The suspected shooter -- named by police as Kyi Linn, 53 -- was arrested after a group of taxi drivers chased him down. Despite a ban on police talking publicly about the case, photographs showing parts of a report on Kyi Linn's interrogation have spread widely online. The witness allegedly said the new suspect, who also knew Kyi Linn, had attempted to recruit him as an assassin last year. Police said Kyi Linn -- who is charged with murder -- had been jailed twice in the past for trafficking Buddhist artefacts, but was released in a 2014 amnesty granted by then-president Thein Sein. "I am sure my brother would not kill someone on his own," Kyi Linn's younger sister, Win Kyi, told Reuters.

Source: Bangkok Post February 03, 2017 13:40 UTC