Taoyuan murder suspect to stand trial in Thailand

Bangkok, June 17 (CNA) A Thai man who recently fled to Thailand from Taiwan after allegedly murdering two business partners will stand trial in the Southeast Asian country after turning himself in to local police, a Thai official said Friday.

Thailand has jurisdiction in the case involving the suspect, who turned himself in to police in the northern province of Chiang Mai Friday morning, Royal Thai Police Commissioner Suwat Jangyodsuk said during a news conference in Bangkok on Friday afternoon.

The suspect, known as Wang Ta-hsien (王大賢) in Taiwan and named as Santi Supa-apiradeepailin in Thai media reports, flew back to Thailand on June 9 after he allegedly killed a Thai couple, whose bodies were found in a car in Taoyuan on June 10, according to police in Taiwan. The couple reportedly operated a migrant worker recruitment agency in Taiwan with Wang as a business partner.

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