Two questioned about German's disappearance

The Mercedes-Benz coupe belonging to missing German property broker Hans Peter Ralter Mack, found on Sunday morning in the CC Condominium parking lot in Nong Prue district, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
The Mercedes-Benz coupe belonging to missing German property broker Hans Peter Ralter Mack, found on Sunday morning in the CC Condominium parking lot in Nong Prue district, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

Two foreigners were called in for questioning in Bang Lamung district on Sunday night in connection with the disappearance of German property broker Hans Peter Ralter Mack.

The two foreigners, whose nationalities and identities were not disclosed, were accompanied by their lawyers.

Police said the two declined to give statements, saying their lawyers would represent them.

Later on Sunday night, police searched a house in Chok Chai Garden 2 housing estate in tambon Nong Prue. The house belonged to one of the suspects. Police did not find anything suspicious in the house.

Sources said investigators had found suspicious financial transactions totalling about 2 million baht which might be linked to the man's disappearance.

Mr Mack, 62, has not been seen since July 4. His Thai wife, said he left their home in Pattaya in his Mercedes Benz to meet a foreign property broker he had recently met.

The family filed a missing person complaint with police on July 5 and later offered a reward of 3 million baht for information on Mr Mack's whereabouts, and 100,000 baht on his car.

The silver Mercedes-Benz E350 was found by police on Sunday morning in the CC Condominium parking lot in tambon Nong Prue. The interior surfaces had been wiped clean.

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Vocabulary

  • broker: a person who buys and sells things for other people - นายหน้า
  • complaint: when someone says that something is wrong or not satisfactory - การบ่น, ข้อที่ไม่พอใจ
  • decline (verb): to say politely that you will not accept something, do something, or say something - ปฏิเสธ, ปฏิเสธที่จะทำ 
  • disappearance: moving something or someone somewhere where they can no longer be seen - การหายไป, การสาบสูญ, การสูญหาย
  • lawyers (noun): attorneys - ทนาย
  • represent: to act, speak or be present officially for another person or people - เป็นตัวแทน
  • reward: money that someone receives for finding and returning something or for helping the police - รางวัล
  • statement: a formal written/spoken account of events that a person who has seen a crime or who has been accused of a crime gives to the police - คำให้การ
  • surface: the outside or top layer of something - ผิวหน้า, ผิวภายนอก, ด้านนอก
  • suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
  • suspicious: making you believe that something is wrong, dangerous or illegal - น่าสงสัย
  • transaction: a business dealing - การติดต่อทางธุรกิจ
  • whereabouts: where someone is - ที่อยู่,สถานที่,ตำแหน่งที่
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