An argument in the middle of the night led a Burmese worker in Samut Prakan, Thailand, to allegedly set his coworker on fire and beat him to death.
The incident occurred at a worker’s dormitory where the coworkers stayed. The perpetrator later faced charges of intentional homicide and arson.
On Tuesday (17 Feb) at 1.50am, police received a report of a homicide inside a construction worker camp along Phraek Sa Road, Phraek Sa Subdistrict.
Officers found a deceased male, identified as Tun Khaing, lying face down in a pool of blood.
The 27-year-old Myanmar national was struck in the head with a blunt object, resulting in a depressed skull fracture.
His body bore thermal blisters from exposure to fire.
Source: 77Kaoded
The perpetrator, also a construction worker, was identified as Wai Lin Soe.
The 23-year-old Burmese man was waiting at the scene to surrender to the police.
Through an interpreter, the perpetrator told officers that he attempted to sleep at 11pm that night.
However, Mr Tun was still drinking alcohol and shouting insults at others.
Source: Khaosod
He told the victim to stop as everyone else was trying to sleep, but he would not stop and kicked his zinc cabin.
Having been provoked, he waited for Mr Tun to fall asleep before secretly bringing gasoline to pour into the victim’s room.
Having lit the man on fire, Wai took the opportunity to strike the victim with a construction tool six times, causing him to die on the spot.
Source: Matichon
Afterwards, others came to help extinguish the fire and detained the perpetrator before police arrived to take him into custody.
A female worker staying in the same dormitory revealed that Wai had only been employed for a month, and his room was next to the victim’s.
Wai was charged with intentional homicide and arson.
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Featured image adapted from 77Kaoded and Khaosod.