Trader shot in the mouth amid claims of "influential figures" and "evidence being lost"

[webfact]

Trader shot in the mouth amid claims of "influential figures" and "evidence being lost"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- An online story is causing much consternation among the Thai public after a trader and father of three was shot in the mouth after he went to meet an organizer of a trade fair.

 

"Chai" 36, is recovering in hospital. The bullet, believed by police to be from a shotgun, entered his mouth and exited his cheek. He has been in hospital since the incident on Monday in the Klong San area of Bangkok, reports Daily News.

 

A Facebook post by a friend of the victim went viral after a picture of the man was posted as he lay wounded in hospital. The post said: "Please share. Whoever has a lead please tell Somdej Chao Phraya police. This happened at the Phra Jao Taksin fair. Shot in the mouth and the bullet came out the cheek. Police have arrested no one. I am just a trader who sells stuff for a living".

 

Daily News online reporters caught up with the poster, a friend of the victim named only as "Tom", who said that the family of the victim were living in fear and afraid to go out. They are scared that an "influential" person is involved in the shooting, the case is making no progress and important evidence has been "lost".

 

The victim has three daughters aged 10, 12 and 14 and the friend said that the family had never caused anyone any trouble and were in real difficulty.

 

On Monday the victim had received a phone call to get him to meet the organizer of the fair at its site on the Lat Ya road. He wanted to talk to "Chai" about his having collected rents from traders at the fair last year. He added that he may not hire him to collect the rents again this year.

 

After going to the site of the fair and hunting around unsuccessfully for the organizer "Chai" decided to return to his car about 11pm and was confronted by a man who pulled out a gun and shot him in the face.

 

Doctors managed to save his life and the family have reported the matter to police.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[overherebc]

A bullet from a shotgun. Only thing similar would be 'plug' shot. Used in USA to stop a car by causing real damage to the engine.

[whatproblem]

How can evidence be lost ,will someone loose their job for this ? No ,this is thailand. Was someone paid to loose evidence?  This is thailand

[Rhys]

speedy recovery and rehab...

[overherebc]

6 minutes ago, overherebc said:

A bullet from a shotgun. Only thing similar would be 'plug' shot. Used in USA to stop a car by causing real damage to the engine.

 

Plug or Slug shot

[Srikcir]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

I am just a trader who sells stuff for a living".

Might not meet pomice standards for attention.

[maxcorrigan]

1 hour ago, whatproblem said:

How can evidence be lost ,will someone loose their job for this ? No ,this is thailand. Was someone paid to loose evidence?  This is thailand

Not only Thailand, a similar episode happened in England a few years back, tony blair's "Expense Receipts" were all accidentely  shredded, all ten years worth, every single one!

Nothing mentioned by the government, no one bought to account as to how this tragedy happened, all tucked and hushed up! 

[licka]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Might not meet pomice standards for attention.

 

[licka]

Maybe the things he sells were not his to sell 

Some people get a little testy when someone flogs their gear

[Retiredandhappyhere]

Not wishing to be pedantic, but I have now read more than 15 posts on Thai Visa Forum over the past few weeks which have mis-used the words "loose" and "lose" by substituting one incorrrectly for the other. I recognize that many posters on here are not native English speakers (the Americans, for example ), so in their case the error is perfectly understandable. Loose means "not held together", or "untied", whereas lose means "to be deprived of something" or "cease to have", as when you have lost your wallet, for example.    

 

Sorry about that guys, but more than 15 times was more than enough.

 

Meanwhile, if anyone can find any spelling or grammatical errors in my post, I can assure you that they are included intentionally as a test.  

[madusa]

I am surprised his face still in one piece. Really hideous crime .

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

 

Plug or Slug shot

I think a slug shot would have taken his head off. 

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

I think a slug shot would have taken his head off. 

 

More likely a cartridge loaded with those large ball bearings, hit by one of them, would be similar to a 22 bullet.

[jcsmith]

2 hours ago, licka said:

Maybe the things he sells were not his to sell 

Some people get a little testy when someone flogs their gear

 

Let's just blame the victim without any evidence whatsoever. 

[jvs]

2 hours ago, Retiredandhappyhere said:

Not wishing to be pedantic, but I have now read more than 15 posts on Thai Visa Forum over the past few weeks which have mis-used the words "loose" and "lose" by substituting one incorrrectly for the other. I recognize that many posters on here are not native English speakers (the Americans, for example ), so in their case the error is perfectly understandable. Loose means "not held together", or "untied", whereas lose means "to be deprived of something" or "cease to have", as when you have lost your wallet, for example.    

 

Sorry about that guys, but more than 15 times was more than enough.

 

Meanwhile, if anyone can find any spelling or grammatical errors in my post, I can assure you that they are included intentionally as a test.  

Don't you have better things to do?If there is one thing i do not like it is the grammar police!

Not everyone who uses this site is a native English speaker,myself included.

[Beats56]

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

 

Plug or Slug shot

Also used in deer hunting season in Ontario Canada.

[namoi]

and pigs in Aus, bit to big for ducks or rabbits though

[overherebc]

31 minutes ago, Beats56 said:

Also used in deer hunting season in Ontario Canada.

 

How much of the deer gets left after being hit by one of those?

[Beats56]

15 minutes ago, overherebc said:

 

How much of the deer gets left after being hit by one of those?

I don't know how big the bullet part is but from the dead deer I have seen..just hole where the impact was. One hunter ì knew was accidentally shot in the leg and it hit the major artery. Hé died from blood loss. 

 

[namoi]

its what we used to call a solid in Aus and will blow

[namoi]

<deleted>, blow a good size hole in a pig if you are close enough and get a rib shot into it

[Phuketboy]

Maybe it had something to do with this rent money situation from the last fair ???????  (On Monday the victim had received a phone call to get him to meet the organizer of the fair at its site on the Lat Ya road. He wanted to talk to "Chai" about his having collected rents from traders at the fair last year. He added that he may not hire him to collect the rents again this year).

[Sooo Upto Me]

On 29/12/2016 at 8:50 AM, overherebc said:

 

Plug or Slug shot

 

Oh here we go, the TVF forensic experts are out in force.  ???

 

[Sooo Upto Me]

On 30/12/2016 at 10:12 AM, Phuketboy said:

Maybe it had something to do with this rent money situation from the last fair ???????  (On Monday the victim had received a phone call to get him to meet the organizer of the fair at its site on the Lat Ya road. He wanted to talk to "Chai" about his having collected rents from traders at the fair last year. He added that he may not hire him to collect the rents again this year).

 

Exactly u don't need to be Einstein to work this case out. 

But we are talking bout Thailand here.

[overherebc]

34 minutes ago, Sooo Upto Me said:

 

Oh here we go, the TVF forensic experts are out in force.  ???

 

 

We are happy to have our knowledge recognised.

Thank you. So nice of you.

Have a good New Year.

[ratcatcher]

2 hours ago, Sooo Upto Me said:

 

Oh here we go, the TVF forensic experts are out in force.  ???

 

So wot, the grammer palice ave been told of by member jvs sew now the gun and bullit lads can ave a go.

[overherebc]

4 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

So wot, the grammer palice ave been told of by member jvs sew now the gun and bullit lads can ave a go.

 

Grate poast luv it.