Abduction of witness in CIB case a hoax, Thai police say

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Abduction of Witness in CIB Case a Hoax, Police Say
By Khaosod English


The field where Chanita Ginnit, 38, was found on 6 March 2015.

BANGKOK — A woman who initially claimed to have been abducted because of her connections to Thailand’s former Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) chief has retracted her story, police say.

Chanita Ginnit, 38, was found on Friday with her hands tied together in a field near a golf course in Samut Prakarn. She was discovered by a security guard and later told police she was abducted from a shopping mall in Bangkok by a group of men who beat her and left her to die.

Chanita also told police she believed the abduction was motivated by her connections to ex-CIB chief Pol.Lt.Gen. Pongpat Chayapan, who is facing multiple charges as the alleged leader of a massive crime syndicate.

However, police say Chanita retracted her story today, claiming the abduction was staged in an attempt to “get attention from her boyfriend.”

"After we interrogated her, she confessed that she made up the whole story to get attention from her boyfriend,” said Pol.Col. Akhradetch Pimolsri, commander of the Crime Suppression Division. "Her claim about being an heir to a billionaire businessman and her ties to Pol.Lt.Gen. Pongpat were also untrue."

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-- Khaosod English 2015-03-09

[Just1Voice]

Sheesh! What some will do for attention.

[Thailand J]

Lucky boyfriend...or unlucky.

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Woman, man charged with false report of attack at golf course
PENSRI KADEN
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- A WOMAN found injured at a Samut Prakan golf course last Friday reportedly hired a man for Bt50,000 to assault her in hope of getting her boyfriend back, national police chief Pol General Somyos Phumphanmuang told a press conference yesterday.

Chanita Kinnis, 38, and her male "accomplice" Mek Cheuchin, 24, have been charged with filing a false police complaint - an offence punishable by up to six months in jail and/or a Bt1,000 fine.

Somyos said Chanita had claimed to be an heir to a Bt100-million inheritance of the wealthy Pathumwassana family, five members of which were killed in 2009, and close to disgraced ex-crime buster Pongpat Chayapan.

But she allegedly told a different story to the taxi driver who drove the pair to the golf course.

While she claimed to have been abducted, assaulted and left to die at the course, taxi man Prach Phongsai told police she and the other man hailed his cab from Soi Maiyalarp to the course.

He told police she showed no sign of being forced throughout the trip and that she was the one who handed money to him.

Somyos said police inquiries and security-camera footage contradicted Chanita's claim.

Police later located Mek, who has a prior criminal record for fraud, in Kamphaeng Phet province. During the interrogation, Mek reportedly confessed to having been hired for Bt50,000 by Chanita via the Line chat application.

Mek told police that she wanted to appear to be a kidnap victim in order to get the attention of her boyfriend who had split with her two months ago.

He claimed that the woman was also pregnant.

Police also found no link between Chanita and the Pathumwassana family but learned that she was wanted for fraud in duping another person of Bt80,000 by claiming to be a relative of a famous Thai actor.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Woman-man-charged-with-false-report-of-attack-at-g-30255667.html


-- The Nation 2015-03-10

[ezzra]

In this country, what ever is not a fake or a copy, is a hoax... sometimes It feels as if this whole

country is a hoax....

[Nuddy]

I remain amazed at amazing Thailand people.

[klauskunkel]

she was wanted for fraud in duping another person of Bt80,000 by claiming to be a relative of a famous Thai actor.

"I am the second cousin twice removed of Thai drama actor, the one with the hairdo! Lend me some money, please."

"Ok."

[Eric Loh]

Beaten and tied up and she did all that to herself. If you can believe that. Lots easier to hire a hansum male escort to get her ex attention. Lately there seem to a lot of curious and hard to explain crimes.

[cookee68]

Well was she beaten near to death or not.

[Commander Tamson]

I remain amazed at amazing Thailand people.

These people either believe that all the Thai soaps they watch are true; or this story smells very very fishy and a substantial amount of money has already changed hands.

Amazing Thailand gets more amazing by the day!