Dead Tattooed Thai Man Found Floating Near Laos Border
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 1:51 am
Tied, gagged body found in Mekong river
published : 23 May 2022 at 17:24
writer: Pattanapong Sripiachai
NAKHON PHANOM: A dead man who had been tied, gagged and hit on the head was found floating near the bank of the Mekong river in Muang district of this northeastern border province on Sunday.
Police were later told the dead man was Thai and had been taken captive in Laos and held for ransom.
Pol Capt Jularat Atpirom, deputy chief investigator of Muang disitrict, said the swollen corpse was found by villagers near the riverbank at Khok Kai Sao in tambon Tha Kho, and pulled ashore.
Police, rescuers and a doctor from Nakhon Phanom Hospital were sent to the scene.
The dead man was 25-35 years of age, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black trousers. His hands were tied behind his back with rope and his legs also tied together. His mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth and he had been hit on the head with a hard object. There were tattoos all over his body.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... kong-river
published : 23 May 2022 at 17:24
writer: Pattanapong Sripiachai
NAKHON PHANOM: A dead man who had been tied, gagged and hit on the head was found floating near the bank of the Mekong river in Muang district of this northeastern border province on Sunday.
Police were later told the dead man was Thai and had been taken captive in Laos and held for ransom.
Pol Capt Jularat Atpirom, deputy chief investigator of Muang disitrict, said the swollen corpse was found by villagers near the riverbank at Khok Kai Sao in tambon Tha Kho, and pulled ashore.
Police, rescuers and a doctor from Nakhon Phanom Hospital were sent to the scene.
The dead man was 25-35 years of age, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black trousers. His hands were tied behind his back with rope and his legs also tied together. His mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth and he had been hit on the head with a hard object. There were tattoos all over his body.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... kong-river