Myanmar migrant stabbed to death on first day at Phuket wood factory

webfact · August 11, 2016

Myanmar migrant stabbed to death on first day at Phuket wood factory

Eakkapop Thongtub

A worker at the factory recounts to police how Mr Ar Nai was chased and stabbed in the back. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- A migrant worker was stabbed to death on his first day at work at a wood-processing factory on the bypass road last night (Aug 10).

Police were notified of the incident at 7pm, with Phuket City Police Chief Col Kamol Osiri and Lt Ranaphum Permphoon arriving at the Wangmai Phuket wood-processing factory soon after.

At the scene was the body of Myanmar national Ar Nai, 37, lying face up between on stacked planks of wood. He had stab wounds on his left arm and his back.

Mr Ar Nai had quit his job at Bypass Timber Co Ltd and was on his first day of work at Wangmai Phuket, police were told.

Witnesses told police that Ar Nai was unloading wood from a truck when two men approached him on a motorbike.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/myanmar-migrant-stabbed-to-death-on-first-day-at-phuket-wood-factory-58639.php

webfact · August 11, 2016

One dead in stabbing incident on Bypass Road

Phuket Gazette

Staff at the factory discussed with officers about how the event transpired. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- Phuket City police are searching for two unidentified men, believed to be Myanmar nationals, who stabbed another Burmese man to death on his first day of work at a wood factory on the bypass road last night.

The police received reports of the stabbing from staff at the factory at about 7pm.

“Ar Naing, 42, was sprawled face-up over some wooden planks, with multiple stab wounds on his body,” confirmed Pol Lt Ronnaphum Permpoon. “There were cuts on his back and left arm, and blood all over the floor.”

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/One-dead-stabbing-incident-Bypass-Road/65373?desktopversion#ad-image-0