PUBLISHED : 26 Apr 2024 at 17:59
Two Japanese gang members suspected of killing a compatriot and dismembering his body in Nonthaburi province last month have fled to a neighbouring country, police said on Friday, with a police source identifying it as Laos.
Pol Lt Gen Chirasan Kaeosaengake, the commissioner of Provincial Police Region 1, told reporters that Thailand has sought the neighbouring country’s cooperation in searching for the two suspects.
He did not identify it but the source said they had fled to Laos.
Earlier this week, police obtained arrest warrants for Takuya Kato, 49, and Hiroto Suzuki, 27, on suspicion of murdering fellow gangster Ryosuke Kabashima, 47, in Nonthaburi.
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