Phuket gunman in Patong tuk-tuk boss slaying hits ‘most wanted’ list

The Phuket News

 

MAIN PHOTO: Col Chalermchai Hernsawat, Deputy Chief of the Kathu Police. INSET: The arrest warrant for Porjet Sukwanli.

 

PHUKET: -- Police in Phuket have added Porjet “Po” Sukwanli, the alleged hitman and the last remaining suspect wanted for the slaying of Patong Tuk-Tuk Club President Sakol Srisompotch last year, has been added to the Royal Thai Police list of most-wanted gunmen.

 

Mr Sakol, 58, died in a hail of gunfire as he sat in the cab of his tuk-tuk in front of the Phuket Villa housing complex on Phra Phuket Kaew Rd in Kathu on Oct 25 last year. Police reported that his assailants rode up on a motorbike just before 3am and opened fire. Mr Sakol died at the scene.

 

Kathu Police Chief Col ML Pattanajak Jakkapan told The Phuket News yesterday (Mar 22), “We have very few details about Porjet, but the warrant for his arrest and his photo has been ‘spread around the country’ (sic) and he has been added to the national list of most-wanted gunmen.”

 

“This will make it easier for police to arrest him,” Col ML Pattanajak added.

 

Police do know that Porjet is from Sikao District in Trang, south of Phuket, and his Thai ID card number.

 

“If police or any official enters his ID card number into national database, they will know that we want this man,” Kathu Police Deputy Chief Col Chalermchai Hernsawat said.

 

Under the warrant, Porjet is described as 36 years old, 160cm tall, 55kg in weight. His skin is dark red. He has a prominent nose and short chin, and colour tattoos on both arms, and he speaks with a Southern Thai accent.

 

The most-wanted gunman list, produced once a year and available publicly on the Royal Thai Police Crime Suppression Division website (click here), clearly shows each suspect’s face, ID car number, which court issued the warrant and police station applied for the warrant.

 

However, the only image of Porjet that Col Chalermchai would provide to The Phuket News was a copy of the warrant that was stamped and signed to obscure Porjet’s face. (See photos above.)

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-gunman-in-patong-tuk-tuk-boss-slaying-hits-most-wanted-list-61503.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-03-23

Looking for a man with dark red skin- hmmmm.

"However, the only image of Porjet that Col Chalermchai would provide to The Phuket News was a copy of the warrant that was stamped and signed to obscure Porjet’s face."

 

Perhaps instead of showing a large photo of a policeman and a tiny (rubbish) photo of the wanted man it would have been better the other way around?

 

Or maybe just a large photo of the criminal and not bother with the photo of the policeman at all?

 

That would more likely aid the investigation, but I suppose that is a secondary (or possibly tertiary) consideration in the "Land of Cop Photo-Op".

 

 

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