Police informant found dead in drainage pipe, says source

By Santiprap Ramasut
The Nation

 

 

Police plan to interview suspected drug traffickers in Songkhla's Hat Yai district for clues to the abduction and killing of 22-year-old informant Peeranat Chumthong, a police source said on Wednesday.

 

Four teams of police including those from Hat Yai, Narcotics Suppression, Khlong Hoi Khong and Crime Suppression Division were working on the case.

 

Persons of interest include the victim’s girlfriend and friends. Authorities were also checking phone records and footage from CCTV cameras along the route on the day of the murder.

 

Peeranat's remains were found on Wednesday morning in a water drainage pipe in Bang Bung Chai Moo 4 of Tambon Kuan Lang in Hat Yai. He had been missing since April 26 and his family filed a missing person complaint on May 1. 

 

Peeranat's mother Meena and elder brother Chitnupong reportedly confirmed that the body, found submerged in a large roadside pipe three kilometres from his home, was Peeranat based on clothing that he wore and other personal items found at the scene. 

 

The remains were sent to Hat Yai Hospital for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. 

 

Local residents alerted police after they looked into the source of a foul smell and found human bones under coconut leaves and some tyres. 

 

Police suspected the victim was killed by at least two persons on April 26 and the body was stuffed into the pipe. Recent heavy rains apparently pushed the body into the open. 

 

Hat Yai deputy superintendent Pol Lt Colonel Thanawat Sengsui said the culprits seemed to have planned to abduct and kill the victim. He said the tyres had been arranged to burn the body to conceal the crime but they seemed to change their minds and stuff his body in the pipe instead.

 

A motorbike disposed of in Khlong hoi Khong might be in attempt to divert police attention from the victim’s local area, the officer added. 

 

Peeranat’s Honda Wave motorcycle was found on May 20 in Khlong Hoi Khong district. 

 

Police have questioned drug suspect Wirat Kaewthongpan over the disappearance of Peeranat. Authorities say he had been involved in drugs but later distanced himself and worked as police informant. Wirat maintained his innocence.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30318066

 

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A good place to start would be the list of people Peeranat grassed up.

"Police plan to interview suspected drug traffickers", so they already know who the traffickers are, !   

 regards worgeordie

21 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

A good place to start would be the list of people Peeranat grassed up.

or the cops that were losing business because of it . you could take your pick .

19 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

"Police plan to interview suspected drug traffickers", so they already know who the traffickers are, !   

 regards worgeordie

They're all having lunch in the officers club.

Might not want to have made that public .   Would not help in the recruitment of future stool pigeons. 

 

RIP for the poor man that was murdered. 

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The remains were sent to Hat Yai Hospital for an autopsy to determine the cause of death

Despite this the police have already decided:

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the victim was killed

Very unprofessional but unfortunately seems to be a part of Thai police culture.

On ‎14‎/‎06‎/‎2017 at 6:16 PM, worgeordie said:

"Police plan to interview suspected drug traffickers", so they already know who the traffickers are, !   

 regards worgeordie

suspected