Man wanted for killing of forestry official shot dead in clash
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A prime suspect in the killing of forestry official last October at the Chaiyaphum’s Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary was shot dead in Phetchabun’s Nam Nao National Park in a gunfight with police and park officials early Thursday.
Following a tip-off that fugitive Boonleng Saithongkhoo, 48, and accomplices had gone to fell Siamese Rosewood trees in the Nam Nao Forest, police and park officials, moved in and clashed with the group on Wednesday night resulting in Boonleng's death. His wife Oranas Kaenpho was arrested with two bags of wood, though the other two unidentified accomplices escaped.
