Cops nab two foreigners after body of Taiwanese found bound in Bangkok hotel
Thai police have arrested two suspects and are hunting for two more after a Taiwanese man was found dead in a Bangkok hotel.
The body of Chu Chiang Shen, a 48-year-old Taiwanese national, was found with hands and feet bound in a hotel room in the Udomsuk area on Thursday.
Police have arrested Zwe Lin Pyae, a 21-year-old Myanmar national, and John Agbor, a 40-year-old Cameroonian. Both have denied murdering Chu.
Investigators said Zwe Lin Pyae was arrested in the Ratchathewi district on Thursday after being spotted walking between his room on the 5th floor and the victim’s 6th-floor room on Wednesday night.
Police said he had confessed to tying up and robbing Chu with help from three accomplices but denied killing the victim.
Zwe then teamed up with Agbor and a Caucasian man to steal the victim's assets, renting a room in the same hotel to monitor Chu’s movements.
This surveillance continued until Wednesday night when he and his two alleged accomplices entered Chu’s room at around 1 am.
The Western man restrained Chu while Zwe bound him with tape and a belt. Agbor was responsible for keeping watch at the front door, police said. The three men then searched the room for valuables but found no money. They grabbed a laptop computer and a phone before fleeing. Zwe claimed that the victim was still alive when they left.
Agbor denied involvement in the crime, telling police he works as a language teacher.
Police are still seeking the Caucasian suspect, who was caught on CCTV footage but whose nationality is unknown, and the 34-year-old Thai woman from Ratchaburi whom Zwe claimed had hired him.
