Van drivers wife ordered the hit

Four arrested for murder of Phuket van driver

Darawan Naknakhon

The shooter, Mr Wittayanon Choorat, was a relative of the deceased's wife. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: Four people were arrested yesterday (Oct 21) in connection with the fatal shooting of van driver Mr Jumnong Kaewphrod on the morning of Oct 8. One of those arrested was Mr Jumnong’s wife.

Kathu and Provincial Police yesterday arrested four people in Phuket and Phang Nga who were wanted for the shooting of Mr Jumnong. The four were named as Mr Suwit Prathum, Mr Wittayanon Choorat, Ms Lamom Taweesin and Ms Paiboon Kaewphrod. Police also seized from them items of clothing and a homemade gun.

At 1am on Oct 8, Phuket International Hospital advised police that they were treating a man with a gun shot wound. The man, Mr Jumnong, 41, later died in the emergency room. The incident happened in front of the Golden View Village in Kathu.

Following the incident, Mr Jumnong’s wife told police that he had many girlfriends and that she believed the attack resulted from a conflict over a woman. (See story here.)

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