THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Five suspects detained in Phang Nga rape case

Five suspects detained in Phang Nga rape case

Five suspects in the alleged gang-rape of a girl in Phang Nga were charged and detained by police on Saturday morning.

A team of officers led by Pol Maj Gen Bunthawee Toraksa, the Phang Nga provincial police commander, arrested the five men at Koh Rad Village. There are eight suspects overall in the case.
Police have charged them with raping a child age no more than 15 years old, gang-rape, detaining a child of no more than 15 for sexual harassment, using physical and verbal threats, and trespassing into another’s property during night time.
Three of them were previously arrested and released on bail, and they all deny the allegations against them.
It was also found that two of them had traces of amphetamine in their urine, police said.
A lawyer for the defendants, Natharat Nukaew, revealed that all suspects would be detained at the court for now. He said he had been informed that bail for each suspect had been set at Bt460,000.
Natharat noted that this sum of money was very large for the poor villagers, and said he would seek help from the Phang Nga Justice Office in raising bail.

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