The way some folks live
A Surat Thani drug addict went berserk after losing a dearly loved infant son in what authorities suspect was a high-speed road accident.
Khiri Rat Nikhom police say that a man wielding a large knife climbed onto a relative’s roof in Tha Khanon sub-district on May 1. They spent hours negotiating with Thanarat “Keow” Sombun, 41, who was under the influence of drugs.
Thanarat ‘Keow’ Sombun
Police were told that Mr Keow had been in a suspected road accident shortly before which left his infant son with critical injuries.
The day before, Mr Keow called his wife and mother to a nearby temple after spending two days away taking drugs.
When the four returned home on his motorcycle at 11pm, he chased away the womenfolk and took off with his son at high speed.
An hour or so later, having apparently hit a power pole and plunged…
