Crime: German missing in Thailand found dead in freezer

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German missing in Thailand found dead in freezer

A reporter takes a picture at a police station in Pattaya

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The dead is said to be a 62-year-old businessman. He has been missing since early July.

In Thailand, according to the media, in a The body of a German missing since the beginning of July was found in a freezer. The police discovered the dismembered body on Monday evening at a property in Nong Prue in the province of Chonburi, southeast of the capital Bangkok, the Bangkok Post reported. Police chief investigator Theerachai Chamnanmor said the man’s death was linked to extortion. Accordingly, about two million baht (about 52,000 euros) were debited from his account. Further details were not initially known.

According to Thai media, the man is said to be a 62-year-old businessman. The Bangkok Post reported that his 24-year-old Thai wife told police on July 5, a day after he disappeared, that he wanted to meet with a foreign broker and discuss business.

The Thai portal “The Thaiger” reported that a German was said to have lived in the house where the freezer with the corpse was found for three months with a German woman. The man was questioned by the police after the businessman’s disappearance. There have not been any arrests yet.

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