So much for rehabilitation - just 3 days
after being set free from prison, convicted burglar Chumnan Sudhom was
caught again.
Theerarak
Suthathiwong
Three days after being set free from prison by a
royal pardon, a convicted burglar was caught again, this time attempting
to steal nearly 150,000 baht from a Kazakhstan man’s apartment.
Chumnan Sudhom, 26, was caught red-handed Dec. 12 in
the Third Road room of Vadim Ussenko, 27. Attempting to flee with the
equivalent of 142,000 baht in foreign currency, the Phetchabun native
was apprehended by customers at a bar downstairs. Police recovered not
only the cash, but pliers and a screwdriver on the alleged burglar.
Vadim said he caught the burglar when he returned to
his room to find it locked from the inside. After securing a spare key
from apartment staff, he opened the door to find Chumnan sitting there
with a pile of cash.
Chumnan told police he had been released from prison
just three days earlier on a royal pardon for good behavior. However, he
said, once he got out he didn’t have any money to return home and thus
decided to return to his old profession. It proved just as unsuccessful
and Chumman likely will be back with his inmate friends following his
short “vacation” outside the walls.