German footballer arrested in Pattaya
- Published: 26 Oct 2012 at 22.32
- Online news:
A German footballer was arrested on Friday on perjury charges over his abduction claim, police said.
Savio Magala, 23, who is playing for Unterhaching in Germany's Bundesliga 2, was arrested in a rented room in Pattaya.
Police said they were contacted by the German embassy which asked them to help Malaga who had made a phone call to his relative in that country to transfer 3,000 euro (about 120,000 baht) to his account claiming that he was abducted in Thailand.
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