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Suspect caught 19 years after Japan slaying

A Thai man fleeing an arrest warrant in Japan for the murder of a Japanese woman more than 19 years ago has been caught in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Veerasak: Former sex worker Veerasak Iempongsa, 39, from Trang, was apprehended yesterday when a passenger bus he was travelling on stopped on Phetkasem Road in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Thung Song district.

He is wanted by Japanese authorities for the murder of Awaji Megumi, 33, in her room at Youkawa Building in Tokyo's Toshima ward on March 14, 1993, when Mr Veerasak worked as a bar host in Shinjuku.

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    Discussion 1 : 09 Oct 2012 at 05.211

    This is a step in the right direction for Thailand. People like him are not wanted here. Thailand's lax visa requirements are an open invitation to the wrong element. There's a lot more trash to be taken out.

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