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Two held for knife slaying of Russian Two Swedish men arrested on Monday for the brutal stabbing murder of a Russian-born expat have told police the man’s death was an “accident”. Tommy Viktor Söderlund and Johan Sebastian Ljung, both 26, were arrested at the Surin Sweet Hotel in Surin, where they had apparently gone into hiding after fatally stabbing 25-year-old Maxim Schantz in the throat at his home inside The Lantern housing development in Koh Kaew the previous night. The security guard at The Lantern told police that Mr Schantz came stumbling towards the guard house, holding his throat and begging for help before falling to the ground dead. Söderlund and Ljung both confessed to the murder, saying it was a revenge attack after a business partnership turned sour. The claimed they did not mean to kill him. “It was an accident,” Söderlund told police. All three men had previously been part of a call centre scam operation based in Pattaya. In February, Mr Schantz Continued on page 3
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Man admits to killing but can’t be charged
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‘We can’t do this anymore’ Some people have taken to calling the government dog shelter a “dog jail”.
Pound officials plea for help
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overnment dog pound officials say they are out of their depth running the Phuket shelter and are desperately appealing for help. The dog pound and officials have come under fire recently as it battles constant financial woes, redundancies, and regular complaints about the conditions of the pound. Chief of Phuket Provincial
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Livestock Office (PPLO) Sumet Mettasart exclusively told The Phuket News: “We can’t do this anymore’’. “Honestly, we are struggling to run the dog pound. It used to be a dog shelter, but now some people called it a ‘dog jail’,” Mr Sumet said. “It may be better if a pri-
vate organisation, who could afford the costs involved, takes over the project.” The dog pound stopped accepting dogs last Saturday, because it is already full with between 300 and 400 stray dogs. Situated in Bang Khanun forest, Thalang, the government dog pound opened in 2004 but has continually faced an uphill battle against officials
administrating enough funds. In the last fiscal year, seven local municipalities and the OrBorTor distributed B480,000 to the PPLO to run the dog pound. However, feeding more than 300 stray dogs, plus operational expenses, staff wages, and maintenance costs between B2.5 and 3.5 Continued on page 2
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