Lite Beer Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Phuket road rage shooting suspect surrendersSaran Mitrarat Gen Patchara with mugshot of Suwat on Friday. File photo PHUKET: Suwat Saejong, 62, wanted for shooting dead motorbike taxi driver Chaliao Piyapakul on Thursday morning (October 30), has surrendered to police, Phuket Provincial Commander Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit confirmed this morning (November 2).A warrant for the arrest of Suwat, a resident of Kathu, was issued on Friday after he was identified as the probable shooter in what was apparently a case of road rage.“He rode his motorbike alone to the police station this morning,” Gen Patchara told The Phuket News. “Police are now questioning him and typing up the case report.”More details are expected later today. Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-road-rage-shooting-suspect-surrenders-49452.php -- Phuket News 2014-11-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldieinkathu Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 According to the Phuket news this guy has aged 2 years since their first report. I know it's off topic but I've noticed this many times with local news sources. PW said 62 as did the Gazette. Why is it so difficult to report the correct details? Anyway, glad to see he's off the streets and can't "loose it" with anyone else. My thoughts are with the victims family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustBucket Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Lets hope he dies in prison, judging by the way he calmly walked off after murdering someone in cold blood as if he were buying a packet of cigarettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Phuket road rage shooter re-enacts killing Eakkapop Thongtub Suwat shows police how he took careful aim at Chaliao Piyapakul. PHUKET: Suwat Saejong, 62, who has admitted shooting dead motorbike taxi driver Chaliao Piyapakul on Thursday morning (October 30), took part this afternoon (November 2) in a re-enactment of the killing in the place where it happened. He was also taken by police, led by Provincial Commander Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit, to the banana plantation near the Phuket Finance Bureau, where he dumped his gun, a Glock 9mm, after the shooting. Suwat said he surrendered this morning when he learned that a warrant had been issued for his arrest.Asked why he shot Chaliao, Suwat explained that they had got into an argument on the road when Chaliao had tried to overtake him. “I could see there was not enough space to do that, so I said, ‘Are you crazy? You can’t do that.’“He replied, ‘You’re the one who’s f***ing crazy, not me.”At a red light at the WorKor intersection, Chaliao parked his motorbike and told his son, who was on the back, to get out of the way. He then walked towards Suwat.“I was so angry at that moment that I decided to shoot. Afterwards I went and hid in the banana plantation,” he added.“I am really sorry to have caused this situation – especially right in front of his son,” he said.Asked why he was carrying a gun in public, he answered, “Actually, I love to practice shooting at a shooting range. On that day, I was taking the gun back to my house in Thalang.”Suwat has been charged with murder and with carrying a firearm in public without a licence.Police have denied him bail while he awaits trial. Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-road-rage-shooter-re-enacts-killing-49456.php -- Phuket News 2014-11-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Say what you will but I really like the re-enactments and the fact the guilty spill their guts completely. It provides a nice insight into the Thai psyche...essentially that these guys act totally on impulse. The process also provides a sense of closure. Edited November 2, 2014 by ClutchClark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Bob Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Of course his lawyer was present when he reenacted the shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchClark Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Of course his lawyer was present when he reenacted the shooting. Why should he be? The suspect chose to confess without representation. Same thing happens in the US everyday. Perhaps your sympathies should not lie with a cold-blooded killer but with the deceased's young son who witnessed his fathers execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KunMatt Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Chaliao had tried to overtake him. I could see there was not enough space to do that, so I said, Are you crazy? You cant do that. He replied, Youre the one whos f***ing crazy, not me. ...so he shot him in the head at the next red light in broad daylight in front of a lot of people including his infant son. Jesus Christ. This sort of thing shouldn't shock me anymore cuz it's happened in our village quite recently to a 13 year kid, but I'm glad that it does still shock me. Edited November 2, 2014 by KunMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NeverSure Posted November 2, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2014 Anyone who thinks Thailand isn't dangerous isn't paying attention. It is ranked #3 in the world for gun murders per capita behind only Colombia and S. Africa who are mired in violence. Do not have any confrontation with Thais. LINK 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Talionis Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Suwat said he surrendered this morning when he learned that a warrant had been issued for his arrest. I see, so the outstanding warrant was the motivation for coming in and not the fact that he had done murder. Hope the judge takes that into consideration during sentencing. The trial should be short & sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 If a man and woman were arrested for engaging in prostitution would there be a re-enactment in front of the media? Would CNN play it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Of course his lawyer was present when he reenacted the shooting. Darwinian quote of the day!! Where was the victim's lawyer when he was getting shot? Silly me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I see, so the outstanding warrant was the motivation for coming in and not the fact that he had done murder. Hope the judge takes that into consideration during sentencing. The trial should be short & sweet. If he pleads guilty then any sentence is automatically cut in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 He didn't had to shoot to kill, he could have shot him anywhere else in the body that wouldn't have been a fatal shot and just to "win the argument" but he didn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 If a man and woman were arrested for engaging in prostitution would there be a re-enactment in front of the media? Would CNN play it? Only if he refused to pay and then she stuck her stiletto into his earhole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamCave Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Good to see he was denied bail His last years of his life are not going to be pleasant I have heard stories of theses prisons they are not luxury, I think the death penalty is to easy let him suffer in jail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob12345 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Give a man a hammer and he sees every problem as a nail. Same with guns in a country where people never learn how to analyze and think ahead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prakhonchai nick Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Good to see he was denied bail His last years of his life are not going to be pleasant I have heard stories of theses prisons they are not luxury, I think the death penalty is to easy let him suffer in jail Why, in Thailand, in situations like this, where the culprit has admitted the crime of murder, and will inevitibly receive a long prison sentence, should the subject of bail ever be raised. Bail should NEVER be given in such situations, no matter who the person is or who he knows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catweazle Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 He'll have a lot of time to think about this in his jail cell until he dies of hopefully very old age in prison... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomangosteen Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Anyone who thinks Thailand isn't dangerous isn't paying attention. It is ranked #3 in the world for gun murders per capita behind only Colombia and S. Africa who are mired in violence. Do not have any confrontation with Thais. LINK thos eNationmaster 'stats' have been discounted as incorrect/false so many times on this and other forums, yet people persist in quoting them over 20,000 firearms homicides in Thailand per year? Garbage Do you really think that if there were over 55 A DAY it would not make news? I would rather rely on United Nations stats - which show that in 2011 There were 5.3 murders by firearms per 100,000 people in Thailand in 2011 - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime so, 53 per million, if there were as many as 65 million here, that is about 3300 deaths by firearm. Not 20,000+ Still high - roughly over 60 per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 . . . typing up the case report I wondered what that funny noise was. Sounded a bit like an old Imperial or Remington. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen terry Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Well they're all pointing in the same direction, so it must be true. Sorry about the families, though. Absolutely incredible situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I just looked at the PG video report of the enactment. I was struck by how cheerful the shooter was during the production. Has this guy no shame or remorse. Or maybe he knows he will get away with it with little penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat6 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I see, so the outstanding warrant was the motivation for coming in and not the fact that he had done murder. Hope the judge takes that into consideration during sentencing. The trial should be short & sweet. If he pleads guilty then any sentence is automatically cut in half. Even a Death sentence ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I see, so the outstanding warrant was the motivation for coming in and not the fact that he had done murder. Hope the judge takes that into consideration during sentencing. The trial should be short & sweet. If he pleads guilty then any sentence is automatically cut in half. Even a Death sentence ?? My understanding is that a death penalty would be reduced to life if plead guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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