Urgent: Kamnan Poh arrested in Bangkok
Somchai Khunplome, alias Kamnan Poh who is the father of the culture minister, was arrested Wednesday at a hospital in Bangkok's Pattanakarn area.
Somchai, former mayor of Tambon Sansuek administration in Chon Buri, has been on the run from a jail term in a corruption case.He is also wanted for allegedly masterminding the murder of a kamnan in 2003.
He was taken to the Crime Suppression Division head office on Soi Chokchai 4 for questioning.
The Nation
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