In a shocking development, one person has surrendered to the police in connection to the brutal murder and dismemberment of a German property broker in Pattaya, Thailand. Two others have arrest warrants issued against them, as the investigation into this gruesome case continues. The victim, Hans Peter Mack, was discovered in a freezer in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district.
On June 9th, 2023, Pramote Thampanichawat, the 60yearold deputy chief of the Court of Justice’s narcotics division, was found dead in his Chatuchak residence in Bangkok. His secretary discovered his lifeless body with a bullet wound to his head, and a 9mm handgun lay next to his right hand.
Nakhon Si Thammarat’s provincial police chief, Pol Maj Gen Somchai Suetortrakul, has ordered an investigation into four officers from the Bang Khan police station. The officers are accused of extorting 300,000 baht from a drug dealer, Chaiya, in exchange for his release last Thursday.
A 58yearold man, identified as Sukho, was arrested by police on suspicion of healthcare fraud, causing damages of over 1.2 million baht to the National Health Security Office (NHSO). The suspect was apprehended at a hospital in Ratchathewi district of Bangkok after Crime Suppression Division (CSD) investigators received a tipoff about his upcoming visit.