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Soon after the stabbing early today, the scene inside the Phuket club

Phuket Club Birthday Party Ends With Knife Murder: Police Hunt Two Men

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
PHUKET: Police are hunting two men involved in a birthday party argument that led to a savage fight and the stabbing to death of a man at a Phuket karaoke early today.

One man already under arrest denies wielding the knife that killed Udom Srita, 36, at the Sarapan Pleng country music club in Chalong about 3.10am.

He said the killer must have been one of his friends, nicknamed ''Na'' and ''Nu.''

Police are looking at security camera footage from the karaoke in Moo 10, Patak Road, and holding Sittichai Tongsisi.

Khun Udom was unemployed but surprisingly wealthy. The dead man's purse revealed 10,000 baht in cash, five gold amulets, a gold necklet, an expensive bracelet and a gold ring.

He and other friends, including one woman, had been celebrating a birthday party when some men at a nearby table began teasing the woman.

That led to pushing and shoving, a first swung and a bottle broken and the appearance of at least one knife.

Khun Udom died on the spot, stabbed three times in the left chest and once in the throat. Another man, Chaiyan Maikarn, was stabbed in the stomach.

Chalong Police Station Superintendent Colonel Chote Chawanwiwat was with investigators at the club early today.

Khun Udom's wife works at Chalong council and his brother is a police captain.

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Many karaokes, bars and tourism businesses in Chalong area are run by the local policemen and give them to run on daily basis by family members or close friends to run them.
They close late at night well after the official closing time of 1AM as they do not have to worry about controls by police.
Those policemen spend more time to take care of their personal businesses than doing their duty as civil servants.
DSI (Department of Special Investigation) should step in to investigate.

Posted by Whistle-Blower on June 19, 2013 17:45

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I live about 500m away from this club and would never go there, for a good reason.

It's always open way later than the legal limit, built right next to residential buildings, plays music so loud I can hear it 500m away and often the scene of violence.

The land belongs to a local police officer and thus all complaints fall on deaf ears.

It should never have been allowed to be even built, let alone operate in that location.

This killing will without doubt change nothing whatsoever in it's operations. I'm surprised it even made the news, most incidents do not.

Posted by ThaiMike on June 19, 2013 17:49

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There needs to be a stop & search policy, with zero tolerance if caught, as used in other countries.

Note: With police banned from carrying guns when off duty & out of uniform.

Posted by Logic on June 19, 2013 20:34

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I live 100m away. Music always until 04.00 am. I read about complaints published here in Phuket Wan already one year ago. Answer from a police officer/municipality something like: ".....we will check more frequently that the closing hours will be respected", but nothing happened. I hope now it will be the end of the club.

Posted by Ray on June 21, 2013 10:01


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