Highway officer murder: Murder charges hit Nok and crew, along with 21 cops in Nakhon Pathom party

Charges were filed against Praween Chankhlai, also known as Nok, seven of his accomplices, and 21 police officers in relation to the murder of a highway police officer during a party at Nok’s residence in Nakhon Pathom on September 6.

According to a source from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), investigators concluded their inquiry into Police Major Sivakorn Saibua’s murder, an officer from Highway Police Sub-Division 2. The fatal shooting was carried out by Thananchai Manmak at Kamnan’s house in Muang district amidst a dispute over Nok’s policeman nephew’s promotion.

Nok turned himself in to the police the next day, while the 45 year old Thananchai was killed in a shootout with the police in Kanchanaburi. The investigators agreed to press charges against Nok for orchestrating Saibua’s murder and attempting to kill him.

by Puntid Tantivangphaisal

Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post