Police interview drug inmate over Somyot murder
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Police investigating the shooting murder of night-entertainment tycoon Somyot Suthangkool interviewed a drug inmate at Ratchaburi's Khao Bin Prison yesterday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-General Sriwara Rangsipramanakul said police were checking a possible motive for the June 29 killing centred on Somyot’s alleged promise to clear a lawsuit against a drug defendant in exchange for Bt18 million.
But the case still stood and Somyot reportedly did not return the full amount – only Bt6 million, he said.
Asked about the reported attempt by police to locate the gunman in Chumphon, Sriwara said that police would check on all gun-for-hire rackets and the update would be tabled when the officers investigating the case met on Monday.
The chief investigator, Maj-General Chanthep Saesawet, said the investigation had progressed by 60 per cent.
He said police were trying to prioritise Somyot’s many conflicts – including a conflict over land the Rama IX Cafe was located on, a family dispute and gambling debts.
An informed source reported that Colonel Khajornkiat Sripan, superintendent of Bangkok’s Expressway Police 2 Station, was yesterday summoned over why he had reportedly accessed computerised background on Somyot.
