Cow Herdsman murdered in Pong, Pattaya

By Staff Reporter

PONG, Banglamung: -- The body of a murdered cow herder was discovered in a deserted field on Wednesday morning.

The quiet backwater village of Pong, on the east side of Pattaya, was the scene of a murder investigation on Wednesday morning, after the discover of a a murdered corpse in a field on the outskirts of the village.

The man, Bratsirk Kenghan, said by locals to be in his forties, was reported to “not the most popular man in the village” but they are still surprised at the news that he was shot while riding his motorcycle in the early hours of the morning.

Full story: http://www.pattaya10...n-pong-pattaya/

-- pattaya103.com 2012-09-26

Ox Farmer shot in the head on farmland in East Pattaya

PATTAYA:--An Ox Farmer was shot in the head in an apparent execution on farmland in East Pattaya as he attended to his herd of 40 Oxen.

Police and Rescue Services were called to the area in Pong Municipality early on Wednesday morning and began by inspecting the body of Khun Prasert aged 42. Also there was his son Khun Nuttapon aged 18 who was told by locals that an Ox Farmer had been shot dead and ran to the location to find his father laying dead on the ground.

The son revealed that his father was currently involved in a dispute and subsequent Court case with a rival ox farmer whose details are now with Police. A blood trail was seen from the deceased man’s motorbike which was parked 100 meters away from where he fell.

Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/62904/ox-farmer-shot-head-farmland-east-pattaya/

-- Pattaya One 2012-09-26

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If you have problems with the OP please contact the source instead of wasting space with nitpicking

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The shooting took place across the road from our newsroom. Hence our news flash was coming in from our neighbours, who knew the man and not from a generic source so, as such, at the time were a mix of rumours ( to be fair to the deceased) and local knowledge which would be unavailable to most anyone else. Having lived here for a long time now, and knowing many in the village, for once we had the news as it happened. Without doubt, the content is 100% correct

The man was, in fact, a simple cow herdsman with hardly any money to his name and was a self employed "mover" of cattle, the guy that leads 2-4 calves from grass patch to grass patch. He was a regular village "sight". He is known to have had several "disagreements" locally the most outstanding being that he was said to have sold cattle on behalf of their owner, but not passed on the money. At the time we carried the story the village was buzzing with "rumours" including the ever standard yabba connection.

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Tommy

http://www.pattaya103.com/local-herdsman-murdered-the-story-in-full/

the above link is to the final story as opposed to a newsflash.

Fabulous 103, were you writing about a different Pong, and not the one on Mabprachan Lake? The Pong that I know of, is not the same as in your article. The one you describe as "virtually untouched by modernization", thats got to be somewhere else, right? Or was that some kind of joke? Why not just write about the murder, and not add a lot of bs that is not true. I've heard of poetic license, but this is more than silly. Sounds like you were writing a travel guide, not a report about a murder.