20-hour stand-off ends with arrest of armed suspect in Chiang Rai

Former rescue worker Thanakorn Phermpan, 27, had resisted police since Tuesday night at the Canaan Place hotel in Chiang Rai’s Muang district. 
He demanded to see his former girlfriend, Kanokporn Khadkaew, before he would give himself up.
Thanakorn eventually agreed to leave the hotel room to meet Kanokporn in person at a stadium 500 metres away. 
As he made his way to the stadium, police grabbed his gun and apprehended him after a scuffle. 
The gun accidentally went off during the arrest but no one was injured.
Kanokporn said they had dated for 3-4 months before and split because Thanakorn failed to fulfil his promises and got angry fast and often scolded her.
Thanakorn had locked himself in a hotel room since Tuesday night with a loaded gun after police attempted to confront him about a car that he had rented from Lucky Co Ltd on Monday and allegedly resold it in a Myanmar border town. 
On Tuesday morning, Thanakorn contacted the same company to rent another car. Office staff called police who then conducted a sting operation to lend the suspect a white Toyota Vios sedan to trace the missing car.