Last Pattaya ‘barrel murder’ suspect caught
published : 27 Sep 2024 at 10:27
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The third and last suspect in the Pattaya “barrel murder” case has been arrested in Vietnam and extradited to South Korea after four months on the run.
The suspect in his 30s was sent home on Tuesday after Vietnamese police arrested him on Sept 12.
The raid in Vietnam took place after South Korean police received information on his hiding place, alerted their Vietnamese partners and travelled to Vietnam for the operation.
Thai police said they believed the man had escaped Thailand to Myanmar after he and two others killed Roh Eui-jong in May.
The killers put the body of the victim in a plastic barrel and dropped it into the Map Prachan reservoir in Chon Buri, near Pattaya.
The two other suspects arrested earlier and extradited to South Korea were Lee Roun, in his 20s, and Lee Yong-jin, 27, according to Thai police.
The motive for the murder remains unclear.
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- barrel: a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides - ถังใส่ของเหลว
- escape (verb): to get away from a place; to leave a place where you are in danger - หนี
- extradite: to officially send back someone who has been accused or found guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed for a trial - ส่งตัวกลับ
- motive: a reason for doing something - แรงจูงใจ
- on the run: running away from something , such as the police -
- operation: a planned activity involving a lot of people, especially soldiers or police officers - การปฏิบัติการ
- partner (noun): two people, businesses, organizations, etc that work together on some project or business - ผู้ร่วมมือ, ผู้ร่วมกระทำ
- raid (noun): a short (surprise) attack on an enemy or group - การจู่โจม,การโจมตี, การบุกเข้า
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
