Chiang Rai News
Son of National Artist Thawan Duchanee Reveals More than Bt300 Million of His Late Fathers Painting are Missing
CHIANG RAI – Doytibet Duchanee, the son of National Artist Thawan Duchanee who created the Black house Museum in Chiang Rai has revealed to the Media that more than 100 of his fathers paintings have gone missing.
Doytibet told Thai media that had found through his own investigation that three of the paintings worth an estimated Bt6 million had already been sold on the black market.
Doytibet told The Nation that he later found that 113 works of his fathers work, worth an estimated 300 Million Baht approximately 9.2 Million US, were missing and that he has photographs of each of the valuable paintings.
City police chief Pol Lt-General Charnthep Sesawet said yesterday that Doytibet and Achariya Ruengrattanapong, a lawyer of Help Crime Victim Club, had met him a couple of months ago to ask about the latest developments in the case, which was filed in June last year.
Doytibet Duchanee, hold an enlarged print of National Artist Thawan Duchanee famours art work.
Charnthep told reporters that it was still unclear how many paintings had gone missing, adding police were still waiting to for forensic results collected from Doytibet’s home in Bangkok’s Kan Na Yaw district.
The police chief added that a working group, led by his deputy Pol Maj-General Nithinand Petchborom, had been set up to lead the investigation.
Charnthep also said that he could not conclude as of now that the paintings had been stolen, because they had been taken out of the house for sale. He also defended police for its slow response in the case despite the complaint having been lodged in June last year.
He said initially there was confusion about who exactly was the heir of Thawan – his son or the late artist’s partner. The national artist died in September 2017 at the age of 75.
Doytibet is Thawan’s only son from his marriage to a Thai-Malaysian woman, while Thippachat Wannakul was his common-law wife.
Thawan Duchanee is Thailand’s most celebrated artist and one of the foremost representatives of Thai and Asian art.
Charnthep said that Thippachat, who lived in Thawan’s Kan Na Yaw residence, had been taking care of the paintings, including the ones reported missing.
He also said that both Thippachat and Doytibet had filed separate petitions in court to become executors of the estate, but the court had named the son as the sole executor.
“I have to admit that some of the paintings are now in the hands of a third party. Some of these people have been invited to provide information,” Charnthep said.
Asked if Doytibet was pointing his finger at a person close to his father, Charnthep only said, without elaborating, that the problem was a result of internal family conflicts.
Meanwhile, Doytibet, plans to hold a press conference on Friday about the missing paintings.
Thawan’s work outraged many who claimed they offended Buddhism, but Thawan gradually won acclaim from the general public as well as art critics.
Thawan was one of Thailand’s most esteemed artists – and one of its best-known overseas – and his passing plunged the art world in grief. He is fondly remembered as a man who was as extraordinary in his creativity as he was in his appearance and speech.
Doytibet on Monday wrote on his Facebook page that he had never touched his father’s assets, sold them or even used the money he had left behind.
He said he could not part with the paintings because his father’s blood was running through each and every one of them.
“I am the only lawful heir of my father and the only administrator of my father’s estate. Therefore, my duty is to keep and pass on my father’s paintings so they become the country’s legacy,” he said, adding that he would protect his father’s work until the “last second” of his life.
Source: The Nation
Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.
Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai
On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.
After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.
She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.
Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.
Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.
When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.
He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.
After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.
Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.
On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.
His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.
Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.
The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.
They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.
The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.
The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.
In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.
They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.
According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.
The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.
When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.
Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.
Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.
During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.
The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.
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