BANGKOK, Oct 22 — The son of an aging Japanese man murdered in Thailand has thanked the police for their quick investigation into his father’s disappearance.
Despite the loss, the son said he still had positive impressions of Thai people.
Tetsuo Shimato, son of 79-year-old victim Yoshinori Shimato, arrived at the Royal Thai Police headquarters for updates on the case of his disappearance since September 21 and expressed his appreciation to senior officers there.
In meeting the son, Pol Lt Gen Rueangsak Jarit-ek, acting deputy police chief, said the national police chief expressed his deepest sorrow and promised to take decisive legal action against the wrongdoers.
The grieving son received the message through a translator.
Mr Shimato said he was satisfied with the quick action of the Thai police.
It was hard for him to recover from losing his father, he said, but he still felt positively about Thai people because his father always told him he would like to live in Thailand until the end of his life for it was a beautiful country.
Suspects Pornchanok Chaiyapa and Somchai Kaewbangyang were charged with the murder and concealment of the body.
The murder was carried out to steal the victim’s assets, police said.
The authorities are investigating to see if Mr Somchai, Mrs Pornchanok’s husband, has a previous criminal record.
Acting Bangkok police chief Pol Maj Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said the couple had cut the body of the 79-year-old Japanese victim into pieces in the second floor bathroom of their Orchid Villa housing estate home in Samut Prakan.
Placing the body parts in plastic bags, the suspects dumped them in in a Samut Prakan canal.
