Removal on lam since October 22 trapped in southern mountain hideout; status is still unknown.
In his rocky shelter in Trang, where he had fled after his exit on October 22, slave Chaowalit Thongduang, alias Sia Paeng Nanod, was involved in a fight with authorities on Wednesday.
Whether Chaowalit was killed in the exchange of gunfire or certainly has not yet been determined.
On Wednesday night, officers from Provincial Police areas 8 and 9 as well as national park rangers surrounded Nai Tra town in the Banthad hill spectrum of the Palian area.
Authorities thought Chaowalit was hiding out among the 300 households in the isolated community. The three regions of Phatthalung, Trang, and Satun are included in the rock collection.
Mobile indicators are sporadic, and the area is mostly made up of plastic plantations and forest.
According to Indian media, there was a gunshot change as officers approached the region where they thought the inmate was hiding.
Chaowalit, 37, was facing numerous another legal costs, including murder, and was currently incarcerated for attempted murder.
On October 22, he left Maharat Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital. After being taken that for medical care, he was later admitted after collapsing and claiming to have excruciating leg pains. He was chained to the base and restrained, but he managed to escape immediately.
Before the altercation, authorities detained a man by the name of” Bang Khiew,” who admitted to having descended from the hills to procure food for the fugitive. On Wednesday, he was supposed to bring Chaowalit foods. Officers were forced to focus in on the community as a result.
According to earlier press accounts, Chaowalit was killed in the altercation by gunfire. Older officers insisted that this was untrue, though.
Tawee Sodsong, the justice secretary, added that there was no proof that the slave had been shot to death.
The battle, according to acting associate federal police chief Pol Lt Gen Ittiphol Atchariyapradit, lasted more than 2 days.
Officers took more than 600 rounds of ammunition, a 9mm handgun, an M16 rifle, and an HK weapons after the gunshots.
According to Pol Lt Gen Ittiphol, the soldiers are still encircling the shelter even though they are unsure of how many men were with the slave.
Chaowalit had not yet been shot to death, according to Pol Maj Gen Piyawat Chalermsri, acting Provincial Police Region 9 director, and Acting Deputy National Police Chief Lt Gen Thana Chuwong.
The two rode in a plane to the image of the collision.
The Phatthalung Provincial Court last month gave Chaowalit a 20-year, six-month prison term for attempted murder in connection with an armed assault on police during an attempted kidnapping on September 2, 2019, in the southwestern state.
He started serving time at Phatthalung Prison in January 2022, and on August 7 of this year, he was transferred to Nakhon Si Thammarat Prison.