Bunliam
Luechailam shows police
and the press how he held up a gold shop.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
For two men arrested for allegedly robbing a Banglamung
gold shop, admitting to stealing a half-million baht in gold wasn’t enough
for police. Officers made them re-enact the heist for the press.
Motorbike taxi driver Bunliam Luechailam, 35, and
24-year-old pal Warupong Nontachai were escorted by police Nov. 1 back to
the Pro Srisuwan gold shop where, they admitted earlier to police, they’d
rode up on a Honda Click motorbike and held the 43-year-old shop owner at
gunpoint while they took 22 gold chains.
Bunliam, nailed by police almost immediately after a
flower vendor outside the shop gave police his license number and
description, originally denied being involved. He claimed the flower woman
actually saw his pal, who had borrowed his bike.
Further investigation, however, revealed suspicions about
both Bunliam and Warupong, as well as a third man, Kriangkrai Julachat, 21.
Showing police how he blocked the electric door from closing, Bunliam
accused Kriangkrai of threatening Raerai Chatraksa with the gun.
They then split up the booty, but Bunliam said Kriangkrai
only gave him 6,000 baht for his third, far less than the market rate.
Kriangkrai, an Udon Thani native, is still at large and
believed to be hiding out in Issan.
