Thai man involved in abduction of teen finally arrested after 19 years - 3 months before statute expired

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Thai man involved in abduction of teen finally arrested after 19 years - 3 months before statute expired

 

Picture: INN

 

Crime Suppression Division police arrested a man called Somkiat,43, by the road in Pak Nam sub-district of Muang Krabi in the south of Thailand.

 

He was named in a warrant issued in Thung Song in 2003 related to the abduction of a minor. 

 

INN reported that in January 2001 Somkiat along with a man called Khiaw abducted a 16 year old girl, who was Khiaw's girlfriend, from her house. 

 

She was taken on a motorcycle against her will to a deserted house where Khiaw raped her. 

 

Somkiat was not involved in the rape as he had left the deserted house on an errand leaving his friend to commit that crime. 

 

However, the crime of abduction still has a 20 year statute of limitations. 

 

It would have been too late to arrest the suspect after January.

 

Source: INN

 

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[petermik 16,371]

Unlucky old chap....now bang him up for a long while

[Pilotman 16,956]

bit of a coincidence isn't it?  Police sitting on it? 

[2long 2,174]

20 years statute for this but only 15 for Boss's cop killing!?

I am not defending this guy, but he was not the one who raped her, nor did he witness it or help... and we don't know under what pretense he was told to 'escort' the poor girl to the house. For all we know, he could have been told it was a surprise or that she had done something terrible. The rapist friend could have lied to him, to get help. Just saying.

[mrfill 2,192]

3 hours ago, 2long said:

20 years statute for this but only 15 for Boss's cop killing!?

I am not defending this guy, but he was not the one who raped her, nor did he witness it or help... and we don't know under what pretense he was told to 'escort' the poor girl to the house. For all we know, he could have been told it was a surprise or that she had done something terrible. The rapist friend could have lied to him, to get help. Just saying.

It has no bearing on the case for abduction, which is what he was sought for.

And the concern is not the difference between the limitation times, but the fact that they have a time limit on murder, rape and abduction. Hide long enough and you get away with it. That's not justice.

[hotchilli 15,514]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai man involved in abduction of teen finally arrested after 19 years - 3 months before statute expired

Jeez...

[Peterphuket 578]

So...there is still time enough for the red bull guy, to catch him/it/her.

[Reigntax 11,198]

On 10/14/2020 at 8:47 PM, mrfill said:

It has no bearing on the case for abduction, which is what he was sought for.

And the concern is not the difference between the limitation times, but the fact that they have a time limit on murder, rape and abduction. Hide long enough and you get away with it. That's not justice.

The injustice is that the police took 19 years to catch him. Time limitations for crimes are an essential part of any judicial system due to the inaccuracy of evidence that occurs over time. Without time limitations every minor crime would remain an open case even if the main suspect dies.

[balo 12,602]

The girl must have belonged to a very influential family for this to happen. 19 years, really?