Rejection hurts, marriage no-go, any disguise will do

When a better man calls

A Chiang Mai man with a fondness for the drink killed the new lover of his ex-wife after she spurned his attempts to make up.

Chiang Dao police nabbed Pongdej Nuprom, 52, on June 3 for killing Suwan Anumat, 64, with a crowbar outside a relative’s house following an argument. He also hit his former wife, Sai Dongkaew, 41, when she came out to protect the victim as her two children, aged 7 and 10, looked on.

Mr Pongdej was married to Ms Sai a mere month from Feb 28-March 28 before she quit with him and took up with Suwan, a labourer who had worked with the killer and whom he once regarded as a friend.

“I wasn’t sure at first why we had to split up, but her behaviour began to change,” he told police following his arrest. “She was indifferent, like someone who no longer felt any love. She said she was going…