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Tanzanian arrested in
430,000-baht swindling case
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Banglamung police arrested a Tanzanian man who allegedly drugged and
robbed two middle-age women of 430,000 baht.
Maneekorn Megmorg, 54, and Thanchanok Duangpang, 42, both from Yasothon,
tracked down Gailly “Sunday” Mwakibinga, 35, to a 7-Eleven store on Soi
Buakaow and detained him for police Jan. 16. Police confiscated $2,200 and
two mobile phones from him.
Maneekorn, owner of a beer bar near Lake Mabprachan, told police that
Mwakibinga had gone to her bar on Jan. 13, offering a Thai baht-U.S. dollar
swap that would guarantee her exchange-rate profits much greater than
through any bank.
She accepted his proposal, mortgaging her pickup truck for 130,000 and
arranged to meet the African at his hotel to make the swap. However, when
she went to his room, she said she detected some perfume-like smell in the
air and then passed out. When she awoke, Mwakibinga was gone with her
130,000 baht.
Thanchanok, who owns a beer bar in Udon Thani, told a similar tale, saying
she mortgaged land in Issan for 300,000 baht, went to his hotel and also was
robbed.
Police said Mwakibinga confessed and agreed to repay the victims. He was
sent to Nongprue Police Station to face criminal charges.
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