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Young men handing themselves in to police after attacking their former friend, Dear.

Debt costs youngster his life

A Sai Mai woman has spoken of her anguish after a bunch of neighbourhood lads beat up her teenage son over an outstanding debt of 3,000 baht, taking his life.

Wilailak Chanrit said she wants to ask the young men, whom she knows, why they took her son, Veerawut “Dear” Kehtsuwan, 19, from his home and beat him up at a local sports ground. One witness said the attack lasted more than two hours.

The case has yielded grim insights into teen gang culture. “I saw his body covered in bruises, and his neck bore traces of a rope as if he was tied up. I am shocked such a thing would occur in our village,” she said.

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