Myanmar worker arrested for stabbing compatriot to death in Surat Thani
A Myanmar worker was arrested shortly after he allegedly stabbed a fellow countryman to death in a drinking quarrel in Surat Thani’s Tha Chang district, police said.
Hern Gogo, 26, was arrested inside an oil palm plantation in Moo 8 village in Tambon Sawiad where he was hired to work with his victim, Showin, 41, police said.
The Sawiad police station was alerted at 9.20pm that Showin was stabbed to death and that Hern had fled into the plantation and so rushed to arrested him.
Police said the two drank together at their living quarters before quarreling and Hern allegedly stabbing Showin twice.