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Former MP arrested after PAO president slain

PAO Thongchai Yenprasert Nonthaburi Police
Medics perform CPR on Pol Col Thongchai Yenprasert, the president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administration Organisation, after he was shot several times on Monday morning. (Photo: Police/ Wassayos Ngamkham)

NONTHABURI — Former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Riewraeng was arrested after he went to the provincial administration organisation (PAO) office and shot dead its president, Thongchai Yenprasert, on Monday morning.

Mr Chalong, 71, allegedly reached Pol Col Thongchai's office in Nonthaburi's Muang district for a talk. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed that at 10.14am Pol Col Thongchai, 71, quickly followed his driver out of his office building. Both got on Pol Col Thongchai's Volvo sports utility vehicle (SUV).

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