Thai police refute Malaysian man's claim that he was abducted in Songkhla

BANGKOK: Thai police on Friday (Oct 28) refuted claims made by a Malaysian businessman that he was abducted in Songkhla recently.

Tourist police deputy chief and spokesman Pol Maj Gen Apichart Suriboonya said the 46-year-old man in fact had escaped from the police after being nabbed for smoking baraku at a roadside in Sadao on Oct 19.