THAI police have coordinated with their counterparts in Hong Kong to help track down a Moroccan man who is suspected to have murdered his former gay partner at his clinic in Chiang Mai, Naewna newspaper said today (Nov. 7).
Mr. Thitikan (surname withheld), or Dr. Sammy, the owner of the popular clinic at Chiang Mai City’s Mae Hai subdistrict, was killed on Wednesday (Dec. 4) and his body found yesterday.
Police said the suspect is Mr. Bilal Chefinu, 30, the deceased gay man’s former partner with whom he had broken up over a year ago and who tried to reconcile but failed. This likely led to a fight with the suspect then strangling him at the clinic’s third floor after which flying to Hong Kong.
Chiang Mai Provincial Court has approved an arrest warrant for the Moroccan man.
Surveillance camera clips and other evidence including eyewitnesses reveal that Dr. Sammy drove to his clinic together with the suspect and they entered the building at around 8 p.m.
At 2 a.m. Bilal was seen driving away alone in Dr. Sammy’s sedan and then parked it at a road near the moat. After this he took a tuk-tuk to Chiang Mai airport and at 6 a.m. flew to Hong Kong.
The deceased clinic owner had been strangled with a red rope which police found with red hooks at a clothesline.
The investigation team expect the suspect to be apprehended soon as they have coordinated with Hong Kong’s Interpol to help track him down.
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Above: A surveillance camera image of the Moroccan suspect at Chiang Mai Airport
First below: Dr Sammy, right, and the wanted Moroccan man, left.
Further below: Police investigating the murder. All photos: Naewna
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