Two men charged with murder of motorcycle taxi driver in Pattaya

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Two men charged with murder of motorcycle taxi driver in Pattaya

 

 

Pattaya and Chonburi police have swiftly resolved the case of a motorcycle taxi rider shot earlier in the week by assailants on another motorcycle. 

 

Forty seven year old Prathum Sa-artnak was shot in the head by an 11 mm gun just moments after delivering a passenger from Bali Hai port to the rear entrance of a school in Soi 17, Bang Lamung. 

 

Arrested in Bang Saen were Manat, 39, and Niphon, 45. They are the men in police vests and blue helmets on the reconstruction of the case.

 

They were arrested at an ATM machine at the Thai resort between Pattaya and Bangkok.

 

They have admitted the crime saying they had argued with the victim who insulted them. They have both been charged with murder, weapons and ammunition offences and discharging a weapon in a public place. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Pattaya station chief Pol Col Khemmarin Phitsamai and others took the suspects on a reconstruction tour to Bali Hai, where the two men watched Prathum pick up his female passenger, the scene of the shooting, and an apartment block where they changed clothes and deposited the gun before fleeing to Bang Saen.

 

Niphon drove the bike. Manat did the shooting. 

 

Pol Col Khemmarin said it was all about insults and lack of respect. It was not drug related. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The victim's daughter who asked not to be named concurred that her father was not mixed up in drugs. She said he was a nice guy.

 

She thanked the Pattaya police for their speedy work in resolving the case and said that the funeral of her father would be held in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

 

Soure: 77kaoded

 

 

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[transam]

Crazy sh_t for what......????.........

Now spend the rest of your days living in sh_t.....

[pixelaoffy]

Don't bank on a life sentence ! It will be the usual sh*t about family to support so mustnt be too tough on them 

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

Some people just can't handle being told the truth about themselves.

6 months for murder, 6 months for firearm expenses.

15 months off sentence for admitting the crime and doing  the reenactment.

Total 3 months in credit for next time.

????❤????????

Edited July 31, 2020 by Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai
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[Eindhoven]

I don't know why I imagine they were working for someone. Bali Hai is a lucrative spot. 

Follow the money....

[transam]

6 minutes ago, Eindhoven said:

I don't know why I imagine they were working for someone. Bali Hai is a lucrative spot. 

Follow the money....

Hitman for a bloke earning a living on a Click....????

[mr mr]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She said he was a nice guy.

most killers are generally nice guys i totally agree. 

[Geoffggi]

2 hours ago, pixelaoffy said:

Don't bank on a life sentence ! It will be the usual sh*t about family to support so mustnt be too tough on them 

Correct, give them a penalty they can afford - where is the learning cure here ............LOL

[LennyW]

The fragile Thai male ego to blame for another death!

[sammieuk1]

Sickening case hang them ????

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They have admitted the crime saying they had argued with the victim who insulted them.

Amazing Thailand.

[timendres]

"Pol Col Khemmarin said it was all about insults..."

The killers may have been able to accept this, but...

"... and lack of respect"

that tipped the scales.

[scubascuba3]

Every crime here seems to be solved within 48 hours. Farang countries seem to really struggle

[dimitriv]

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Every crime here seems to be solved within 48 hours. Farang countries seem to really struggle

 

And the perpetrators always admit the crime immediately. Where I come from they always deny. 

 

How do they do this? 

 

[Queenslander]

MrMr, please try to read the story before commenting. It was the daughter of the deceased who stated ' he was a nice guy', not the killer. Unbelievable, no not really! 

[madmen]

8 hours ago, LennyW said:

The fragile Thai male ego to blame for another death!

Yes of course all fragile men commit murder only in Thailand. 

[Meat Pie 47]

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Amazing Thailand.

You misspelled Amusing Thailand ????

[spiekerjozef]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

They have admitted the crime saying they had argued with the victim who insulted them.

He told them their bike looked like a christmas tree.

Very insulting indeed...

[DaftToPutRealName]

6 hours ago, timendres said:

"Pol Col Khemmarin said it was all about insults..."

The killers may have been able to accept this, but...

"... and lack of respect"

that tipped the scales.

They had the slightly upgraded model year of the Click which entitled them to have the wai raised 3mm higher than what they usually would get with the 2016 model.

Additionally, there are two of them which can be represented as 1 1 which is clearly more of a lucky number than just by itself, hence the 11m caliber.

I mean, super simple!

[DaftToPutRealName]

1 hour ago, madmen said:

Yes of course all fragile men commit murder only in Thailand. 

They also do it outside of Thailand too, but this topic is about these particularly fragile THAI men.

Since, you know, two things can be bad at the same time ????

[kingofthemountain]

5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Every crime here seems to be solved within 48 hours. Farang countries seem to really struggle

Yes you are right

maybe one of the reason is the high number of cameras everywhere

as you can see on the first image in the OP article the 2 guys were well

visible on the footage.

The second reason can be the very large network of ''informators'' 

in Thailand almost all citizens will be happy to help the police with

any information they can have because they consider it's their duty to do this

and in some cases they are paid,

[scubascuba3]

7 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

Yes you are right

maybe one of the reason is the high number of cameras everywhere

as you can see on the first image in the OP article the 2 guys were well

visible on the footage.

The second reason can be the very large network of ''informators'' 

in Thailand almost all citizens will be happy to help the police with

any information they can have because they consider it's their duty to do this

and in some cases they are paid,

You may be right but i doubt they dig too deep, in this case is the motive really only an argument. Don't forget this is a very corrupt country and they will stop digging when they have a plausible motive

[jacko45k]

Well they didn't appear to be concerned about being pulled over for not wearing a helmet.

[PatOngo]

13 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Every crime here seems to be solved within 48 hours. Farang countries seem to really struggle

Thai crims are generally not too smart! Cops slap them once to start them talking then have to slap them five times to shut them up!

[amykat]

So I guess it was about drugs!! ????????

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Thai crims are generally not too smart! Cops slap them once to start them talking then have to slap them five times to shut them up!

That and the perps normally hide out in the long grass behind their mother's house.

[kensawadee]

4 minutes ago, amykat said:

So I guess it was about drugs!! ????????

Several places it said it 'WAS NOT' about drugs....

Even the victims daughter said her dad was not into drugs and that her dad was a nice guy......

Read more....

[amykat]

Yes, I know Ken.  Stay around for a few more years and learn about Thailand.

[Road Warrior]

just animals !!!

[mikebell]

15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Every crime here seems to be solved within 48 hours. Farang countries seem to really struggle

There are few Burmese/scapegoats about which considerably cuts down the pool of suspects.