Turkish tourist killing on Samui takes new twist

[Thaivisa News]

Koh Samui, Surat Thani: The shooting and killing of a Turkish tourist on Koh Samui Friday took a new twist as police arrested a bar manager and his worker on Saturday for allegedly murdering the man in cold blood.

Channel 3 reported Sunday that police had conducted an investigation and found discrepancies in statement of Kabin Sri-sa-ard, 27, a security officer of the Solo Bar on Chawaeng Beach.

Initially, Kabin told police that Mehmet Polot pulled his revolver, threatening to fire at him after he refused his entry to the pub after closing time early Friday. Kabin claimed he gunned down Polot with his shot gun.

But an autopsy showed that the Turkish man was shot by two guns. Following the discrepancies, police checked footage from security cameras in the area.

One clip showed the Turkish man was sitting at the bar in front of the pub and the bar manager, Khanapol Nakwatchara, raised his hands to give him a wai, apparently telling him to leave. The bar manager then walked into the bar and the Turkish man was seen waling behind the bar manger to go inside and the bar manger shot him with the shotgun.

The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range.

Police also found a pistol at Polot’s waist while Kabin claimed the Turkish man pulled out his .38 revolver, threatening to shoot him. Police later found from the video footage that the revolver belonged to Kabin and it was put into Polot’s hands in a setup as Kabin did not realiz that Polot was also carrying his own pistol.

[Yme]

Channel 3 is the source?

Would help everyone if the source was more clearly identified, especially if it is a translation.

Turkish tourist shot dead like a dog would be a more appropriate headline

Edited February 15, 2015 by Yme

[clockman]

The enigma, that is Thailand!

[peterdarby]

Kabin is not the brightest spark is he? Must have been aware of the CCTV, so perhaps he was expecting more of a Koh Tao style investigation.

He appears to have lost the plot.

[NeverSure]

Well, maybe I'll be forgiven for my tinfoil hat remarks saying it looked like a murder.

Here were my reasons.

Edited February 15, 2015 by NeverSure

[Happy Days xx]

Dead Turkey... knew it would be fowl play

[iReason]

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

[hanno]

Murder alright but it still doesn't explain why the Turk was carrying a gun.

[DJVillain]

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

Yep... They are... But maybe if the quality of the tourist was better, the quality of the host would be better too...

If the tourists went to somewhere off the beaten track instead of the 'party islands', Phuket or Pattaya... They would see good quality and welcoming Thai hospitality...

Want to go to a place crawling with overweight perverts and act the thug? Expect the locals to act the thug back...

Som nam nah

[Yme]

It didn't take long for the apologists to stick their heads up.

It may come as a surprise to you that many tourists don't find an endless round of similar looking temples and buffaloes or watching water fall over a cliff or rice growing to be their idea of a holiday.

Actually your attitude really sucks.

Tourist should be safe wherever they go the same as any other person and more so when patronising an establishment that caters predominantly to tourists.

Obviously to confusing for hanno

The story clearly says the gun was planted on the Turk.

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

Yep... They are... But maybe if the quality of the tourist was better, the quality of the host would be better too...

If the tourists went to somewhere off the beaten track instead of the 'party islands', Phuket or Pattaya... They would see good quality and welcoming Thai hospitality...

Want to go to a place crawling with overweight perverts and act the thug? Expect the locals to act the thug back...

Som nam nah

[hanno]

Obviously to confusing for hanno

The story clearly says the gun was planted on the Turk.

Obviously to confusing for Yme: setup as Kabin did not realiz that Polot was also carrying his own pistol.

Edited February 15, 2015 by hanno

[iReason]

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

Yep... They are... But maybe if the quality of the tourist was better, the quality of the host would be better too...

If the tourists went to somewhere off the beaten track instead of the 'party islands', Phuket or Pattaya... They would see good quality and welcoming Thai hospitality...

Want to go to a place crawling with overweight perverts and act the thug? Expect the locals to act the thug back...

Som nam nah

"if the quality of the tourist was better, the quality of the host would be better"

Sounds like Thai logic.

