CHON BURI: Two foreigners were called in for questioning at Nong Prue police station in Bang Lamung district on Sunday night in connection with the disappearance of German property broker Hans Peter Ralter Mack.
The two foreigners, whose nationalities and identities were not disclosed, were accompanied by their lawyers.
Pol Col Tawee Kudthalaeng, Nong Prue police chief, said the two declined to give statements, saying their lawyers would represent them in any legal proceedings.
A woman suspected of involvement in Mr Mack’s disappearance was earlier called in for questioning. She declined to cooperate, saying her lawyer would act on her behalf.
Later on Sunday night, Pol Maj Gen Theerachai Chamnanmor, chief investigator of Provincial Police Region 2, led immigration and tourist police, with a court warrant, to search house 21/302 in Chok Chai Garden 2 housing estate at Moo 10 in tambon Nong Prue. The house belonged to one of the suspects. Police did not find anything suspicious in the house.
Sources said investigators had detected suspicious financial transactions totalling about 2 million baht which might be linked to the man’s disappearance.
Mr Mack, 62, has not been seen since July 4. His Thai wife, Piriya Boonmark, said he left their Swiss Paradise housing estate home in Pattaya in his Mercedes Benz to meet a foreign property broker he had recently met.
The family filed a missing person complaint with police on July 5 and later offered a reward of 3 million baht for information on Mr Mack’s whereabouts, and 100,000 baht on his car.
The silver Mercedes-Benz E350 coupe was found by police on Sunday morning in the CC Condominium parking lot on Khao Noi road in tambon Nong Prue. The interior surfaces had been wiped clean with a chemical cleanser.
Hans Peter Mack, the missing 62-year-old German businessman. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)