Thomas Bauhofer (right) with ringleader Peter Gerd
Bernert at their arrest in March. Bernert is still behind bars, but thanks to an
inexplicable bail arrangement, Bauhofer is now roaming around a free man.
Thomas Bauhofer, an Austrian criminal and one of four men who
planned and carried out the brutal murder of a much respected school teacher in
Pattaya last December, has been able to flee the country after a judge in
Chonburi allowed him bail of 1.5 million baht.
The Chonburi regional police gave a news conference in which
they told of the results of a crime ‘clean-up’ which lasted from
June 4-8, 1997. The police were very satisfied with the results.
The question of regional identity in Thailand is a very sensitive one for the
central government. Being a country with four dialects as different from each
other as Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, there are considerable differences
between the regions.
Two popular
singers and
actors, Jetrin
Wattanasin (2nd
left) and
Songsit
Rungnoppakunsri
(far right),
along with
members of the
Thai National
Jet-ski team,
