Six Hat Yai suspects get death sentence

Songkhla Provincial Court on Friday handed a death sentence to six convicts who gunned down a Malaysian businessman in Hat Yai district in 2015, says the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

The driver and the shooter, however, had their penalties cut in half to lifelong sentences as they both pleaded guilty, Kosolwat Inthuchanyong, the OAG’s deputy spokesman, said yesterday.

The Malaysian businessman, later identified as Lee Ah Han, and his Thai girlfriend were shot with an M16 rifle in Hat Yai district on Dec 4, 2015, while the pair were travelling from Sadao district to the airport.

Lee, 44, was later found dead behind the wheel, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body and head, while his Thai girlfriend, identified as Mayuree Thipmanee, 42, survived with minor…