A Koh Larn seafood restaurant owner was shot dead after returning from the island to Bali Hai Pier.
Chalor Testhong, 50, owner of the Chalor Seafood restaurant, died of a single 11mm gunshot to the eye Oct. 27 in the parking lot of the Canal Pump Building in South Pattaya near Bali Hai.
Chalor’s grieving widow, 48-year-old Pranee Satiern-nam, said they returned to Pattaya by ferry every day after work. They were approaching their Toyota Tiger pickup truck this day when a stocky man in a helmet and cream-colored T-shirt pulled up on his Yamaha Fino and fired, then drove away.
A witness said he tried to catch the gunman, but failed.
Pattaya’s police chief, Pol. Col. Supathee Bungkhrong said a preliminary inquiry found that Chalor had an undisclosed side business from the restaurant. He said motive was still unknown and the investigation was ongoing.
