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Japanese yakuza members flee to Laos after murder in Nonthaburi

Photo via Channel 3 and Facebook/ คุยข่าว เมืองนนท์

Police identified the two Japanese men responsible for the murder and dismemberment of a fellow Japanese man in Nonthaburi as members of a prominent yakuza gang in Japan. Having fled Thailand for Laos, Thai authorities are now working in collaboration with Laotian officials to secure their extradition.

The discovery of human remains in the roadside forest and some land in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok led to the uncovering of a gruesome murder and dismemberment of a 47 year old Japanese man, Kabashima Ryosuke.

Police then arrested a Thai suspect, 30 year old Kritsakorn “Game” Jaiphitak, who identified the killers as two Japanese nationals, 50 year old Kato Takuya and 28 year old Suzuki Hiroto. Game confessed to helping the Japanese suspects dispose of the victim’s remains but denied…

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