In the bustling cityscape of Bangkok’s Jom Thong district, the game of cat and mouse culminated in an intense, four-hour pursuit as the police arrested Thaksin Phanpian, a notorious Thai loan shark, associated with a string of criminal activities spanning from serious assaults to dealing in drugs and weapons. The law enforcement finally roped in the 38-year-old wrongdoer after he had brutally beaten a debtor last year in an attempt to recoup the loaned money.
The ominous event caricatured Thaksin in the face of abhorrent violence when he viciously attacked the victim, who was peacefully seated on his motorcycle. The blood-curdling assault began with Thaksin kicking the unsuspecting individual, causing him to topple over onto the hard pavement. But the horror didn’t stop there; Thaksin continued to brutally trample on the victim’s face and head until he was rendered unconscious.
Despite the severity of his countless malevolent actions, Thaksin had skillfully dodged the police until August 21, continuing his reign of terror in the otherwise peaceful neighbourhood of Jom Thong. His time finally ran out when the police spotted him zigzagging through the streets of Soi Suk Sawat 26 on his motorcycle.
The audacious Thaksin, undeterred by the presence of law enforcement, locked eyes with the officers, flashed a menacing smile, and then, with a rev of his motorcycle, darted off into the labyrinthine city streets. Unfazed, the officers immediately gave chase, with some requiring to acutely manoeuvre through the urban jungle on borrowed motorcycles from the local residents.
Running out of viable escape routes, Thaksin decided to make his last stand by abandoning his motorcycle and making a desperate attempt to elude the police by diving into a nearby canal. However, the dragnet closed in on him. Thaksin was finally arrested and taken to the Nong Khang Plu Police Station for further rounds of grilling.
The intriguing twist in the tale emerged when Thaksin confessed to his brutal assault on his so-called friend, a motorcycle taxi rider, under a personal dispute rather than an unpaid loan. Fearing the cornered rat might bite, he explained his attempted flight from the police was prompted by his misguided belief that the pursuers were actually students from a local polytechnic institute who had previously assaulted him.
The consequences of Thaksin’s reckless disregard for the law are dire. As per Section 297 of the Criminal Law, he could face imprisonment ranging from six months to 10 years and fined between 10,000 to 200,000 baht for causing serious injury through physical assault.
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