Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row

A former Thai MP on Monday shot dead a local government official in broad daylight over a financial dispute before being arrested and confessing to journalists at the police station

Former Thai lawmaker was arrested Monday after he allegedly fatally shot a local official, days after a school shooting rocked the country.

Police said the suspected shooter, former lawmaker Chalong Riewrang, fired at the chairman of the Provincial Administrative Organization in Nonthaburi, which borders Bangkok, because of a disagreement over borrowed money.

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