Rubber tapper Thisanu Phonarat, surrendered to Kam Moung police officers at a gas station belonging to his elder sister. He admitted to having feared for his life after Kalasin police chief Pol Maj-General Montri Charanpong had on Thursday threatened that police might have to kill this “armed and dangerous” suspect to apprehend him. Police said he drove after the two, who were riding a motorcycle to buy food at night, and cut in front of them. He then allegedly dragged the young woman into his pickup before speeding away to the Phuphan Mountain area where he raped her and left. The female student later emerged from the Phuphan forest on Tuesday morning and filed a rape complaint against her abductor.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 16, 2018 08:13 UTC