BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Former deputy commerce minister Pol Lt-Colonel Banyin Tangpakorn has been arrested for alleged involvement along with three accomplices in the suspected murder of a brother of a judge of the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court. Investigation officers arrested the 56-year-old former Nakhon Sawan MP of the now-defunct People's Power Party on Sunday (Feb23).The judge’s brother has been missing since early February. Police arrested a suspect who reportedly confessed that he had kidnapped and murdered the victim and dumped the body in the river in Nakhon Sawan province, and claimed Banyin was involved in the crime. Police suspect the victim’s kidnapping was aimed at pressuring the judge to drop the case. Currently divers are searching the river for evidence and the body of the victim.

Source: The Star February 24, 2020 04:18 UTC