After spending only 10 minutes in a Chonburi prison, 75-year-old Somchai “Kamnan Poh” Khunploem was transferred to the VIP room of a hospital yesterday afternoon.
Somchai was arrested on murder charges last week, having lived for several years on the run. Authorities returned the “Godfather of Chonburi” to his namesake state following the arrest, after which point Culture Minister Sonthaya Khunploem, Somchai’s son, made a request to the director-general of the Chonburi prison department, asking that his father be moved to medical care.
Doctors at the hospital said that Somchai was suffering exhaustion and high blood pressure upon arrival. The Bangkok Post reports that he was installed on the eight floor of the hospital, in a “VIP room.”
