Police commander shot dead 'by wife'

The body of Pol Lt Gen Panya Pinsuk, 59, was found outside his house in Thawi Watthana district, Bangkok, on Sunday afternoon. (Police photo)
The body of Pol Lt Gen Panya Pinsuk, 59, was found outside his house in Thawi Watthana district, Bangkok, on Sunday afternoon. (Police photo)

Pol Lt Gen Panya Pinsuk, 59, commander of the Royal Thai Police Office, was found shot dead at his home on Sunday afternoon and the Bangkok police chief said his wife killed him out of stress.

The death was reported to local police at 1.45pm. The incident happened in Thawi Watthana district.

Police found the body lying beside a silver Toyota parked in front of the house. There were bullet wounds to the right side of the chest and at a collar bone.

In one of the rooms in the house, police found a revolver on a cupboard and a Glock pistol on the floor near a pool of blood.

Police learned that before his death, Panya was with his wife inside the house, and she was the one who first saw the body.

The Bangkok police chief said the incident came from tension concerning a family matter, resulting in the wife shooting her husband. Police brought her out of the house in a state of shock. There was no trace of a struggle in the house.

Panya handled many well-known cases, including the black leopard hunting case involving construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta.

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Vocabulary

  • bullet: a small, metal object that is shot from a gun - กระสุนปืน
  • collar bone: one of the pair of bones that go across the top of your chest from your shoulder to the bottom of your neck - กระดูกไหปลาร้า
  • leopard (noun): a large animal of the cat family, that has yellowish-brown fur with black spots. Leopards live in Africa and southern Asia - เสือดาว
  • pistol: a small gun that you hold in one hand - ปืนพก,ปืนสั้น
  • revolver: a type of small gun held in one hand that can be fired several times without putting more bullets in it - ปืนพกลูกโม่
  • shock: a strong feeling of surprise as a result of something happening, especially something unpleasant; the event that causes this feeling - ช็อค, ความสะดุ้ง, อาการช็อค
  • stress: mental pressure or worry - ความตึงเครียด
  • struggle: a difficult fight or an attempt to defeat someone - การต่อสู้เพื่อความอยู่รอด
  • tensions: the feelings caused by a lack of trust between people, groups or countries who do not agree about something and may attack each other - ความตึงเครียด
  • traces (noun): a mark, an object or a sign that shows that somebody/something existed or was present - ร่องรอย
  • tycoon: a person who has succeeded in business or industry and has become very rich and powerful - นักธุรกิจที่ร่ำรวยและมีอิทธิพลมาก
  • wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
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