The body of Supaksorn Polthaisong was found buried at an abandoned resort in Tambon Nong Ya in Muang Kanchanaburi at about 7pm yesterday following information provided by two male suspects in the case. Police were gathering evidence at the scene as of press time.

According to a police source, Pol Colonel Amnuay Pongsawat, based at Ban Pong police station in Ratchaburi, was upset that Supaksorn was involved in a relationship with another person.

Amnuay, 58, and another suspect, Niwat Suaythong, 32, surrendered to police on Tuesday after a Bangkok court issued arrest warrants for seven people in relation to the alleged abduction and murder of 28-year-old Supaksorn. Amnuay was dismissed from the civil service as he was a suspect in a serious crime.

Also wanted on related charges are Phumithat Phiboonsawat, 24, Chaiyuth Benchat, 41, Panumet Meela, 34, and Samart Saengsin, 50, and one woman, Kannikar Krumram, 38.

Samart is a former policeman based in Kanchanaburi. He was dismissed from the police force in 1998.

Police yesterday took Niwat to locations involved in the case in Kanchanaburi province, including a house in Tambon Pak Phraek of Muang district where Supaksorn was allegedly detained for one night.

The house reportedly belonged to Samart. It was reported that a previous search of the house in a separate anti-crime operation uncovered guns and ammunition.

Phumithat surrendered to police yesterday at Kanchanaburi’s Tha Maka district and a Nissan Navara pickup truck that was believed to have been used in the abduction was seized.

He allegedly confessed to joining with Niwat and military men Chaiyuth and Panumet in the woman’s abduction on December 13 from her apartment in Bangkok’s Nong Khaem district. He said they then picked up Samart in Om Noi area before heading to a house in Kanchanaburi.

Buri Ram police arrested Kannikar yesterday afternoon at the Buri Ram Land Office. She will be transferred to Bangkok for interrogation.

All the suspects will apply for the court’s detention order tomorrow (January 13) and police would object to their bail release, Sanit said.

The seven suspects face charges of illegal detention, premeditated murder and disposing of a body to conceal a crime. Amnuay faces an additional charge of hiring others to coerce the victim, while the other six are charged with conspiring to coerce the victim.