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	After hours of interrogation, the 23-year-old Uzbek Sobiyon Sobirov confessed that on August 13, he assaulted his girlfriend of one year, Lyla Nilufar, 24, after she asked for money back from him and scolded his mother.&nbsp;</div>
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	He claimed he had no intention to kill her and that she fell down the stairs to her death. Deciding to dispose of the body to cover the crime, he bought a suitcase the next day and stuffed her body in it before dumping the bag in the canal.&nbsp;</div>
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	After the body was discovered in the suitcase at Phra Khanong water pumping station on Thursday, police nabbed the suspect at the Winning Condominium in Pridi Banomyong Soi 40 on Friday.&nbsp;</div>
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	Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Camronwit Toopgrajank said the case was solved quickly due to a tip-off from a security guard who was trained in the city police&rsquo;s crime watch programme. Police plan to give him a reward later.&nbsp;</div>
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	Camronwit said police also looked for the taxi driver, who took the man and his suitcase to the canal, to get more details for the prosecution.&nbsp;</div>
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Uzbek admits role in woman's death

AN Uzbek man, accused of killing his girlfriend and stuffing her body in a suitcase before disposing of it in Bangkok's Phra Khanong Canal, has admitted involvement in her death and disposing of her body. He was taken yesterday to re-enact the crime.