{"id":52777,"date":"2026-08-10T23:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=52777"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:00:53","slug":"ex-thai-mp-accused-of-shooting-local-official-and-driver-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/ex-thai-mp-accused-of-shooting-local-official-and-driver-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Thai MP accused of shooting local official and driver: police"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police arrested a former member of Thailand’s parliament on Monday for allegedly shooting and wounding a local government official and his driver.<\/p>\n

The alleged attack in Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok came days after a school shooting in the same region that raised questions over gun control in Thailand.<\/p>\n

Former local MP Chalong Riewrang was arrested and taken to the police station, Nonthaburi police chief Dejrapee Kongdee told AFP.<\/p>\n

“We are investigating him in regard to his motive. The two who were shot are being treated at a hospital,” he said.<\/p>\n

One of them, the chairman of the Nonthaburi local government administration, was “seriously injured”, the police chief said.<\/p>\n

The other was his driver, he said, without providing details of his condition.<\/p>\n

Local media said a private dispute may have been the cause of the alleged shooting but the police chief declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Chalong was formerly a member of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s party.<\/p>\n

On Friday, a 14-year-old boy shot dead the grandparents who raised him in Nonthaburi before killing six others at his school and then turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation — roughly one for every seven inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Officials have promised stricter gun laws since Friday’s shooting, but previous pledges have failed to prevent repeated shootings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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