Six Hat Yai suspects who gunned down Malaysian man get death sentence

Songkhla Provincial Court on Friday handed a death sentence to six convicts who gunned down a Malaysian businessman in Hat Yai district in 2015, says the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

The driver and the shooter, however, had their penalties cut in half to lifelong sentences as they both pleaded guilty, Kosolwat Inthuchanyong, the OAG’s deputy spokesman, said yesterday.

Full story: Bangkok Post

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