Chinese gang jailed for Bangkok gun shop robbery bid
Four Chinese men were Tuesday jailed for more than 30 years each at Ratchadapisek Criminal Court for attempting to rob a Bangkok gun shop using air pistols and knives.
Arriving on two rented motorcycles bearing fake plates on March 4, the Chinese gang stormed into the Inter Arms gun shop in the Wang Burapha Pirom area, brandishing three knives and two BB air guns.
They stabbed shop owner Pakorn Daenglamai and an employee before making off with 15 firearms and a pickup truck.
Police arrived on the scene quickly, however, and shot dead gang member Wu Xing Jun. Three others – Sun Junwei, 27, Li Kunpeng, 26, and Ma Geng, 30 – were shot and captured.
The gang’s alleged mastermind Zheng Yang, 30, was arrested the following morning aboard a Bangkok to Chiang Mai train in Nakhon Sawan province. All of the suspects were positively identified by witnesses.
Sun was found guilty of attempted murder, state document forgery, unauthorised use of communication radios, carrying weapons to a public place and resisting police arrest.
As his confession proved useful to the case, the court Tuesday halved his sentence to 35 years and four months in prison plus a Bt3,000 fine.
The three others were convicted on the first four charges. As they had confessed, their sentences were halved to 34 years and 10 months plus a Bt3,000 fine.
