By Yoon Sat -  Jun 09, 2024

It is reported that a Thai police sergeant shot a Myanmar worker in a hospital in Thailand while pretending to be a patient visitor. 

"The person who shot him was a Thai police sergeant. He was arrested. He is suffering from depression. It is according to the news and there may be other issues," said a Myanmar labor activist in Thailand.

According to reports based in Thailand, the incident took place at a public hospital in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand in the early morning of June 7.

Kyaw Soe Aung, the victim of the shooting, only have a story where he gave an ATM withdrawal card to a co-worker and loaned 12,000 baht, and was shot dead on the same day he had an appointment for surgery. He never had any grudges with anyone.

The gunman who shot the Myanmar worker was a police officer. He arrived at the hospital at midnight on June 6 (early morning of June 7) and asked the nurses the room Kyaw Soe Aung was in. He than went up to the surgical patients building and shot Kyaw Soe Aung, who was sleeping, in the back of the head with a single shot and ran away. He was arrested in the afternoon of June 7.