Police arrested a violent Thai mortgage shark after a four-hour high-speed chase in the Jom Thong district of Bangkok.
The loan shark, 38 yr previous Thaksin Phanpian, had been on the police radar after a vicious assault on the debtor last 12 months. Thaksin brutally assaulted the debtor to reclaim money owed. He kicked the sufferer who was sitting on his motorcycle making the sufferer fall to the bottom. Then, he stamped on the victim’s face and head till he misplaced consciousness.
Thaksin also had an extended felony historical past related to medicine and weapons. Despite the gravity of his actions, he managed to stay at large, persevering with his brutal spree within the Jom Thong neighbourhood.
Elements had been in a place to observe Thaksin down on August 21 whereas he was using a motorbike in Soi Suk Sawat 26. Thaksin seen the officers prior to his arrest but didn’t appear to be afraid. At one point he even turned to face the arresting officers and smiled earlier than revving his bike and dashing away from the scene.
Officers set off in pursuit of the violent loan shark. Some officers had to separate and borrow bikes from motorists within the space. Thaksin eventually abandoned his motorcycle and made a daring try to flee officers by swimming in a canal. Fortunately, he failed and Thaksin was arrested and brought to Nong Khang Plu Police Station for additional questioning.
Thaksin admitted to the violent assault last 12 months adding it was not associated to any outstanding money owed. He claimed that the victim was a motorcycle taxi rider who was his good friend. They had a personal problem which later led to the assault. He tried to agree on the issue with the sufferer but they agreed to disagree, ensuing within the violence.
Thaksin also claimed that he fled the police as a result of he thought the officers had been the scholars from a polytechnic institute who had attacked him prior to now.
Thaksin faces six months to 10 years in jail and a nice from 10,000 to 200,000 baht based on Section 297 of the Criminal Law for bodily assaulting one other person resulting in a extreme harm..