Former Thai MP allegedly kills official and confesses on YouTube
Chalong Riewrang called a YouTube livestream to say he had shot a government official.
Former Thai politician Chalong Reawraeng allegedly shot and killed a local official, Thongchai Yenprasert, outside Thongchai's office in Nonthaburi, southern Thailand. Chalong then called a political pundit on YouTube to confess to the act. Thongchai, a retired police colonel and president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation, died in the hospital from a neck wound.
His driver sustained injuries to his arm and hand. Chalong stated he did not intend to shoot Thongchai, whom he considered a friend, but said Thongchai had pushed him and refused to talk. Chalong's actions have reignited debates about gun control in Thailand, a country with one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Southeast Asia.
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