Phuket gold shop gives Bt170k to fiancee of slain man

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Phuket gold shop gives B170k to fiancee of slain man
Phuket Gazette


Ms Satika receives the cheque from CP Gold Shop owner Surasak Wattananawin as Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavalviwat (center) looks on. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- The fiancee of the man shot dead trying to stop a gold shop robbery in Phuket in April received 170,000 baht from the shop owner on Monday.

Surasak Wattananawin, owner of the C.P. Gold Master & Jewelry store, had promised to donate the money shortly after the murder of Apichet Choo-kliang, 32, and had already made one donation of 30,000 toward his funeral.

Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut, his wife Pavinee and Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavalviwat also made donations shortly after the incident on April 8 (story here).

The still-grieving Satika Chansawat, Apichet’s long-term girlfriend and fiancee, told the Phuket Gazette, “I hope police can arrest the robber so he can be punished for what he did. He must pay the price.”

Maj Gen Choti and Phuket City Police Superintendent Sermphan Sirikong were on hand to witness the handing over of the cheque on Monday.

“We are still pursuing the killer and we believe we will get him soon,” Maj Gen Choti said.

He noted that the gold shop had improved security by installing bars to prevent customers from going over the counter as well as an electric front door that can be controlled by the shop staff.

Mr Apichet, an ex-military man with a knowledge of martial arts who had managed to stop two other robberies, might have thought he could stop the thief, Ms Satika said.

Instead, he was shot twice in the chest and left to lie unattended on the shop floor as the thief calmly gathered up 2.32 million baht of gold jewelry. The incident was captured on CCTV and uploaded to YouTube by police seeking the public’s help in identifying the man, who has not yet been caught (story here).

Police uploaded a second video to YouTube at the end of May. Recorded the evening before the robbery, the footage shows a man with a slight limp walking back and forth in front of the shop (story here).

Police believe the man depicted is the killer. Anyone with information has been asked to call Phuket Provincial Police at 076-212046.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-gold-shop-gives-B170k-to-fiancee-of-slain-man-21308.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-06-12

[eezergood]

Well done that man

[Steele404]

"Stopped 2 other previous robberies" .... that man deserved a medal

[andreandre]

"Stopped 2 other previous robberies" .... that man deserved a medal

eezergood

Posted 35 minutes ago

Well done that man

Agree with you both...but no good to him now...A brave deed and he paid the ultimate price for it.

Nicer if he hadn't been killed , but prevented the robbery and then he got the 170K to spend on his future with his fiancee...RIP to the guy

Edited June 12, 2013 by andreandre

[belg]

why is there police when money changes hands? did they get a cut ? did they get a fee for killing the robber on sight ?

[wprime]

I hope they catch that scumbag, I'm sure the shop owner's generosity will serve as inspiration to the Phuket police.

[12DrinkMore]

A firearm will win every time against any martial art.

But really, why on earth risk your life to protect somebody else's property? Particularly when a firearm is involved.

Just ain't worth it, IMO.

[johnlandy]

Well done that man

Lot of good it did him though...

[jocko]

Well done that man

Lot of good it did him though...

The generosity of the shop owner is the Man and he is still alive at the time of posting.