Police, ONCB at odds over murder suspect’s link to drug gangs in Golden Triangle

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Police, ONCB at odds over murder suspect’s link to drug gangs in Golden Triangle

By The Nation

 

 

THE NATIONAL anti-drug agency and police yesterday gave conflicting information over whether Priyanuch Nonwangchai, a prime suspect in the murder and dismemberment of her friend in Khon Kaen province, was related to a transnational drugs syndicate.

 

Sirinya Sitthichai, secretary-general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), said his agency found possible links between Priyanuch and a narcotics ring in Myanmar that smuggled drugs from the Golden Triangle to Thailand via Myanmar.

 

A check of Priyanuch’s criminal record showed she had previously been arrested for possession of drugs, Sirinya said, adding: “An extended investigation showed that she allegedly had contact with drug-smuggling networks that brought the drug from the Golden Triangle.”

 

An investigation is being carried out to confirm reports that Priyanuch worked with the ring either as a money collector or sales person.

 

Police have said Priyanuch and two others female suspects, who were subject to arrest warrants for allegedly killing 22-year-old karaoke bar singer Warisara Klinjui, fled to Myanmar via the Tachilek-Mae Sai checkpoint in Chiang Rai province last month. Kawita Rachada and Apiwan Satayabundit have also been named as suspects.

 

However, deputy regional police chief Maj-General Charoenwit Sriwanit insisted that no information received in the investigation suggested any connection between Priyanuch and the transnational drug gang.

 

She did not even have any link with the drug network in the northeastern region, Charoenwit said.

 

It is believed the three female fugitives are now with customers of a karaoke bar they worked for in Myanmar.

 

“After fleeing across the border, the three got work in the bar in Tachilek. Investigations showed that they went out with some customers and did not return to work. One of the customers was a fugitive under drug-related arrest warrant issued in Si Sa Ket province and Rangsit,” he said.

 

Charoenwit said that on Thurdsay, Priyanuch contacted her close friend via a message on Facebook.

 

Two other suspects; Jidarat Promkun and Wasin Namprom, are in police custody. Wasin claimed that Warisara killed and dismembered the victim following a feud over drugs.

 

Checks into Priyanuch’s assets indicated she did not own a car but had a house under construction, which was being built for her mother. 

 

Possible motives of the killing may stem from reports that Warisara alerted police about the involvement of Priyanuch and her husband in drug gangs. Priyanuch’s husband is now in jail on drug charges.

 

Meanwhile, Priyanuch’s tearful mother Sakorn Pasee, 62, pleaded with her daughter to surrender to police.

 

She told reporters that Priyanuch grew up with her grandmother and returned to visit her from time to time. She confirmed her daughter had sent her money to build the house currently under construction.

 

Priyanuch graduated Grade 6 from school, married and had a son who is now eight, before going to work in Khon Kaen. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317081

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-06-03

[cardinalblue]

I wonder what the mother was doing instead of raising her daughter?

 

yes a wild uneducated kid goes from a liability to evil....

 

how many girls are raised by their grandparents? Yes Houston we have a social problem...

 

her 8 year son will more than likely follow the same path...no proper role models in their lives...

 

playing the probability game vs an exception...

Edited June 3, 2017 by cardinalblue

[wvavin]

Conflicting? Why not simply admit that they have no clues of what is happening.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

As usual, the RTP here are making no sense.

 

On one hand, the police general is claiming the woman prime suspect has no connections to the drug syndicates in Myanmar or even to the local drug syndicate in Isaan.

 

And yet, it's clearly a matter of record that the woman's husband is in prison for drug-related offenses. And the OCNB is saying she herself previously had been arrested for drugs.

 

And meanwhile, the same police general acknowledges that the three women, now outside Thailand, may be in the company of a customer who's wanted in Thailand under a drug-related warrant.  So all in all, that's a lot of drug-related connections for someone who the RTP claim isn't involved with even the local drug syndicate.

 

Meanwhile, if you look at the Facebook page for this woman, you'll see a variety of photos of her looking cozy with a couple of really scary looking guys, the types with tattoos covering their entire body right up to and includes their entire faces. Not exactly the type you'd see walking down Main Street in Khon Kaen every day.

 

[YetAnother]

i live in the golden triangle and the definition of what the GT is varies quite a bit; please do not broadbrush all of us

[Constantinos]

4 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

yes a wild uneducated kid goes from a liability to evil....

 

how many girls are raised by their grandparents? Yes Houston we have a social problem...

 

her 8 year son will more than likely follow the same path...no proper role models in their lives...

 

playing the probability game vs an exception...

Too many kids in Thailand are raised the same way! Grandparents are not parents! This is Thailand's major problem!

[docshock13]

One agency is involved/complicit. The other isn't. Hence conflicting statements. 

[yellowboat]

11 hours ago, YetAnother said:

i live in the golden triangle and the definition of what the GT is varies quite a bit; please do not broadbrush all of us

Thought the days of the triangle died Khun Sa.  Was under the impression it was far less productive / active than in the late 80's and early 90's.