Five-star hotel chef gunned down in Kathu

KATHU, PHUKET: -- A chef at Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort in Karon was gunned down in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Kanchai Yoksri, 31, was found dead with two bullet wounds to the chest in front of the police radio monitoring station on Wichit Songkhram Road in Kathu.

Tung Tong Police received a report of the shooting at 1am and rushed to the scene together with Vachira Hospital doctors and rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Foundation.

At the scene they found Mr Kanchai’s body on the ground near a motorcycle. A plastic bag containing two cans of beer was still hanging from the handlebars.

Police recovered .38 caliber bullet casings nearby.

Kusoldharm Foundation workers later transported the body to Vachira Hospital Phuket for an autopsy.

An initial investigation revealed that earlier that night the deceased was drinking with friends at Si Kor Intersection on Wichit Songkhram Road, about a kilometer from where the shooting took place.

At around midnight, Mr Kanchai headed home. On the way he stopped off to buy two cans of beer.

As he passed two men on another bike, the man riding pillion pulled a gun from his belt and shot Mr Kanchai twice in the chest, killing him instantly. The pair then fled.

Tung Tong police are investigating to find possible motives and track down his assailants.

-- Phuket Gazette 2009-06-18

I see no need to publicly mention the Hotel where this poor guy worked. nothing at all to do with them

Maybe ya right, as he is deceased now.

Nothing wrong with the truth - it might set ya free.

BR>Jack

I see no need to publicly mention the Hotel where this poor guy worked. nothing at all to do with them

So you know the motives for this act?

What was this all about I wonder?? A Gambling conflict(?) RIP

Condolences to the friends, family and colleagues of the victim.

It is a shame one way or another.

The hotel will never be invisible, since the investigation will of necessity include there.

They are big boys they can deal with it.

I can say back in 1990 I got a beating for cooking too well

and damaging another restaurants business model....

Granted it was a front business for a MUCH different business model

and not the most rational of clients and management either. c'est la vie.

RIP Kuhn Kanchai,

you must have been pretty good to land a gig there.

Never met the guy, but cooked some great meals I've enjoyed there no doubt.

RIP

I would love to find out why it happened.

I see no need to publicly mention the Hotel where this poor guy worked. nothing at all to do with them

Maybe a disgruntled customer getting payback

It is a shame one way or another.

The hotel will never be invisible, since the investigation will of necessity include there.

They are big boys they can deal with it.

I can say back in 1990 I got a beating for cooking too well

and damaging another restaurants business model....

Granted it was a front business for a MUCH different business model

and not the most rational of clients and management either. c'est la vie.

RIP Kuhn Kanchai,

you must have been pretty good to land a gig there.

Ronald McDonald is NOT the sort of enemy you want!

surprised there is not more discussion in this topic.

Another violent death of a local is barely noticeable here

if not tied to the railroad tracks or found in a brothel with a politician.

Gun deaths here are too common for most to even notice as more than backdrop of life.

The one stand out for this was the victim's place of employment.

If he just shoveled rice, would a TVF member have even posted it?

Sad of course the whole concept;

but who says reality is nice?

Edited June 20, 200917 yr by animatic

Wow, horrible.

The steak wasn't well done as the customer demanded, so he took his .38 and....

The steak wasn't well done as the customer demanded, so he took his .38 and....

Based on chefs, cooks and other "chang"s I know who have met similar fates, the culprit is likely to be the victim's wife's lover or his lover's husband/lover.