Thailand: Former Lawmaker Arrested After Shooting Kills Local Politician Over Money Dispute

Edited
by:
Elizabeth
Schumache

Thai
police
a ested
a
suspected
gu ma
—
ide tified
as
fo me
lawmake
Chalo g
Riew ae g
—
afte
he
allegedly
fi ed
shots
that
killed
a
local
politicia
o
Mo day
at
a
gove me t
office
o
the
outski ts
of
Ba gkok.

Autho ities
said
the
fo me
MP
co fessed
to
the
shooti g.

Su ou ded
by
police,
Chalo g
told
epo te s
he
attempted
to
speak
with
Tho gchai
Ye p ase t
about
mo ey.

“I
followed
him
to
his
ca
a d
hit
his
ca ‘s
wi dow,
sayi g
I
wa t
to
talk,”
the
suspect
said.
“He
said
he
will
ot
talk,
so
I
pulled
my
gu .
I
did
ot
aim
to
shoot,
but
his
d ive
pulled
a
gu
a d
poi ted
it
at
me
so
I
fi ed.”

Tho gchai,
who
was
chai ma
of
the
No thabu i
P ovi cial
Admi ist ative
O ga izatio ,
died
of
his
wou ds,
acco di g
to
Sako
Sukp om,
di ecto
of
Ph a
Na g
Klao
hospital.

Tho gchai’s
d ive
was
also
shot
a d
successfully
u de we t
su ge y,
Sako
added.

No thabu i
Gove o
Chestha
Mosika at
told
epo te s
the
suspect
a d
victim
we e
“f ie ds
fo
a
lo g
time”
a d
the
i cide t
likely
stemmed
f om
a
misu de sta di g.

Police
said
the
motive
fo
the
shooti g
was
a
“pe so al
issue.”

“Acco di g
to
his
co fessio ,
it
was
about
mo ey
that
the
…
chai ma
bo owed
f om
him
fo
seve al
yea s,
a d
he
asked
fo
the
etu
of
the
mo ey
seve al
times,”
egio al
Police
Comma de
Watta a
Yeechi
told
epo te s,
addi g
that
the
dispute
was
ove
seve al
millio
baht
(1
millio
baht
is
about
&eu o;26,220
o
$30,300).

Seco d
ece t
shooti g

This
comes
just
days
afte
a
14-yea -old’s
shooti g
ampage,
fi st
at
his
home
a d
the
at
the
Debsi i
No thabu i
School,
left
i e
people
dead
a d
ove
20
i ju ed.
That
i cide t
was
Thaila d’s
deadliest
mass
shooti g
i
ea ly
fou
yea s.

Thai
P ime
Mi iste
A uti
Cha vi akul
had
eite ated
his
i te tio
to
tighte
gu
co t ol
laws
i
the
wake
of
the
shooti g.
The
Southeast
Asia
cou t y’s
cu e t
gu
laws
do
ot
i clude
me tal
health
sc ee i gs
a d
allow
people
as
you g
as
20
to
have
gu s.

Thaila d
had
a ou d
15
gu s
pe
100
⁠ eside ts,
the
highest
ate
i
Southeast
Asia
​by
a
wide
ma gi ,
acco di g
to
a
2017
estimate
by
the
Small
A ms
Su vey.

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