Thai police arrest suspect in killing of Swiss woman
Thai police say they have arrested a suspect in the death of a Swiss woman on the tourist island of Phuket
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Your support makes all the difference.Thai police said Saturday they arrested a suspect in the death of a Swiss woman on the tourist island of Phuket
Thailand’s national police chief, Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk, confirmed to reporters that a suspect was arrested but offered no other details.
According to an ID published by Thai media, the man is 27, and a Thai resident of Phuket.
The body of the 57-year-old Swiss woman, Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, was found Thursday at a secluded spot on the island. Thai media reported that the her partially clothed body was lying face down in a rock crevice near a waterfall and appeared to have been concealed by a sheet.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered a quick investigation. Swiss media reported that Sauvain-Weisskopf was a member of the country’s diplomatic service.
The incident casts a pall over Thailand’s so-called Phuket Sandbox program to try and bring fully vaccinated foreign tourists to the popular destination, which has been struggling massively during the coronavirus pandemic.