A heavy-footed man fatally kicked a Kratom garden watchman in the face over a dispute concerning 1,000 baht. The assailant confessed to the attack but denied causing the death. Authorities are swiftly pursuing forensic examination to determine the cause of death.

 

Station Officer Vorachai Sukying of Khlong Luang Police Station today, November 3, received a report of a dead man in a hut within a Kratom garden. The setting was behind Soi Khlong Sam 11/19, Moo 11, Khlong Sam subdistrict, Khlong Luang district, Pathum Thani province.

 

Officer Vorachai, together with Lieutenant Siraphob Bualuang of the Khlong Luang Police Station, police from the Pathum Thani Evidence Center 1, a duty doctor from Thammasat Hospital and the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, promptly arrived at the scene for inspection.

 

by Puntid Tantivangphaisal

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-04

 

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

A heavy-footed man fatally kicked a Kratom garden watchman in the face over a dispute concerning 1,000 baht. The assailant confessed to the attack but denied causing the death.

Did you kick the man in the face?

Did he die from your actions?

Murder.

Or possibly manslaughter.