BANGKOK — Two Japanese men who were detained in Laos for allegedly murdering and dismembering a compatriot in Thailand, will be extradited to Thailand on June 13, Thai police source said Friday.
Takuya Kato, 50, and Hiroto Suzuki, 27, two gang members suspected of murdering fellow gangster Ryosuke Kabashima, 47, and dismembering his body, were detained by officers in Laos on Wednesday.
They had fled to Laos and Thai authorities had requested the neighboring country’s cooperation in searching for them, according to a police source.
Earlier, Thai police officers arrested Kritsakorn Jaipitak, or Game, 31, a driver who was originally a witness in the murder case. He has become a suspect involved in hiding the body parts, including hands and bones, dumped in the area of Soi Jadsan Teedin 2, Bang Bua Thong district, Nonthaburi province.
The first piece of the body, the right hand bone with a tattoo on the wrist, was found by a boy who saw a dog carried this part in its mouth on April 19. The boy’s mother quickly alerted the police, resulting in the discovery of further body parts in the neighbourhood.
The investigators believed the dispute among Yakuza members arose due to conflicting interests before their arrival in Thailand, where they wanted to negotiate with the deceased one last chance. When the negotiations failed, they resorted to homicide.
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