Jahangir Hossain
(center), head of Pattaya’s Bangladesh community, representing 3 recent
Bangladeshi crime victims, accepts aid from Banglamung District Chief
Chawalit Saeng-Uthai.
Manoon Makpol
Banglamung officials donated 100,000 baht to the
family of a Bangladesh man who died after being drugged and robbed by a
prostitute.
District Chief Chawalit Saeng-Uthai said the
Banglamung Tourist Aid Committee also agreed to compensate two other
Bangladeshis who were injured in the incident with 40,000 baht each.
Mizanur Rahman, 54, was found dead and Sanjib Saha,
59, and Harunur Rashid Munshi, 54, in a coma in their ransacked Naklua
area hotel room May 13. Beach Road prostitute Malee Jindawong, 37, was
captured at the Tui Apartments on Soi Bongkot the next day.
The Bangladeshis had brought Malee back to their room
about 1 a.m. and, according to the suspect, blocked the door to prevent
her from leaving. Police said she confessed to drugging the men in order
to escape.
Despite the tawdry circumstances, Chawalit said the
committee decided to compensate the two surviving victims and the dead
man’s family to help repair the area’s image overseas.
The Tourist Aid Committee, in an unrelated move, also
agreed to compensate Janthapha Riebroi with 20,000 baht for a physical
attack she suffered May 17.
