Extradition is being discussed after the believe was picked up in Hong Kong with Yan Ruimin and was last seen.
PUBLISHED: 18 Jul 2024 at 18: 00
UPDATED: 18 Jul 2024 at 18: 04
A Chinese man has been detained in Hong Kong in connection with the death of Chinese TikTok aficiosi Yan Ruimin, whose body was discovered dumped in Chachoengsao on Saturday. Thai authorities said on Thursday that a Chinese person has been detained.
According to Pol Maj Gen Noppasil Poolsawat, assistant commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok, Hong Kong authorities detained Ma Qinyan after Thai officials requested assistance from Interpol.
After that, Mr. Ma was taken to the island, where Thai authorities and Chinese officials have begun to communicate. According to Pol Maj Gen Noppasil, the policeman Foreign Affairs Division is handling the case in accordance with the extradition agreement between the two nations.
According to Pol Col Thammasak Saraboon, captain of the Bang Rak authorities depot in Bangkok, a DNA test on Wednesday confirmed that the brain found in Chachoengsao on July 13 was that of Yan.
The DNA from the body and the one provided by the missing person’s parents were compared by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and they both matched, he claimed.  ,
Following that, police obtained a warrant from the Bangkok South Criminal Court for Mr. Ma’s arrest on suspicion of murder and brain hiding. Additionally, an global arrest warrant was enlisted.  ,
Mr. Ma was the last to see Yan, 38, with him in Bangkok’s CCTV footage on July 1. Afterward, on July 3, he was seen in a desolate area of the tambon Bang Phra in the Muang area of Chachoengsao. The body was found that 11 days after.
Cai Boxuan, a Taiwanese national, reported to police on July 12 that his companion Yan was missing to the Bang Rak place.
Yan was engaged on TikTok as well as Xiaohongshu, often referred to as the Foreign version of Instagram, with approximately 11, 000 fans.
When she told him that she planned to travel to Phuket on July 2nd, the next day Mr. Cai heard from her was on June 30.
On June 30, according to earlier studies, Mr. Ma had rented a vehicle in Bangkok.
Yan was spotted entering the vehicle at Times Square near Sukhumvit Soi 12 on July 1. The vehicle was seen leaving Sukhumvit Soi 16 on a security camera film. The vehicle left the Sukhumvit 16 target the following day and traveled to Chon Buri.
Around 2 a.m. on July 3, the car came to Chachoengsao before Yan’s phone signal went dying in a public area close to Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan in the Muang area.
Later that evening, Mr. Ma flew to Hong Kong and checked out of his Bangkok guesthouse.
Officers focused on the areas where the rental vehicle had stopped as they examined video from cameras along the way to Chachoengsao.
A GPS scan revealed that the car was heading for a seafood farm in the Muang area.
Police searched a piece of burnt luggage that they thought belonged to the lost lady at one location. In the end, they arrived at the location where the body components were discovered.