Police in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo insist that “stress and anxiety” killed a suspect in their custody who just happened to have ties to a high-ranking police figure suspected of being a criminal mastermind.
Pakphoom “New” Saengnil had been arrested on suspicion of laundering money through the operation of dozens of online gambling sites when he was found dead in a cell Monday. He was known as the right-hand man of a senior police official very publicly outed as beyond corrupt by a famous pimp-politician-loudmouth. The police said his death was a suicide.
Pakphoom was a nasty piece of work, according to additional allegations which have emerged. He has also been accused of plying a couple with drugs in March at a residence in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao area until they lost consciousness. The 25-year-old man died while his 25-year-old partner awoke to find she…
