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Phuket Gazette - Saturday, November 2, 2013 12:16:10 PM
Jirawat Kongtanote, 22, turned himself in to police and admitted stabbing his friend. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong
PHUKET: The man who fatally stabbed a Karon taxi driver in Samkong early yesterday morning turned himself in today.
Jirawat Kongtanote, 22, has been charged for the murder of his neighbor, Teeranan Phongkrathin, 29 (story here).
Mr Jirawat accepted the charge, saying, “We were friends and I stabbed him.”
The two men had a long-running argument that involved, at least in part, Mr Teeranan’s anger that Mr Jirawat did not show him respect, said Phuket City Police Deputy Superintendent Prawit Engchuan.
The stabbing occurred following a run-in between the two men.
“I was riding my motorbike back home and saw Teeranan on his bike at the entrance to the street where I live,” Mr Jirawat told police.
“He called me to stop and said ‘Lately, you’ve been ignoring me when I talk to you.’
“Then he punched me in the face,” Mr Jirawat said.
Mr Jirawat rode off and gathered some friends to look for Mr Teeranan. They found him drinking with a group at Samkong Shrine, said Lt Col Prawit.
“Teeranan threw a bottle of water at me,” said Mr Jirawat.
“We fought, and I stabbed him once, and then ran away,” he said.
Mr Jirawat fled to the home of relatives in Sri Soonthorn.
Police secured an arrest warrant for him yesterday afternoon, but by 9:30pm he had arrived at Phuket City Police Station with his parents to turn himself in.
Mr Jirawat is charged with murder in a gang and possession of a knife in a public area without reasonable cause.
Police continue their search for the other men involved in the attack.
Phuket Gazette - Friday, November 1, 2013 4:49:00 PM
Mr Teeranan in the photo taken for his national ID card. Photo: Supplied
PHUKET: A Karon taxi driver was stabbed to death early this morning by a neighbor he was feuding with.
Police were called to the Samkong Shrine area at about 3:30am. When they arrived, they found Teeranan Phongkrathin, 29, lying in the road with a knife protruding from his chest.
Friends who witnessed the stabbing told police that Mr Teeranan had previously had problems with one of his neighbors, and that the two men had argued again yesterday.
After the argument, Mr Teeranan went to a 7-Eleven, where he met some friends who invited him to drink within the grounds of the Samkong Shrine, said Lt Col Chaleaw Taihoo of the Phuket City Police.
Mr Teeranan joined them, and a short time later his neighbor appeared with some friends, all on motorbikes.
Police have yet to establish who started the ensuing fight. However, witnesses have told them that Mr Teeranan attempted to escape the gang led by his neighbor.
Mr Teeranan’s friends scattered as the gang chased down the victim on their motorbikes.
“The neighbor stabbed him,” one of the Mr Teeranan’s friends told the police.
“We have the neighbor’s name, but we aren’t releasing it until we have an arrest warrant,” said Lt Col Chaleaw.
“We don’t know what the argument was about,” he added.
