The crime scene on soi 17 in South Pattaya, cordoned off after a motorcycle taxi driver was shot dead on Tuesday. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)A motorcycle taxi driver was killed by a gunman in Pattaya on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Prathum Sa-ardnak, 47, who worked from a queue at Bali Hai Bay in South Pattaya, was shot in the head about 1.30pm by a man with a handgun. Prisda Klabpong, 28, told police she had returned from a trip to Koh Lan and hired Prathum to take her from Bali Hai pier to an area where she had parked her car. Startled, she spun around and saw Prathum drop to the ground.

Source: Bangkok Post July 28, 2020 08:37 UTC