タイのパタヤ韓国人ドラム缶殺人…容疑者1人がカンボジアに逃走
Korean man murdered in drum can in Pattaya, Thailand... One suspect flees to Cambodia
It has been confirmed that one of the three Korean suspects in the murder of a Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand, has fled to Cambodia.
On the 13th, according to the Korean police and other sources, Thai police arrested one of three Korean suspects who murdered a Korean man in his 30s.
The victim, Mr. A (34), had entered Pattaya, Thailand on the 30th of last month as a tourist, but was found dead this month.
He was last seen at a club in Bangkok, and surveillance cameras captured him and two Korean men heading toward Pattaya in the early hours of the 3rd.
They were later seen boarding a truck and staying overnight near Maprachan Lake in Pattaya.
At around 3:10 pm, the two suspects were also seen purchasing a 200L black drum at a nearby store, and Thai police believe that Mr. A was already dead by that time.
The suspects left their lodgings at around 9 p.m. on the 4th of this month, covering the truck with black cloth. Thai police say they parked it near a reservoir for about an hour,
When they saw him return to his lodgings, they sent a diving device into the reservoir and found the body. On the 7th, the suspects told A's mother, "A dumped drugs into the water and caused damage. We will pay 3 million baht (approximately 1,270
The investigation revealed that the woman had made a threatening phone call saying, "If you don't pay 100,000 yen as a ransom, my son will die." A's mother immediately reported the incident to the Korean Embassy in Thailand, and the Thai police began an investigation and their crime was discovered.
One of the three suspects, a man in his 20s, was arrested at around 7:46 pm on the 12th in Jungwoo-eup, North Jeolla Province.
B was found to have entered South Korea on the 9th of this month. The other two have yet to be arrested. Local police are investigating the whereabouts of the remaining person, who fled to Cambodia.
According to local Thai media, when Mr. A was found, 10 of his fingers had been amputated. Local media TPBS said, "It is unclear how the victim's fingers were cut through forensic analysis.
"We have to wait for the results," he said, adding, "If the fingers were cut off before death, this can be seen as part of torture, and if they were cut off after death, it can be judged as an attempt to make it difficult to identify the person."
Yoon Hee-geun, commissioner of the National Police Agency, said at a regular press conference on the 13th, "We are working closely with the Thai police, and we will be able to determine whether this is a drug-related crime or an organized crime as the investigation progresses."
"It is the Thai police who are in charge, and we are responsible for investigating those who fled overseas and ended up in South Korea."
2024/05/13 21:35 KST
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