Spanish chef faces murder rap for Phangan dismemberment

SURAT THANI: The Koh Samui Provincial Court has approved a warrant for the arrest of a Spanish chef, suspected to have killed and dismembered the body of his Colombian surgeon lover in a hotel room on Koh Phangan island.

Pol Lt Gen Surapong Thanomjit, the Provincial Police Region 8 commissioner, said yesterday the court approval came after a DNA test of human parts found by rubbish collectors at a dump on the island on Thursday proved to have come from Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44, a Colombian national.

The men were believed to have been involved in a relationship for about one year.

The Spanish suspect, Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, has been detained at Phangan station.

He has been charged with…