Five suspects detained for alleged involving in massacre in Krabi

[HHTel]

12 hours ago, darksidedog said:

People who will do something like this are thoroughly deserving of the death penalty and if found guilty, I hope that is what the court so orders.

 

9 hours ago, YetAnother said:

Sometimes I wonder about these so-called confessions to crimes as heinous as this one

the defendants surely know that either they're going to be put to death or something to make their life a living hell

life in prison maxed out a 20 years that kind of thing

 

Death would be a fair result, but as we know, although the death penalty exists in the courts, in practice Thailand does NOT have the death penalty!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

23 minutes ago, HHTel said:

 

 

Death would be a fair result, but as we know, although the death penalty exists in the courts, in practice Thailand does NOT have the death penalty!

 

Nor do they apparently have a corrections system that treats "life prison sentences" to mean actual prison for the rest of their lives, since even convicted murderers seem to get out early via sentence reductions handed out by prison officials for "good behavior" and periodic/annual sentence reductions and eventual releases by you know who...

 

[All right]

1 hour ago, cyberfarang said:

I can`t comprehend it and never will be able to guess the ways of thinking of these people.

I don't think it describes the world as a whole. This has always been, unfortunately. Children killed, likely on orders of the head of the case to intimidate others. RIP.

[webfact]

Land debt row led to Krabi killings

By The Nation

 

 

Killing of eight originated from mortgage conflicts, some before the courts; gang leader shot 11 people after his accomplices refused, police say suspects confessed
 

KRABI: -- POLICE have apprehended a group of seven men for the massacre of eight members of one family in Krabi province in the South last week – a crime that shocked the country.

 

Thais awoke to the shocking news last Tuesday that eight people – three of them children – were killed en masse in the house of Worayuth Sunglung, a village headman in Ao Luek district. The victims were shot in the head execution-style, police said. 

 

National police chief Pol-General Chakthip Chaijinda said yesterday that all seven suspects confessed to police. Six of them claimed that they were misinformed about the objective of the crime by the seventh suspect, identified only as Bang Fath, a former security guard.

 

Chakthip said Bang Fath had land disputes with Worayuth after the village chief took out mortgages on several parcels of land with Bang Fath. However, Bang Fath refused to return the land, worth millions of baht, after Worayuth repaid the debts. Some cases related to the mortgage dispute are being heard in court. 

 

Worayuth, out of anger, allegedly threatened Bang Fath’s life, triggering Bang Fath to take action. 

 

Chakthip said Bang Fath formed a team of six men, and falsely claimed that Worayuth owed him Bt3 million. The team had tried to confront Worayuth on three previous occasions before managing to do that last week.

 

“Our investigation showed that it was Bang Fath who shot to death all the victims,” Chakthip said, adding he would seek capital punishment for the suspects.

 

“We will use all the laws to prosecute them and we will seek death sentences for them. They killed people and children without mercy.”

 

Prior to the massacre last Tuesday, Bang Fath’s team had secretly visited nearby areas and Worayuth’s house several times to confirm the location.

 

A source later identified Bang Fath as Surifath Bannopwongsakul, saying he came from Phang Nga province.

 

 

The national police chief insisted that the seven suspects were civilians, dismissing previous rumours they had a military background. “Some of them were rubber tappers who worked for Bang Fath at a plantation,” he said.

 

On the afternoon of July 10, the doors to Worayuth’s house were opened for the gang as the assailants wore camouflage clothes and had claimed they were security officials. Worayuth’s house was in the same compound as four others and was used as his office.

 

However, Worayuth had not yet returned home so the group held those in the house at the time as hostages while waiting for him. The number of people taken hostage increased as other family members from other houses in the same compound came to the main house.

 

Worayuth arrived home at about 8pm, bringing the number of those held hostage to 11. The assailants separated the group in different rooms while negotiation started with Worayuth.

 

Police quoted Surifath as confessing that he intended to kill only Worayuth’s family – namely Worayuth, his wife and their three children. But as the number of those who witnessed his crime increased, he decided to kill them all.

 

Eight people died while three others, including a sleeping three-month-old baby survived. An earlier report claimed the baby’s mother covered the baby with a blanket, so that the killer was unable to see him.

 

At first, Surifath allegedly gave weapons to other gang members to help murder people in the house. When they refused, he allegedly did the job himself. 

 

Chakthip told a press conference in Krabi that during the hostage taking, Bang Fath set up documents stating that Worayuth transferred his Toyota Yaris to him.

 

The same source added that Bang Fath initially tried to stage a scene to make people believe Worayuth killed his family members and himself because of pressure over business woes.

 

He forced Worayuth to telephone one friend to borrow Bt500,000, saying that he had business problems.

 

After the massacre, the group fled in two vehicles and also stole Worayuth’s car. They hid their Fortuner in Ao Luek and burnt Worayuth’s car in Phang Nga.

 

Bang Fath then boarded a public bus to Phuket and hid in a rented house. Police arrested the first suspect in Nakhon Si Thammarat before extending the investigation that led to other suspects.

 

The suspects were taken to Phang Nga’s Muang district to sites where they are said to have hidden and destroyed evidence. 

