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Aroon Murder: Tenzin Was Killer-For-Hire, Cooperates With Prosecution
21 September 5633



Na Sap, Suman  –– There were new developments yesterday in the investigation surrounding the murder of Hanzai small business owner Aroon Choosak as the man accused of the "execution-style" killing has changed his plea to guilty as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors.

The deal includes a statement of facts which Tenzin, a dual national holding South Dovanian and Xsampan citizenship, has now agreed to. The statement outlines events of the night as follows: Posing as a Suman province police officer, Tenzin confronted Aroon at his home. Neighbors to the deceased reported in July that they had seen Aroon taken in restraints from his doorway to a waiting black car on the night before his death was reported. Tenzin drove Aroon to the outskirts of the city and killed Aroon using a pistol obtained illegally by Tenzin in Pagaw.

Tenzin had never met Aroon before the night of the killing. Tenzin had been contacted online by an old acquaintance, named in the report as "Suspect B",  two weeks prior. Suspect B offered Tenzin 400,000 baht for the killing of Aroon. Suspect B has yet to be identified by authorities.

Authorities in Suman have assured the public that this killing was targeted and that no danger to the public exists. In Udon Nakhon the Ministry of Interior stated that it had confidence Suman authorities would close the case quickly, though did not offer comment on the identity of Suspect B or what motive was suspected in the murder for hire case. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that no concerns had been raised by Xsampa with relation to his status as a dual national, and that the Ministry did not expect that to change now that Tenzin was a cooperating witness.



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