A teacher
has admitted to hiring gunmen to shoot her cheating husband, an ex border
ranger in the Thung Song area of Nakorn Sri Thammara, Thailand. Wichai
Seedarort,
61, had just taken his wife, Rawwadee Seedarot, 55, to school last
Friday morning, February 24th, on a motorcycle and was on his way home when he
was shot three times in the back, reported Thairath.
Two men had
followed him from the school on another bike. The gunman then coolly got off
the bike and fired one more shot to finish him off. The hitmen are believed to
be locals and are being hunted. Thung Song police said a massive investigation
was mounted after the assassination and they soon had a warrant issued for the
arrest of the victim's wife.
After an
intense interrogation she broke down in tears and admitted that she had hired
an intermediary to contact two gunmen to kill her husband.
Wichai was a
former border ranger attached to the Sri Nakharin Camp 42 in the southern
province. The wife said that she had paid 17,000 baht up front and was due to
pay the rest on completion of the crime. But she was arrested before she could
pay.
She said she
asked 39 year old Arundech (Dech) Janprung to arrange the hit. He has also been
arrested but denies involvement. Raewadee said she ordered the hit after
confronting her husband many times over an affair with a young woman. She said
that she was constantly beaten by him in relation to the affair that he would
not end. She could not tolerate his behavior so decided to have him shot.
Thung Song
police said that Dech was likely to change his story when cops arrest the hired
gunmen who they believe are locals in Thung Song. They expect an arrest
shortly. "We solved the crime in just one day," said a spokesman at
Thung Song station.
The local
district chief said that the teacher wife had been suspended from her duties as
the investigation continues. Both her and the alleged organizer of the hit have
been detained.
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