 

At one suspect’s house in the Phang Nga police found potential evidence, including phone SIM cards and identity cards belonging to the victims, as well as three guns and ammunition reportedly belonging to Worayuth.

 

Confessions by the suspects then led police to retrieve gloves and handcuffs that they used. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30320918

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-07-17

[thaifan01]

Mastermind?!?!? Completely braindead thinking that they were getting away with this.

Lets hope the retards rot in hell

[diehard60]

they will go free in a couple of years because they confessed and said they were sorry. you watch

[SiSePuede419]

Krabi sounds nice. ?

[dotpoom]

The namecalling should be good on this one.

[nontabury]

23 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Krabi sounds nice. ?

 

There are many land disputes in the Krabi area. Unfortunately the local Krabi court is so corrupt, people tend to resolve disputes privately. What's  different in this case,is that innocent people,including children, became victims.

[williamgeorgeallen]

1 hour ago, diehard60 said:

they will go free in a couple of years because they confessed and said they were sorry. you watch

depends how much they can pay in cash for their crimes.

[anon6596585]

Amazing how money is such a big deal to people here and kill over fairly small amounts. I'm sure the few million baht he will never get now while in jail for life will definitely be worth it forever with this moron. Smart move by him for sure. 

 

Also amazing how so many suspects confess so quick. Problem the world's fastest turn around rate on confessions. 

[brewsterbudgen]

 
Death would be a fair result, but as we know, although the death penalty exists in the courts, in practice Thailand does NOT have the death penalty!

Tell that to the families of the two drug traffickers executed in 2009!

[Zack61]

19 hours ago, Mudlover said:

Of course, the police chief has declined to reveal the mastermind behind the massacre.

Probably someone from Myanmar.....

[eggers]

Can only hope justice will be served & they face capital punishment w/o reprieve!!......An eye for an eye......

[Emster23]

George Michael song "Oh ya gotta have Fath"...

[esprit]

1 hour ago, diehard60 said:

they will go free in a couple of years because they confessed and said they were sorry. you watch

Yep then become a Monk for year, come out all forgiven.

[gwynt]

44 minutes ago, jabsjabs said:

Amazing how money is such a big deal to people here and kill over fairly small amounts. I'm sure the few million baht he will never get now while in jail for life will definitely be worth it forever with this moron. Smart move by him for sure. 

 

Also amazing how so many suspects confess so quick. Problem the world's fastest turn around rate on confessions. 

But he recovered "Face" most important.

[wvavin]

When nobody is afraid of any law on this land, there is only one way out!

[hobobo]

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Tell that to the families of the two drug traffickers executed in 2009!

Or thousands who died on the orders of a one-time politician (who must have also been a role model for Mr Duterte)

[The Deerhunter]

51 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

George Michael song "Oh ya gotta have Fath"...

"Fath?"   ..................???    Faith we guess.  Faith is all about guessing.     

[Arkady]

“Our investigation showed that it was Bang Fath who shot to death all the victims,” Chakthip said, adding he would seek capital punishment for the suspects.

 

While many might agree that the death penalty would be appropriate in this sickening case, it is not the police's job to seek any type of penalty.  It is their job to investigate and pass the case to the attorney general's department for prosecution.  It is then the prosecutor's job to indicate to the court what penalty is deemed appropriate by the crown.  

[Wake Up]

3 hours ago, diehard60 said:

they will go free in a couple of years because they confessed and said they were sorry. you watch

No way in hell they go free in a couple of years. They killed kids in their home in front of their parents.  You really need to get over your Thai hatred my friend. It would serve you well to let it go. 

[Wake Up]

1 hour ago, esprit said:

Yep then become a Monk for year, come out all forgiven.

So sad you wrote this type of crap. Put your money where your mouth is.  I bet you 100,000 baht you are 100 percent wrong.  Take my bet?

[Wake Up]

2 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

depends how much they can pay in cash for their crimes.

To live here so long you know so little. Anyone who thinks these guys will pay their way out or get off light is warped or biased beyond repair or sick in the head. TV full of guys who think living in their farang world makes them experts on thailand. What a joke. This is a murder of an entire family at their home moron. 

[natway09]

Crazies, but not only here I ask you to read the Chicago news in the last 2 days dozens shot in cold blood

The world has gone mad

[HHTel]

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Tell that to the families of the two drug traffickers executed in 2009!

The last execution as you point out was in 2009 (8 years ago) when two were executed for drug trafficking.  Prior to that was in 2003 which was rumoured to test the new 'lethal injection'. 

 

There are something like 700 people waiting on 'death row'.  6 have been executed in the last 14 years and none in the last 8. Go figure!

[Cereal]

This is shocking to me, even with my extremely low expectations of the pond scum of Thai society.

[lvr181]

Oxygen thieves that Thailand does not need. Do away with them. 

[esprit]

23 minutes ago, Wake Up said:

So sad you wrote this type of crap. Put your money where your mouth is.  I bet you 100,000 baht you are 100 percent wrong.  Take my bet?

Well as you well know, or should know,  betting is illegal in Thailand so you are offering  something that is not only against the laws of the country but also against forum rules suggesting an illegal activity.

 

Also I would suggest you refrain from such childish comments

[Will E Vormer]

I hope that 3 month old baby grows up and kills that guy Harmonica style