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    Army sergeant holds seven hostage at Mae Rim 7-Eleven then shoots himself



    A Royal Thai Army sergeant held seven employees hostage before shooting himself at a 7-Eleven in Mae Rim early this morning, Oct. 15.


    The hostage situation started when Sergeant Phongphan Punghong, 37 entered the store in Ban Huai Nam Rin on Chotana Road (Highway 107) in Khi Lek, Mae Rim at around 3:50 a.m.


    The sergeant, who is described in reports as being both frantic and depressed, demanded that staff in the 7-Eleven live-stream the event to LINE which they did. Sergeant Punghong then took a 7-Eleven employee to the front of the store while ranting on the LINE live stream.

    https://chiangmaione.com/army-sergea...s-himself-5130

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    I wonder what the ranting was about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    I wonder what the ranting was about.
    Social inequality, the corrupt political structure, rural poverty, the sinking market price of sheet latex, insufficient educational advancement . . .



    . . . kidding, probably just his wife leaving him because he's a drunk and a gambler

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    Must be fun working the nightshift at 7/11, eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    I wonder what the ranting was about.
    Wasn't given a straw.





    It was, the straw that broke the sergeant's back.

    No, that doesn't really work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    I wonder what the ranting was about.
    he just wanted to get his snacks and leave, but the old woman in front of him was paying her electricity, water, mobile bills....in coins.

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    Police were quick to the scene where they confronted the soldier, attempting to get him to put down his gun.
    Instead, Sergeant Punghong shot himself in the head.
    another chickenhead bites the dust.

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    Sergeant Phongphan Punghong who is described in reports as being both frantic and depressed.

    Dang ! Next time someone with a name like this turns up, please someone direct him to an appropriate TD Doghouse thread....we could really screw with his head and his name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    I wonder what the ranting was about.

    Refused a plastic bag, as is the new seven policy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Refused a plastic bag, as is the new seven policy...


    do yourself a favor jeff......stick to copying and pasting old photos of thailand that you nick from other websites.

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    Phongphan Punghong
    reminds me of the legendary scottish football league score

    forfar 5 fife 4

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    Army sergeant shot three soldiers before targeting Mae Rim 7-Eleven

    It has been revealed that the Royal Thai Army sergeant that took staff hostage at a 7-Eleven in Mae Rim then shot himself early yesterday, Oct. 15 shot three soldiers earlier the same evening.


    According to reports, Sergeant Major Phongphan Kunhong, 37 is said to have had been in a dispute with solders under his command at an army training facility in Mae Rim before opening fire on them.


    None of the soldiers were killed with one being shot in the foot, another in the right thigh and another in the thumb. All three soldiers were taken to Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital for treatment.


    The motivation behind the dispute and subsequent hostage-taking is still not clear with the only suggestion still being that he was suffering from depression.


    At the time of writing, the Royal Thai Army is said to have not commented with an internal investigation underway.


    https://chiangmaione.com/army-sergea...-7-eleven-5144

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    ^ wow he was able to leave the army base after that? Top security! I'm sure the internal investigation will explain it all...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farang Ky Ay View Post
    ^ wow he was able to leave the army base after that? Top security! I'm sure the internal investigation will explain it all...
    Uh-huh...
    Don't bet on it.

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    He was being sarcastic.


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