A woman wanted on suspicion of murder and abduction was arrested in Buriram Land Office yesterday afternoon. Kannikar Krumran is wanted in connection to the abduction and murder of Supaksorn Polhaisong in Bangkok in December.
A high ranking police officer is also involved along with five other suspects.
The body of Supaksorn Polthaisong was found buried at an abandoned resort in Tambon Nong Ya in Muang Kanchanaburi at about 7pm yesterday following information provided by two male suspects in the case.
According to a police source, Pol Colonel Amnuay Pongsawat, based at Ban Pong police station in Ratchaburi, was upset that Supaksorn was involved in a relationship with another person. He has admitted ordering other people to “teach the victim a lesson.”
Amnuay, 58, and another suspect, Niwat Suaythong, 32, surrendered to police on Tuesday after a Bangkok court issued arrest warrants for seven people in relation to the alleged abduction and murder of 28-year-old Supaksorn.
Also wanted on related charges are Phumithat Phiboonsawat, 24, Chaiyuth Benchat, 41, Panumet Meela, 34, and Samart Saengsin, 50.
Samart is a former policeman based in Kanchanaburi. He was dismissed from the police force in 1998.
Police yesterday took Niwat to locations involved in the case in Kanchanaburi province, including a house in Tambon Pak Phraek of Muang district where Supaksorn was allegedly detained for one night.
It is believed the house belonged to Samart. It was reported that a previous search of the house in a separate anti-crime operation uncovered guns and ammunition.
Phumithat surrendered to police yesterday at Kanchanaburi’s Tha Maka district and a Nissan Navara pickup truck that was believed to have been used in the abduction was seized.
He allegedly confessed to joining with Niwat and military men Chaiyuth and Panumet in the woman’s abduction on December 13 from her apartment in Bangkok’s Nong Khaem district. He said they then picked up Samart in Om Noi area before heading to a house in Kanchanaburi.
The suspects will be interrogated further in Bangkok before final charges are brought.
(Source: The Nation, Thailand)