Uzbek admits role in woman's death
The Sunday Nation

Uzbek national Sobiyon Sobirov, 23, appears at a police press conference yesterday following his arrest in connection with the alleged murder of his girlfriend.

BANGKOK: -- AN Uzbek man, accused of killing his girlfriend and stuffing her body in a suitcase before disposing of it in Bangkok's Phra Khanong Canal, has admitted involvement in her death and disposing of her body. He was taken yesterday to re-enact the crime.

After hours of interrogation, the 23-year-old Uzbek Sobiyon Sobirov confessed that on August 13, he assaulted his girlfriend of one year, Lyla Nilufar, 24, after she asked for money back from him and scolded his mother.

He claimed he had no intention to kill her and that she fell down the stairs to her death. Deciding to dispose of the body to cover the crime, he bought a suitcase the next day and stuffed her body in it before dumping the bag in the canal.

After the body was discovered in the suitcase at Phra Khanong water pumping station on Thursday, police nabbed the suspect at the Winning Condominium in Pridi Banomyong Soi 40 on Friday.

Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Camronwit Toopgrajank said the case was solved quickly due to a tip-off from a security guard who was trained in the city police's crime watch programme. Police plan to give him a reward later.

Camronwit said police also looked for the taxi driver, who took the man and his suitcase to the canal, to get more details for the prosecution.

-- The Nation 2013-08-18

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

Well at least no one is pointing in this picture...

But...but...but impossible!!! The barbaric Thais are certainly the perpetrators of the crime!! Such crime can only exist in Thailand!! The world doesn't make sense anymore, let me go back to my 5mx5m studio box flat and spend the last of my pension on more alcohol and callgirls....

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

Agree these photo ops look ridiculous and make the police look like absolute idiots and a laughing stock. It is all about personal ego and ha absolutely nothing to do with policing.

What nationality was the girlfriend? The story doesn't mention it.

What nationality was the girlfriend?  The story doesn't mention it.

Uzbek too I believe.

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The guy should be stuffed in a suitcase also, then thrown into the canal.

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

There were another ten for sure trying for camera space. Thais are obsessed with these cases that involve a foreigner. But we never see any diligent follow up on Thai criminals like the Ferrari cop hit and run killer, the samurai sword wielding THai taxi driver, and on and on.

A lot of fruit salad on those police uniforms. It's no wonder that they got their man.

Shouldn't he be out on bail by now?

A lot of fruit salad on those police uniforms. It's no wonder that they got their man.

The actual investigating / arresting officers were probably doing something more important than to be allowed to pose, maybe out in the compound washing the boss' car.

That old Benny Hill sketch comes to mind, never assume, because when you assume you make a ASS out of U and ME..... all that aside RIP to the victim,whatever her race!

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

Well at least no one is pointing in this picture...

looks like if the photographer had of stepped back a little, he would have got the other 30 in the photo.

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

Well at least no one is pointing in this picture...

looks like if the photographer had of stepped back a little, he would have got the other 30 in the photo.

However he has to ensure the most senior there are front and centre and in clear focus. Face is all.

Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

Edited August 18, 201312 yr by dddave

Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

The fact that they actually arrested the guy"in short order" can largely be attributed to the fact that a security guard at the dwelling place of the Uzbeki man was sharp enough to recognize, from a TV shot, the expensive suitcase used in the disposal of this poor woman.

Had he not come forward to assist, then the astute observers you refer to may well have been correct.

Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

It is normally a single senior police officer in the west who will give a media conference, normally under duress and we don't like doing it. The trophy catch is definitely not displayed on the table and we don't invite the entire police force around for a photo opportunity.

The Thai police diminish their good work with their self centred ego trips and the way they pat themselves on the back and stand before their adoring fans saying look at me aren't I just wonderful. In the west the police do not publically humiliate a suspect (that is all they are at this time) for their own self gratification.

Edited August 18, 201312 yr by chooka

Police Press Conference??

Leave the press out of it, and the suspect.

Looks like this suspect has brutally killed 15 government members and can become the HULK in a minute, or are the coppers really all there wanting to be in the photo??

Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

Didn't you read the bit about them acting on a tip off? Easy peesy?

BTW which of the cops is playing the part of BenTurpin? Or the fat guy?

OK enough of the bashing. Seems you have nothing else to offer on this really awful crime except criticise the police. Discuss the topic or drop it. cheers.

Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

It is normally a single senior police officer in the west who will give a media conference, normally under duress and we don't like doing it. The trophy catch is definitely not displayed on the table and we don't invite the entire police force around for a photo opportunity.

The Thai police diminish their good work with their self centred ego trips and the way they pat themselves on the back and stand before their adoring fans saying look at me aren't I just wonderful. In the west the police do not publically humiliate a suspect (that is all they are at this time) for their own self gratification.

Agree with what you say Chooka, but sometimes, just sometimes, it's good to see a suspect treated in this way. A certain fraudster from Pattaya springs to mind.

My step son had been in the Navy all of two weeks when he returned home on a weeks leave. He was sporting three medals already. After service in the Korean conflict, Suez, the Malayan emergency, and involvement in repelling the Indonesian invasion of Malaysian territory, I collected two campaign medals from the UK Government, one from the UN and one from the Malaysian Government. When I asked the lad what were the medals in recognition for, he said that he didn't know. Maybe one was for not having a laundry problem the first time a Petty Officer shouted at him?

One could well imagine that some of the medals that RTP sport are for proficiency in collecting tea money, appearing in a certain number of photographs pointing at a suspect, wearing the tightest uniform or helping to create yet another traffic jam. No doubt others can add to this list.

The man holding the microphone is Lt. Gen Anuchai Legbumrung, Deputy Commissioner of Bangkok Police. He is one of the kindest and politest police officer you could want to meet and negotiated with the army till the tanks rolled out and finished the Red Shirts off. He was and always is concerned for loss of life and tried all he could to stop death in 2010. He is always responsible for most high profile cases involving foreigners and is very open about things. He is also very honest to the extreme! I have had the privilege of working with him on a number of occasions.

Because he is honest he gets tremendous respect from all police (who might not be so honest) and gets results quickly.

Oh and he did 6 months studying in the US on an FBI course so his English is also very good.

Where are now the many "detective Watsons" who claimed that the murderer was a Thai?

Silence is deafening ....

legends in their own lunch time!!

Edited August 18, 201312 yr by Calimotty

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

...the foreigner is their trophy.....

...why does the 'did not mean to kill her' plea NOT stand for foreigners......???

Edited August 18, 201312 yr by SOTIRIOS

I count 10 of the BIB in or trying to get into the picture. If they had only crushed they might have managed another 10.

Do they realise how ridiculous it looks ?

The 10 BIB on evening shift were too busy for the photo shooting while taking tea money from all other high end Russian tourists...

hear ! hear !

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Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

I think you are referring to the US where the " perp walk " is a must in high profile cases even before someone has been charged. Where TV stations have panels of legal eagles who try the case long before it goes to court and where the suspect / accused's antecedents are made public knowledge.

In many other jurisdictions this is not only wrong it is illegal and correctly so.

Yep, you astute observers always have such a good time ridiculing the Thai police...the fact that they actually caught this guy in short order really doesn't matter, it's all about the picture.

Of course, in the west, police and district attorneys and public prosecutors would never stoop so low as to do stand-ups in front of news cameras announcing details of a high profile case. They have far more integrity than that.

The fact that they actually arrested the guy"in short order" can largely be attributed to the fact that a security guard at the dwelling place of the Uzbeki man was sharp enough to recognize, from a TV shot, the expensive suitcase used in the disposal of this poor woman.

Had he not come forward to assist, then the astute observers you refer to may well have been correct.

So now we're supposed to criticize the police for listening to witnesses....and try to think up ways they might not have caught the perpetrator? Isn't that stretching the whole 'slam the police' obsession a little bit far? Give them credit for doing what what police are supposed to do, and catching the guy allegedly responsible for this ugly crime.

Edited August 18, 201312 yr by marell