Architect of Jindarat Prutsiriporn's kidnapping and death takes case to Court of Appeal
20 May, 2019 7:27pm [New Zealand]
The man who orchestrated the kidnapping of an Auckland mother of three using the Head Hunters' hit squad is appealing his manslaughter conviction.
[Cambodian] Seng Lek Liev was sentenced to 12 years and four months' imprisonment for the kidnapping and manslaughter of Jindarat Prutsiriporn.

The Thai woman was held hostage for 22 hours during late February and early March 2016.

While being transported in the boot of a car she was able to pry open the hatch and flung herself onto the road in a desperate bid to escape.

But she hit her head and died in hospital two days later.

Today, in the Court of Appeal, Liev sought to overturn his manslaughter conviction and sentence.

He did not appeal his kidnapping conviction and accepted his lead role in the plot.

Following a 10-week trial in 2017, the Herald revealed extensive details of Liev's scheme to kidnap the 50-year-old woman.

The case also provided an insight into Auckland's organised criminal underworld.

Liev, a slightly built Cambodian man known as Cambo Jack, had hired the Head Hunters' "ghost unit" to kidnap Prutsiriporn.
The ghost unit is known to provide the muscle for the notorious gang.


The Crown's case against Liev, who was on bail for violent offending at the time, was that the kidnapping was the result of bad blood between the pair over money and drugs.

The former Napier woman, affectionately known as Nui, was involved in the criminal world and had been jailed for importing methamphetamine.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/arti ... d=12232521

Backstory: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/arti ... d=11872084

Looks more like a Shanghai Lee to me.

Odd. A chinese looking Cambodian had a Thai gang kidnap a Thai woman and he is in New Zealand jail?

Ravensnest wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 6:23 am Odd. A chinese looking Cambodian had a Thai gang kidnap a Thai woman and he is in New Zealand jail?

New Zealand gang, not Thai.

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 3:09 pm

Ravensnest wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 6:23 am Odd. A chinese looking Cambodian had a Thai gang kidnap a Thai woman and he is in New Zealand jail?

New Zealand gang, not Thai.

Ah, gotcha. I confused that

Ravensnest wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 2:28 pm

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 3:09 pm

Ravensnest wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 6:23 am Odd. A chinese looking Cambodian had a Thai gang kidnap a Thai woman and he is in New Zealand jail?

New Zealand gang, not Thai.

Ah, gotcha. I confused that

Head Hunters MC
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The Head Hunters Motorcycle Club are an outlaw motorcycle club in New Zealand. They are found all around the North Island, but are mainly based in East Auckland, with its headquarters being located in Ellerslie.They also have chapters in West Auckland, Wellsford, Northland and Wellington. They have a long criminal history, with more than 1000 criminal convictions, and 110 members and associates in the New Zealand prison system.