BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Thailand’s Metropolitan Police Bureau has called on Myanmar police to help hunt down the suspect who murdered a former Thai ambassador to Denmark last month.
It is believed that 19-year-old Myanmar national Sai Myat Moe allegedly killed former envoy Vichit Chitvimarn, 63, in his three-storey residence in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on Sept 27.
The body was found covered with empty cardboard boxes in a toilet on the second floor on Sunday (Oct 8).
According to the police, the suspect took a public bus to Chiang Rai before heading to Myanmar’s Tachileik district on Sept 29. Further investigation revealed that the suspect later bought a flight ticket to his hometown in Yangon.
The police bureau submitted a letter to Yangon police on Tuesday to seek cooperation in hunting down the suspect.
Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Thiti Saengsawang clarified on Wednesday that this letter was not a red notice, but a letter for cooperation. A red notice is only issued once the case undergoes court proceedings, he added.
He said the letter aims to seek cooperation from Myanmar police to arrest the suspect under a Thai arrest warrant, so he can face legal action under Thai law.
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