"Thailand on Wednesday launched a new investigation into the unsolved murders of three Saudi Arabian diplomats and one businessman in Bangkok 17 years ago. , .
The department, which is under the Justice Ministry, has been investigating the Saudi murder cases for the past two years after the case was taken away from the police.
Several police officers remain key suspects in the murders. There will be no former policemen on the new team of investigators, Sunai said. . .
The deaths of the three diplomats and the businessman, gunned down in Bangkok in 1990, were believed to be linked to the theft of millions of dollars worth of jewels from the palace of Saudi Prince Faisal bin Abdul Raish in 1989 by Thai labourer Kriangkrai Daechamong.
The theft, perpetrated by Kriangkrai while he was a gardener in the prince's palace in Riyadh, sparked a diplomatic row when Thai police, assigned to hunt down the missing jewelry in Thailand, ended up sending imitation stones back to Saudi Arabia. Among the missing items was a priceless blue diamond.
One police officer was jailed for the theft, the assassinations of the diplomats were never solved and many items, including the diamond, were never returned.
Saudi Arabia downgraded its relations with Thailand as a result of the incidents, barring its citizens from visiting the South-East Asian kingdom and greatly restricting the number of Thais allowed to work in the oil-rich nation."
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One more time: the great Saudi jewel heist
Started by BORG, Sep 12 2007 06:30 PM
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Posted 12 September 2007 - 08:04 PM
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Thai police, assigned to hunt down the missing jewelry in Thailand, ended up sending imitation stones back to Saudi Arabia
That's when they started to use the slogan "Amazing Thailand."
Hehehe.....
