RED NOTICE
SANDHU KILLERS IDENTIFIED, POLICE MOVE TO HAVE INTERPOL NOTICE ISSUED
The Royal Thai Police will formally request Interpol to post a Red Notice for the two men wanted for shooting dead known criminal Jimi “Slice” Sandhu in Phuket earlier this month.
Deputy Royal Thai Police spokesman Col Krisana Pattanajaroen last Saturday (Feb 12) named the suspects as Gene Karl Lahrkamp, 36, of Kincar
dine, Ontario, and Matthew Leandre Ovide Dupre, 36, of Frobisher Bay, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut.
Both are Canadian nationals travelling on Canadian passports. Both have previously served in the military, he said.
Phuket Provincial Court has approved arrest warrants for the two men for murder, illegal possession of firearms and discharging a firearm in a public area, Col Krisana added.
“The police will coordinate with Interpol, for them to consider issuing a Red Notice to inform all 195 member countries around the world,” he said.
“The request is to seek help and to inform law enforcement around the world with useful information so that they can arrest the men and to begin the extradition process for the men to be prosecuted in Thailand,” he explained.
Col Krisana said that national police chief Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk has “emphasized” that all police offic
ers involved in the investigation and arrest of the suspects to “expedite the investigation to build confidence among people, including tourists”.
“Moreover, news related to the case is now widely presented on social media. This can cause confusion and misunderstandings. Therefore, people are asked to follow the news from the government only. If there is any additional information, it will be announced later,” he added.
Gen Suwat in Phuket in person last week confirmed that the two suspects had already fled Thailand.
The two men arrived in Thailand on Dec 18 as tourists, and left the country on Feb 6, he explained.
The two men did not travel on forged passports, Gen Suwat said.
Gen Suwat confirmed that police knew where the men fled to, but he declined to reveal which country the fugitives landed in after leaving Thailand.
POLICE HAVE NOW JUMPED INTO action over Cathy Hummels, wife of German football star Mats Hummels, being mugged on a beach in Khok Kloi, just north of Phuket on the mainland.
Ms Hummels, who described her experience as a “nightmare”, had been in the area filming as a TV presenter for the show “Battle
of the Reality Stars”.
Phuket Provincial Police at 11:49pm on Feb 9 responded to a report by Thai-language Daily News Online just hours earlier featuring
the headline, “Shock! Hummels’ wife robbed in Phuket”.
The story noted in its report, “Cathy Hum
mels, wife of Mats Hummels, was attacked and mobile phone stolen on Phuket Island.”
Phuket Provincial Police noted that police in Phuket were ordered to investigate the incident, but found that no police stations in Phuket had received any reports of the attack.
Not mentioned in the Phuket Provincial Police announcement was that the attack occurred in Phang Nga, immediately north of Phuket. That news as confirmed by Col Amphon
Chantakul, Chief of the Khok Kloi Police.
“Therefore, I would like to ask everyone who reads the news to acknowledge that Phuket
Province under the supervision of the police while Maj Gen Sermphan Sirikong is the commander of the Phuket Provincial Police, I assure you that Phuket is always safe for people and tourists.” the notice read.
The attack occurred on Natai Beach at about
9pm on Feb 5, Lt Col Parusk Masmalai, Deputy
Chief of the Khok Kloi Police, confirmed.
Ms Hummels was attacked about 800 metres from the Aleenta resort, where she was staying.
An unknown man approached Ms Hummels and punched her several times, knocking her to the sand.
After Ms Hummels screamed that she had no money, the man grabbed her phone ‒ which Thai reports have noted well was an iPhone 12 Pro Max ‒ and then fled. Ms Hummels suffered bruising in the attack, Lt Col Parusk noted.
Ms Hummels was unable to give any description of identifying features of the man who attacked her as it was too dark to see clearly, he added.
Ms Hummels marked that she just wanted to leave on her flight back to Germany, via Dubai, which departed at 12:10am, Lt Col Parusk also reported.
She assigned a local translator to pursue charges on her behalf.
Police are continuing their investigation in the hope of finding her attacker.