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Thai Police are Offering Up to RM13k Reward for Info on 61yo M’sian Man Who Robbed a Gold Shop in Hatyai
The Royal Thai Police has announced a reward of up to THB100,000 or around RM13,000 for information leading to the arrest of a Malaysian man who committed an armed robbery of a gold shop in Hatyai, Songkhla yesterday (8 April).
Moreover, an arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect, identified as 61-year-old Yee Boon Long, who ran away with jewellery worth about THB7 million (RM909,500).
Thai police are offering up to RM13,000 reward for info on a 61-year-old Malaysian who robbed a Hatyai gold shop
The suspect
According to the Thai-based publication Bangkok Post, the Malaysian national robbed the Thai Udom 2 gold shop on Montri Road in downtown Hatyai at about 11.55am yesterday and committed the act alone.
The unmasked, armed robber entered the gold shop, scared off the staff and grabbed 138 baht-weight gold jewellery from the display cabinets before fleeing.
The report added that the suspect walked out of the store with a shopping bag holding the loot and fled on a motorcycle he later abandoned some 300 metres away.
Thai Provincial Police Region 9 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Piyawat Chalermsri said that investigators successfully identified the suspect and obtained a warrant for his arrest from the Songkhla Provincial Court last night.
The man robbed a gold shop in Malaysia some 20 years ago and fled into hiding in Thailand
The crime scene
The Thai police added that the suspect goes by several names, with his Thai name being Anucha Sae Yor.
Furthermore, the man also had previous criminal records, including being jailed for robbing a gold shop in Hatyai on 6 January 2017. He was released from prison on 22 September 2023 and deported to Malaysia through the Sadao checkpoint in Songkhla.
20 years ago, he also robbed a gold shop in Malaysia and fled into hiding in Thailand with gold worth approximately THB50 million (RM6.5 million).
The Malaysian fugitive is believed to still be in Southern Thailand and a hunt is ongoing.
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