Pattaya: Brazen daytime murder of motorcycle taxi rider - shot in the head after dropping off passenger

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Pattaya: Brazen daytime murder of motorcycle taxi rider - shot in the head after dropping off passenger

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Pattaya police, rescue and forensic teams rushed to the rear entrance of Pattaya School 8 in Soi 17 Moo 8 yesterday lunchtime after a motorcycle taxi rider was shot in the head and killed around 12 noon. 

 

Dead at the scene was 47 year old Prathum Sa-artnak who was lying across his motorcycle. 

 

He had been shot in the right eye with the bullet exiting the back of the head.

 

An 11mm bullet and casing were recovered at the scene and taken into evidence. 

 

Paritsada, 28, said she had just returned from a trip to Koh Larn and had been taken by the motorcycle taxi rider from the Bali Hai port to the school's rear entrance. 

 

She got off and as she was walking away she heard a shot ring out. She turned to see the shocking sight of the taxi rider shot. After she regained her composure she called the police. 

 

Pol Lt-Col Thammanchit Sitthisat is leading the investigation of what has been called a brazen daylight crime.

 

No reason has yet been given but everything is being considered including the possibility of gambling or other debts. 

 

Source: Naew Na

 

 

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[jacko45k]

Shocking and brazen.... presumably followed from Bali Hai and cameras (if working) could be reviewed. 

[ezzra]

Nothing really shocking or surprising in whatever happens in Pattaya and even less so in the motorcycles taxi community that are know to be a group of people that anything goes as long as the pay is right...

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Shocking and brazen.... presumably followed from Bali Hai and cameras (if working) could be reviewed. 

Hmm. With my usual sarcasm I'd suggest if the cameras were 'working' could well depend on how well off or influential the perpetrator is.

Therefore expect a day or two wait while the police 'examine all the CCTV footage'.

[mikebell]

The Plod will find him eventually; he'll be charged, then five years down the line a senior officer in the Armed forces will come forward and testify it wasn't murder but an accident caused by the motor cycle driver himself.

[Jim1000]

Hmmm so this is the new post Covit Pattaya ?

Sounds familiar !

[JeffersLos]

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

The Plod will find him eventually

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

the possibility of gambling or other debts. 

 

It probably was The Plod. 

[bert bloggs]

criky dont live far from there ,passed it many times.

[PETERTHEEATER]

An 11mm bullet and casing were recovered at the scene and taken into evidence. 

 

No, it was a 0.45 ACP a Thai assassin favourite.

[marquis22]

2 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

criky dont live far from there ,passed it many times.

Watch out for stray bullets next time....

[ExpatOne]

When I lived there I saw a guy shot in the head while he was driving. It was at night though. It was the first murder I had seen. The rest of the deaths I have seen here have all been on the road.

[rwill]

Perhaps another driver who felt his fare had been taken from him.

[pacovl46]

The real question is, how did the perpetrator know exactly where the guy was going to be? Did he follow them.

[Pilotman]

10 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Shocking and brazen.... presumably followed from Bali Hai and cameras (if working) could be reviewed. 

not at all shocking, the place is riddled with criminals and psychopaths. 

[Blue Muton]

46 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

The real question is, how did the perpetrator know exactly where the guy was going to be? Did he follow them.

I'd have thought that the real question is "whodunnit?".

[IAMHERE]

54 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

The real question is, how did the perpetrator know exactly where the guy was going to be? Did he follow them.

First I'd check out the return from Koh Larn at noon story. I guess people go out to the island and back before noon on many days. That spot is just up from the back side of the popular South Street Market, somebody heard the shot and knows something to help catch the perp.

[Leaver]

Usually the motorcycle taxi guys ride off quite quickly after being paid. 

 

She says she got off (assuming she paid) walked away and heard a shot.  I wonder how far she got to walk away before the shot was fired? 

 

Around 11:30am is early to be coming back from Koh Larn. 

 

He could have been followed from Bali Hai, but they could have assassinated him prior to this fare.   

 

I wonder if the Thai lady is in a relationship.  

 

[worgeordie]

But....But, Pattaya is supposed to be an International high class family resort,at least that's

what the Pattaya authorities keep saying,this kind of thing should be be happening

there????

regards worgeordie

[sammieuk1]

Sounds like a hitman for gambling debts that will now never be paid ????Rip

[Leaver]

3 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Sounds like a hitman for gambling debts that will now never be paid ????Rip

You can never rule out the jealous Thai husband or boyfriend here.  

[kingdong]

lifes cheap in the los.

[Almer]

12 hours ago, mikebell said:

The Plod will find him eventually; he'll be charged, then five years down the line a senior officer in the Armed forces will come forward and testify it wasn't murder but an accident caused by the motor cycle driver himself.

I think witnesses will appear from an unmanned space craft in 7 years time and say it was suicide

[tifino]

did he have a plastic helmet on? to slow the bullets exit

[Redline]

Time to pay up, or end up in a tourist attraction ????

[HauptmannUK]

There is a translation error. The Thai article says School 8 Moo 10, not Moo 8.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, Jim1000 said:

Hmmm so this is the new post Covit Pattaya ?

Sounds familiar !

Covit Pattaya.. no not heard that word before, not familiar?

[steven100]

have to make sure one pays their gambling debt

[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, Pilotman said:

not at all shocking, the place is riddled with criminals and psychopaths. 

Yes it is for those of us who live here. For those who do not, likely you imagine ganglang hits in broad daylight at every 7-11 on a daily basis. I assure you that is not the case, if anything things are quieter of late.

[Pilotman]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yes it is for those of us who live here. For those who do not, likely you imagine ganglang hits in broad daylight at every 7-11 on a daily basis. I assure you that is not the case, if anything things are quieter of late.

let's hope it stays that way, but I somehow doubt it. Shame, as I am really beginning to like the place again. 

[LiamB80]

With Thais, it could have been something as simple as he didn’t like the way the guy looked at him. Some very fragile egos amongst this group. About five years ago a thai shot another thai off a buakhow side soi, blatantly said he didn’t like the way he walked or the way he looked at him, so he shot him.