Pattaya debtor allegedly stabs loan shark in self-defence

A Pattaya debtor allegedly stabbed a loan shark in self-defence last night. The incident occurred near the Rueangwilai apartment complex in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district at 10pm.

Police found the victim, 33 year old Sarawut Kamsaiprom lying in pain at the front of the apartment with serious stab wounds to his left ribcage. Pattaya authorities found a bloodstained kitchen knife at the scene and have since kept it as evidence.

The debtor’s wife, 29 year old Nasrikan Mustapa, claims that her husband, 30 year old Abdul Raqibkhan Weeto, stabbed Sarawut in self-defense.

Nasrikan said that Sarawut was a loan shark, and he came to the apartment to collect a debt from Abdul. She said Sarawut knocked on the door and shouted threats that he would bring his friends to beat Abdul up and even shoot him dead if he didn’t repay his debt, the amount of which was…