The wife and sister-in-law of a Jomtien Beach apartment house owner were arrested along with two men for allegedly assault and kidnapping.
Boonam Yodthonglang, 40, and her sister Hathaipan Yodthonlang, 37, were arrested in Buriram Sept. 22 when police rescued Thanasak Pibulsukying, 53, owner of the Mansion 73 building at the Dongtan Beach curve. The following day, alleged accomplices Kriengkrai Panchayapumi, 25, and Natee Sripromma, 28, turned themselves in to Region 2 provincial police.
Thanasak was assaulted and apprehended in front of his 20-year-old son Sept. 20 at the apartment house’s rental office.
The son and his friend, Vichet Seaikhoa, told police that two men and two women in a Toyota truck pulled up at the apartment, knocked out Thanasak and tied his hands and feet. They then threw him into the truck and sped away.
Boonam Yodthonglang and her sister Hathaipan Yodthonlang were first to be arrested.
Neighbors who witnessed the assault told police they saw Thanasak’s wife, Boonam, in the car and accused her of being behind the kidnapping.
Police said they were right. Police said she confessed to organizing the crime, using the two young men – customers at her brother Parme’s snooker parlor – to snatch her husband from the street. Thanasak was beaten, she told police, because he tried to fight off his attackers.
The kidnappers allegedly took Thanasak to a nearby gas station where they switched cars and took him to Chachoengsao. There they called a friend to take the injured man to the hospital, but when the driver got in the car, they forced him to drive to Prakhoonchai in Buriram Province.
Alleged accomplices Kriengkrai Panchayapumi and Natee Sripromma turned themselves in to Region 2 provincial police superintendant, Pol. Col. Supathee Bungkhrong.
Boonam allegedly then sent the two men into hiding in Chachoengsao, but they didn’t stay there long, returning quickly to Pattaya only to discover the police had issue warrants for their arrest. Prame then convinced the two to turn themselves in and accompanied them to the Pattaya Police Station.
All the suspects were charged with kidnapping and assault and were released on 100,000 baht bail each.
