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Accused hitman in Pattaya murder of NZ bodybuilder arrested

Police arrest Yiamwut Julapong on Monday in Khao Kho district of Phetchabun for the murder of New Zealand bodybuilder Stephen Miller in April 2006. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

The alleged hitman in the murder of a New Zealand man in Pattaya in 2006 has been arrested.

Yiamwut Julapong, alias Pokpong, 40, was detained on Monday at Moo 5 village in tambon Thung Samo in Khao Kho district of Phetchabun province by Crime Suppression Division police led by Pol Col Neti Wongkularb, commander of the CSD Sub-Division 5.

He was wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Pattaya Court on April 22, 2006, on charges of murder and illegal possession and carrying a gun in public without proper reason.

Mr Yiamwut is accused of conspiring with Jintana Wichachai and Varathip Kasawong to kill Stephen Miller, a New…

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