Shimato suspect to be put in maximum security
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Taxi driver Somchai Kaewbangyang, who allegedly killed and dismembered his lover's 79-year-old Japanese partner Yoshinori Shimato, was placed under 24-hour surveillance pending transfer to the maximum-security zone in two weeks, Bangkok Remand Prison gove
He added that he had checked on the 47-year-old Somchai yesterday morning and found him to be healthy, with a normal appetite. However, the suspect was seen to be keeping away from other inmates. Ayut explained that Somchai would stay in this zone for two weeks, before the Corrections Department dispatches him to the maximum-security area. Somchai will be sent to the maximum-security 8th zone, which currently houses 1,000 serious crime offenders.
