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Owner of ill-fated truck arrested
Police arrested the owner of the cold storage truck which was used to smuggle 121 Burmese, 54 of whom died from suffocation just two hours into their journey that started in Ranong province on late Wednesday.
Damrong Pussadee was arrested Thursday morning at his residence that doubled as a used-cars outlet in Ranong's Muang district.
Damrong admitted that the truck belonged to him and identified Suchon Boonpong as the driver of the ill-fated truck. Suchon fled when he saw the victims in the back of his truck.
It was not clear if Damrong admit to any wrong doing.
A senior police officer said that Damrong was just a middle man behind the human smuggling ring linked to the tragic incident late Wednesday.
He were allegedly paid Bt5,000 per each Burmese, which would mean that he would be receiving Bt500,000 per route.
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