew]

I seem to remember that there was a directive some time ago to stop these re-enactments. Why are they still doing them?

[SammyT]

I've never understood why they continue to do these things. In 99% of murders it offers no extra evidence yet it seems to rip open raw wounds for family and friends and provoke outrage. cost v benefit doesnt seem great.

[smedly]

I wonder how these scumbags make money

[Vacuum]

9 minutes ago, Phuketshrew said:

I seem to remember that there was a directive some time ago to stop these re-enactments. Why are they still doing them?

Photo ops?

[Vacuum]

2 minutes ago, smedly said:

I wonder how these scumbags make money

Girl friends work bars?

[tifino]

so if a re-enactment of the scene... wh not do it in the wee hours, as per the original? 

 - and not pre-announce the thing was going to occur...

[z42]

200 officers needed to do a crime re-enactment which aside from being highly unethical is also a gross abuse of man power.

What a circus that such a large contingent still didn't keep order that well. Pathetic at best

[tifino]

2 minutes ago, z42 said:

200 officers needed to do a crime re-enactment which aside from being highly unethical is also a gross abuse of man power.

What a circus that such a large contingent still didn't keep order that well. Pathetic at best

well, they obviously knew they'd be going into a war zone...considering the links to the general criminal element, involved in this

Edited September 14, 2019 by tifino

[Thechook]

The police are going to get someone killed doing these re enactments

[darksidedog]

Stupid really to do a reenactment in the first place, and taking 200 men shows they knew it would be inflammatory and dangerous. Then again, we have seen many, many very stupid reenactments of a variety of crimes, for no other purpose it seems than allowing the cops to bask in the attention of the press.

[Thechook]

37 minutes ago, tifino said:

so if a re-enactment of the scene... wh not do it in the wee hours, as per the original? 

 - and not pre-announce the thing was going to occur...

But if they dont pre announce it they wont be famous and miss the photo op

[colinneil]

Attention seeking idiots, 200 of them so they knew the s++t would hit the fan, but went ahead anyway.

Just shows you cant fix stupid.????

[oldhippy]

200 ???????

[trainman34014]

14 minutes ago, Thechook said:

The police are going to get someone killed doing these re enactments

Hopefully some of their own Top Brass !

[petermik]

"Ruck Siam News reported the police were in control of the situation throughout" yeah right that`s why they legged it back to the station....Keystone cops 

[Chang_paarp]

18 minutes ago, Thechook said:

The police are going to get someone killed doing these re enactments

 

4 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Hopefully some of their own Top Brass !

That would be a new crime that would need a re-enactment of its own.....

[watcharacters]

47 minutes ago, z42 said:

200 officers needed to do a crime re-enactment which aside from being highly unethical is also a gross abuse of man power.

What a circus that such a large contingent still didn't keep order that well. Pathetic at best

 

 

How many police does Pattaya have?

 

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Chang_paarp said:

20 minutes ago, Thechook said:

The police are going to get someone killed doing these re enactments

 

6 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Hopefully some of their own Top Brass !

That would be a new crime that would need a re-enactment of its own.....

Hopefully it might become an ever increasing event - spiralling out of control, but popular with the public I'm sure.

[bluesofa]

Just now, watcharacters said:

How many police does Pattaya have?

'Working' police: both of them.

[ChipButty]

8 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

How many police does Pattaya have?

 

Active or Inactive ?

[madmen]

They hot footed it back partly because they miss the air con

[petermik]

7 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

How many police does Pattaya have?

 

Due to data protection laws this cannot be made public

7 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Active or Inactive ?

The "active" ones are currently manning checkpoints throughout the city and issuing tickets to anyone not conforming to the law.

The "inactive" ones are currently inspecting all massage parlours as to determine whether or not they are offering sexual services.....and if so do they meet the criteria of "happy endings" as per the terms of the granting of the police approved licences

[LomSak27]

1 hour ago, SammyT said:

I've never understood why they continue to do these things. In 99% of murders it offers no extra evidence yet it seems to rip open raw wounds for family and friends and provoke outrage. cost v benefit doesnt seem great.

I was puzzled about this too, according to my old landlord it is a stage show to demonstrate that the police are in fact doing their job as there has always been room for doubt. The charts, perp, billboard, smiling police team and of course finger pointing is an updated version of the same thing. 

[fruitman]

It must be very safe in Pattaya if the police can put 200 man on a already solved murder.

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

I seem to remember that there was a directive some time ago to stop these re-enactments. Why are they still doing them?

Put it another way, even the police have no respect for the actual laws of Thailand.

[scorecard]

20 minutes ago, LomSak27 said:

I was puzzled about this too, according to my old landlord it is a stage show to demonstrate that the police are in fact doing their job as there has always been room for doubt. The charts, perp, billboard, smiling police team and of course finger pointing is an updated version of the same thing. 

Room for doubt yes, especially when the police are telling the accused what to do, where to point etc.

 

I can't count the number of times enactments on video with sound appear on TV news program and my Thai son says the accused is being told to say only what the cops tell him /her to say, etc.  

[Chang_paarp]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

1 hour ago, Chang_paarp said:

1 hour ago, Thechook said:

The police are going to get someone killed doing these re enactments

 

1 hour ago, trainman34014 said:

Hopefully some of their own Top Brass !

That would be a new crime that would need a re-enactment of its own.....

Hopefully it might become an ever increasing event - spiralling out of control, but popular with the public I'm sure.

It would make a great "reality" show. I'm sure it will rate as well as the soap operas.

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, Chang_paarp said:

It would make a great "reality" show. I'm sure it will rate as well as the soap operas.

Ha ha - yes!

Sadly 'police' and 'reality' are really an oxymoron here.

[The Deerhunter]

2 hours ago, tifino said:

so if a re-enactment of the scene... wh not do it in the wee hours, as per the original? 

 - and not pre-announce the thing was going to occur...

See post #5 answer.  Photo Ops???  Many BIB seem to be in on any chance of their 5 minutes of fame.  200 men?  The O.P says they knew it was very likely to be crashed, so why court disaster and do the un-necessary?   Someone will get killed at a re-enactment, if it hasn't already happened.