Thaivisa News Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Koh Samui, Surat Thani:- A businessman, said to be an influential person on this popular tourist-destination island, was gunned down Friday night at a walking street fair. The shooting that happened at 7:40 pm caused panic to both Thai and foreign tourists who were shopping at the Borphud walking street. Panas Khao-uthai, 49, alias Tag Borphud, was shot six times in his back and he died on the way to the Ban Don Inter Hospital, police said. Panas was known to be an influential real estate developer. He also co-owned some restaurants on Koh Samui with some farang businessmen. He reportedly provided protection to farang businessmen who invested on the island. Pol Lt Col Pongkhachorn Sukkasang, an investigator on duty of the Koh Samui police station, said Panas and his employees were having dinner at the Karma Restaurant on the soi leading to the Borphud pier where he organized the walking street fair when two gunmen opened fire at them. Pongkhachorn said two employees of Panas were also injured. Chaiklom Kruaphakdee, 36, was shot in his left eye and Sunthorn Chumsai, 42, in his left arm. Footage from a security camera showed that two men walked to the shop and opened fire at Panas, cutting him down. They then walked to shoot him at pointblank before they fled the scene. An autopsy found that Panas was shot six times in his back. The sound of gunfire terrified both Thai and foreign tourists, who ran for cover. Police have stepped up checking at all piers on Koh Samui to try to prevent the gunmen from fleeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siampolee Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Panas was known to be an influential real estate developer. He also co-owned some restaurants on Koh Samui with some farang businessmen. He reportedly provided protection to farang businessmen who invested on the island. So if we look at the quote above we may well come to the conclusion that there were there are business practices operated on the island that may well be considered unethical thus those ''business people'' foreign or Thai were in the habit of having a ''loss of profits assurance policy'' in operation to protect their''investments. Premiums paid monthly or weekly to the ''assurance man'' one wonders? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 "Police have stepped up checking at all piers on Koh Samui to try to prevent the gunmen from fleeing." Quick before they make it to Mynamar. You just know it can't be a Thai. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethailand Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Not good for tourism again. Edited March 7, 2015 by davethailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daoyai Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) "they were having dinner at the Karma restaurant" hmmmmm. Edited March 7, 2015 by daoyai 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 lot of news worthy events on the Island recently - I wonder is there a power struggle going on and who is afraid to leave their house right now, not a safe place to be if this escalates further 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post falangjim Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Police have stepped up checking at all piers on Koh Samui to try to prevent the gunmen from fleeing. Well, that is a load of bull. I assume the police know who is involved as they have their dirty hands in every business. They may be at the piers helping them leave like so many RTP did to help the 'influential' family suspects on Koh Tao. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post krisb Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Should have known influential actually means dodgy. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patje Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Sad, and paradise keeps getting smaller and smaller .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post clockman Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 This is how business disputes. Are settled, in the land of happiness and smiles! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RicePudding Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Video can be seen here https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=776587439100525 It's not graphic. It shows Walking Street and the 2 shooters with raised guns going into and out of the restaurant but not the actual shooting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Dodge City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Stray bullet from the wannabe cowboy cop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Video can be seen here https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=776587439100525 It's not graphic. It shows Walking Street and the 2 shooters with raised guns going into and out of the restaurant but not the actual shooting. RIP to the deceased, along with what was left of their tourist industry (This wasn't the first multi-witness incident there; kids an' all must have seen it!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PaPiPuPePo Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 "Police have stepped up checking at all piers on Koh Samui to try to prevent the gunmen from fleeing." Quick before they make it to Mynamar. You just know it can't be a Thai. Yes I guess if it had been a big businessman shot on KT instead of two young falang stabbed and hacked to death they might have thought to do the same last Sept. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 "they were having dinner at the Karma restaurant" hmmmmm. Karma >noun (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a person's actions in this and previous lives,seen as affecting their future fate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mijako Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Tak (his nitname was taxi because he is born in a taxi in Bangkok) was a real nice guy. I know him 30 years already. I will go to see his family this evening after work. Please keep your bad comments until we know why this happened. RIP my friend 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I guess he thought he was untouchable and stopped looking over his shoulder or else he would have seen it coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FireMedic Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Are they suggesting that foreign business owners NEED protection from local "businessmen" like this in order to conduct business in Thailand? Should look good for future investors. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 "they were having dinner at the Karma restaurant" hmmmmm. Karma >noun (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a person's actions in this and previous lives,seen as affecting their future fate. Outside these traditions it has come to mean "what goes around comes around", "reap what you sew" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Providing protection for foreign business men?Maybe he didn't pay enough for his own protection?Sum Nam Naa @Mijako - people extorting money from businessesand provide so called "protection" are usually notvery nice people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Two Matchstick men walking around shooting people in the back...sounds normal for this country, and i bet they were paid peanuts and will be hung out to dry never knowing who actually ordered the shooting. RIP the victim and Condolences to his family. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Right in the middle of a family orientated touristic event. Imagine what those tourists will tell their friends about Samui when they return home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ratcatcher Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 In my understanding, influential people are people who contribute to the betterment of peoples lives in some way. Gandhi was an influential person as is ASSK. More recently the likes of Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie and David Beckham can be said to be influential in their own way. In Thailand, "influential" is Thaispeak for a person of dubious character often referred to in the west as a gangster. Al Capone was an influential person as were the Kray twins influential people. Chances are these guys got what was coming as an after dinner digestif.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crusty Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 This is how business disputes. Are settled, in the land of happiness and smiles! Year after year Thailand scores third in the world per capita for the most homicides by gunshot, evidently Buddhism isn't working here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 The Mafia is a live and well here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post animatic Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Of course influential people also take care of many of those in their spheres, they like making face by using their gains to make people indebted to them, or just look the big man and put on the glad-hand, and be welcome in many rooms. That doesn't mean their hands are clean, they just know how to smooth their image. Behind the scenes is another matter. When you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Guess that kind of ruined dessert, didn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1425714579.267458.jpg Bl**dy Karma, innit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Police have stepped up checking at all piers on Koh Samui to try to prevent the gunmen from fleeing. Well, that is a load of bull. I assume the police know who is involved as they have their dirty hands in every business. They may be at the piers helping them leave like so many RTP did to help the 'influential' family suspects on Koh Tao. People like you just post utter rubbish without actually thinking about what you are saying and just post assumptions as soon as they come into your head 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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