Nong Khai Immigration chief Pol Colonel Pallop Suriyakul Na Ayudhaya said provincial police had submitted Poompui’s arrest warrant to border checkpoint officers. He had already asked his subordinates to contact their Lao counterparts to help locate the suspect. Nipon told police that he was confident Poompui stole the water scooter because he often hung around the pier and watched them. The suspect returned to Nong Khai in 2015, and was captured and jailed for four months for that crime. In May, Poompui allegedly raped a woman who went looking for crabs in a rice field.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 19, 2017 09:45 UTC