Take it up with TAT.

http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Koh-Samui

Edited February 15, 2015 by iReason

[animatic]

Why do they call a guy who owns several business on the island,

and is obviously well known, a tourist? Real tourists never have

the connections, the time to make them, nor the need to get a gun locally.

Clearly there was some unresolved dispute behind the initial discussion,

and when the turk wouldn't take no for an answer he got shot, and then assassinated.

Well we seem to have clear cut video showing the attack and coupe de grace.

So hopefully this should not go the Koh Tao route.

Edited February 15, 2015 by animatic

[Yme]

Obviously to confusing for hanno

The story clearly says the gun was planted on the Turk.

Obviously to confusing for Yme: setup as Kabin did not realiz that Polot was also carrying his own pistol.

You're right. My apologies.

[Thai at Heart]

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

Yep... They are... But maybe if the quality of the tourist was better, the quality of the host would be better too...

If the tourists went to somewhere off the beaten track instead of the 'party islands', Phuket or Pattaya... They would see good quality and welcoming Thai hospitality...

Want to go to a place crawling with overweight perverts and act the thug? Expect the locals to act the thug back...

Som nam nah

Well, this is eggs and chickens.

If the place was expensive and exclusive , it wouldn't attract scumbag Thais or foreigners. Maybe it would just attract a different class of criminal.

[loonodingle]

Rubbish A Thailand person wouldn't do that. Now where's those Burmese men who passed 2 hours earlier and went in a 7/11...

[garrya]

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

Not just the islands, but all the ......

[loonodingle]

Quality Hosts.

"The clip showed the man crawling out and Kabin walking to him and shooting him at close range."

All those islands are ruled by thugs.

Yep... They are... But maybe if the quality of the tourist was better, the quality of the host would be better too...

If the tourists went to somewhere off the beaten track instead of the 'party islands', Phuket or Pattaya... They would see good quality and welcoming Thai hospitality...

Want to go to a place crawling with overweight perverts and act the thug? Expect the locals to act the thug back...

Som nam nah

Hey what's all the abuse for..... Overweight Perverts.... that's uncalled for I have been on a diet...

[garrya]

Rubbish A Thailand person wouldn't do that. Now where's those Burmese men who passed 2 hours earlier and went in a 7/11...

They are gonna find him for sure.

[FredNL]

The moral of the story is: When visiting Koh Samui it will be wise to carry a gun as Turkish tourists do it to defend themselves.

Wild, wild Samui...

[shawndoc]

Until the police officially release the video, there's still time for bank transfers to take place and videos to get lost.

[shirtless]

If i was a betting man i would say he will get a fine, justice will be served .maybe as high as 2000bht.

[Suffinator]

Funny I almost posted on the original report that it's likely the gun was planted on him.

Once again the world gets the true meaning of Thainess; where life is cheap and where Thais feel so superior than any other race they can take a life without consequence and over the most trivial of matters.

Seriously you could offer me $10 million tax free to visit Thailand and I would turn it down without blinking an eye-lid. Why anyone would want to visit or live in the cesspit of humanity ( or lack of humanity ) is beyond my comprehension.

[schackster]

Why only several days after the shooting was the CCTV footage reviewed? Wouldn't that be the first thing the police would check?

[KhunMoo]

Jesus Christ, the stories from those wild-west islands, gets more and more crazy.

To be honest, they should be boycotted all together!

[Userone]

I read the news report (obviously translated word for word) three times and now I have a headache. Was this on green mango soi?

[Tongpo]

If the picture is accurate it's at solo bar, quite a trendy bar, had some hed kandi dance music nights there and never seen any heavy drugs or violence at that bar. Very weird but nothing surprises me these days, it's a very short walk to soi green mango

[SOTIRIOS]

...the question is...will justice be served....like if it was a foreigner that gunned down a Thai businessman in cold blood....

[KimSamui]

My view is that in recent times it has become more unsafe to go out, especially Chaweng.

The Army's clean-up has been ineffectual in addressing the attitude of Cowboy locals and now it seems that this impunity mindset has pervaded a large number of residents and tourists.

So much for Marshall Law.

[KimSamui]

Sincerely,

Three cheers for the RTP for their Investigation.