SOURCE: Pattaya Daily News: September 6th 2008

A LOCAL POLITICIAN CANDIDATE BRUTALLY KILLED IN SATTAHIP-PATTAYA

Ex-District Management Unit candidate was brutally shot by .11mm gun on his head. The cruel gunman treaded on his chest and fired the last gunshot to kill him on the spot. His wife presumed that her husband was brutally murdered due to having a serious dispute with official earlier.

At 00.30, on September 6th, 2008, second lieutenant Arnon Infong, Sattahip investigator, was notified of a shooting incident at a house No. 99/17, Moo 2, Samaesarn, Sattahip, Chonburi, and there were 2 injuries. The victims were Mr. Siri Suksiri or Alias "Go Samaesarn", (43), Ex-Samaesarn-District Management Unit candidate No. 1, was shot dead at incident and Mr. Sinsamut Boontasana or nickname "Joke" (31), a lawyer and president of Rak Samaesarn group, had a scrape shot on his back. Both were taken to Somdet Pranangjao Sirikit hospital.

Pol.Col. Suthee Boonkrong, Sattahip superintendent and police team rushed to the single-storied row house where the incident took place , and found, a pool of blood, 5 of .45 or .11mm gun casings and a bullet head on the floor.

At the I.C.U. of the hospital, police found Mr. Siri Suksiri had been dead and Mr. Sinsamut Boontasana was being helped and out off danger. Mrs. Surat Yungpimai (27), wife of the death person, was crying and confirming that her husband was killed by official people due to they just had a dispute 2 days ago.

Mrs. Surat told police that at around 23.30, on September 5th, there was a mysterious phone call from a woman, to swear on her husband, tried to make him very angry. The unknown woman also challenged him to go out to meet her. Her husband was suspicious then went out to see his subordinate and friends who were drinking in front of house No. 99/17, Moo 2, Samaesarn, to ask them to find out about the mysterious phone call.

By checking his phone, they found the mysterious phone call was from a public phone booth No. 0-3843-5602. It had made Mr. Siri very stressful; he decided to join the drink with his friends.

Subsequently, a bronze Toyota Vigo pickup truck (license No. unknown) had arrived at the incident. A gunman, chubby, mustache, who tied his long hair to his back, wearing a black jacket and jeans, calmly getting off the truck from the passenger's seat, and heading towards Mr. Siri. He pulled out a .11 gun and fired one shot to scrape on the back of Mr. Sinsamut. The brutal gunman then continuing shot 3 times at the back of Mr. Siri's ear, treaded on his chest and fired the last shot on his right chest then walked back to the pickup truck heartlessly.

Mrs. Surat, wife of the death, told police that, 4 days ago after Samaesarn-District Management Unit Election, her husband had lost the election. Political matter should not be a problem due to they are all friends, but she was quite convinced that the killing motive was that her husband had a serious dispute with officials, when they arrested foreign workers who were under care of his sister a few days ago.

Pol.Col. Suthee Boonkrong, stated that the murder case of Mr. Siri should be from other dispute matter, not about the election due to there was no conflict among the candidates. Therefore, police would investigate to find which official whom Mr. Siri had the dispute with a few days ago.

Photograph courtesy of Pattaya Daily News

Killed by death: Mr Suksiri

Isn't this the second time this story has been posted? I seem to recognise the victim who I have dubbed "Pork Pie".

Local Government - Thai style

Again the yellow-journalism of Pattaya's Daily News saturates this article:

"brutally shot"

"the cruel gunman"

"calmly getting off the truck" (dramatizes the cold-blooded killer)

"walked back to the pickup truck heartlessly" (oh, puleeeze)

A murder is sober-enough news without all the dramatics. In my seventh grade writing class (yes, junior high school), we already knew not to write factual reports saturated with our personal feelings.

Again, a posting from a rag unworthy of TV's standards. ...but somehow strangely attractive to the usual OP.

Give the guy a break. It's not his first language. I feel his quirky writing style adds a certain vivacity to the piece.

Me too.