Thai court sentences a Thai man to 50 years imprisonment for raping and killing a Myanmar woman

The Thai Kabin Buri court in Prachin Buri province sentenced a Thai man on Tuesday who raped and killed Myint Myint Khaine to 50 years imprisonment.

Thai news reported that the culprit had attended the court hearing virtually.

The victim, who disappeared from her house in the early morning on 14 November 2021, was found four days later, on the evening of 18 November, outside the Kabin Buri town.

The Thai authority arrested Mr Boonlai Buaman hours after Myint Myint Khaine's body was found on 18 November 2021.

Myint Myint Khaine came from Moebye township in southern Shan state, but she was an ethnic Karenni and had worked with the offender at the fish factory.

The lawyer of the victim's family is preparing to fight for securing compensation of up to Baht 5,000 per month for 40 years.