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Father arrested for ordering contract killing of son

A Thai man has been arrested for ordering the contract killing of his son after a disagreement over a 100 million baht land sale.
Pasapon Ratanasatyathikun was shot dead on May 1st and dumped beside the Somdej – Pa Suay Road in Kalasin province reported Thairath.
His father Wirat Ratanasatyathikun, 73, was arrested on a warrant at a house in Huay Kwang, Bangkok yesterday. Three men have been arrested on charges of carrying out the contract killing – they are Chuchai Phimpithak, apprehended in the Lat Pla Khao area of Bangkok yesterday and Kittipop Khreuayai and Manoon Patramethaporn, an ex soldier, both arrested earlier.
Police said that the killing resulted from a 100 million baht land deal. The land belonged to the father while the son wanted 7 million from the sale. The son had stashed two guns at their home and when the father found them he believed he was going to be shot so he got in first and put out a contract on his own son , said police.
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