Police say Thai murder suspect from Taiwan offers to surrender

A Thai man, wanted by Taiwanese police in connection with the murder of a Thai couple there, has offered, through a go-between, to surrender to the Thai police. Commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau Pol Lt-Gen Jiraphop Bhuridej said today (Thursday) that police have received a call from a person who claimed to be close to the wanted man, 35-year-old Santi Supa-apiradeepailin, saying that the suspect wants to turn himself in. He said that the suspect, who also holds Taiwanese citizenship, surrenders or is caught, may not be sent to Taiwan but will be prosecuted and tried in Thailand instead,…