Thai woman stabs her manager to death after smoking complaint
A Thai woman stabbed her manager to death at a convenience store in the central province of Samut Sakhon at about 5pm yesterday, February 23, after being reprimanded for smoking while on duty.
Officers from Mueang Samut Sakhon Police Station investigated the fatal stabbing at a convenience store on Siwa Pa Sawat-Ekkachai Road in Samut Sakhon, accompanied by a rescue team. Store employees informed police that the suspect remained in the storage room with the lifeless body of the manager.
Officers entered the storage room and found the perpetrator, 28 year old Kamonrat, still standing over the body of the victim, 35 year old Tawinan. Police attempted to persuade her to drop the knife she was holding, but Kamonrat refused to comply.
Her refusal forced officers to use force to subdue her. Fortunately, both the officers and Kamonrat were unharmed during the operation. Kamonrat declined to speak with police about the motive behind her violent actions.
Other employees informed officers that Tawinan called Kamonrat for a private meeting shortly before the fatal stabbing.
Tawinan reportedly criticised Kamonrat’s work performance and warned her not to smoke while on duty. The reprimand angered Kamonrat, who slashed Tawinan’s face and arms before repeatedly stabbing her.
Kamonrat’s older sister, 29 year old Pornjarat, told police that her sister was a single mother. On the day of the incident, she overheard her nephew, Kamonrat’s son, answer a phone call before suddenly running out of the house.
Pornjarat followed her nephew and learned from him that Kamonrat was stabbed at her workplace. To verify the information, she called Kamonrat, but a colleague answered the phone and informed her that Kamonrat was the suspect, not the victim.
According to Pornjarat, her sister had previously mentioned wanting a colleague to be dismissed due to their mental health issues. Kamonrat claimed that this colleague frequently talked to herself and became increasingly loud, which irritated both her and the customers.
Kamonrat had told Pornjarat that she wanted this colleague to leave as soon as possible before she lost control and harmed them. However, Pornjarat did not confirm whether the colleague in question was the victim.
Kamonrat has been charged under Section 288 of the Criminal Law for intentional murder. The penalty for this offence is either the death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for 15 to 20 years.
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