US fugitive arrested in Bangkok
published : 8 May 2024 at 08:32
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
Police have arrested a 37-year-old American for extradition to the United States, where he faces trial on serious charges of violence and abduction.
Police said on Tuesday that Selva Mudaliar was arrested in Bangkok at a condominium building on Soi Jung Charoen Panit in Bang Phlad district on Monday.
According to police, Mr Mudaliar is wanted in the state of Oregon, where he is accused in several cases involving alleged coercion, physical assault, abduction and illegal detention.
He arrived in Thailand in February and had changed his address many times, moving to different hotels or apartment buildings every few days. He was a frequent visitor to entertainment places in Bangkok.
Mr Mudaliar will be extradited to the US, police said.
Vocabulary
- abduction: taking somebody away illegally, especially using force - การลักพาตัว
- coercion: the action of making somebody do something that they do not want to do, using force or threatening to use force - การบีบบังคับ, การขู่เข็ญ
- detention (noun): the condition of being forced officially to stay in a place - การกักตัว
- extradite: to officially send back someone who has been accused or found guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed for a trial - ส่งตัวกลับ
- extradition: sending someone accused of a crime back to the country where the crime was committed for trial or punishment - การส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน
- frequent: happening often - เกิดขึ้นบ่อย
- fugitive (noun): someone who has been accused of doing something illegal and is trying to avoid being caught by the police - ผู้หลบหนี
- trial (noun): the process of judges examining a legal case in a court of law and making a legal decision about it - การพิจารณาและตัดสินคดี
