Four Suspects Confess to Pattaya Family Murder
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From two Russian siblings to three bodies of a Thai family, the defendants were brought to court. Pong and his group confessed to all charges after being informed of nine counts. The hearing was set for 09:30 on October 26, 2026, at Pattaya Provincial Court, which presided over criminal case number Black 1138/2026 between Pattaya public prosecutors as plaintiffs and Mr. Thana, aka Pong Kerdthong, and three others, totaling four defendants. The court had scheduled the examination of all four defendants after prosecutors filed the murder case against them on October 22, and the court accepted the case for consideration.
Before proceedings began, the court asked all four defendants if they had lawyers; all four stated they did not want legal representation. The court then read and explained the indictment to them and examined their testimony. All four defendants confessed to every charge in the indictment.
In this case, Pattaya prosecutors charged all four defendants with nine offenses: 1. Jointly possessing firearms and ammunition without permission. 2. Jointly carrying firearms in a town, village, or public place without reasonable cause or permission. 3. Jointly breaking into a building at night, by two or more persons, and with firearms. 4. Jointly pretending to be officials and acting as officials while not being authorized officials. 5. Jointly restraining, confining, or depriving others of physical liberty by any means. 6. Jointly robbing property in a building at night while dressed as police or in a manner to appear as police, with firearms, and using a vehicle to commit the offense or remove property or escape, resulting in death. 7. Jointly murdering others with premeditation to prepare for or facilitate another offense, to obtain benefits from the offense, to conceal the offense, or to avoid punishment. 8. Jointly hiding, concealing, moving, or destroying corpses or body parts to conceal death or cause of death. 9. Jointly interfering with corpses or the surroundings where bodies were found before the autopsy was completed, in a manner likely to alter the autopsy or case evidence, to obstruct justice.
After all four defendants confessed to every charge, the prosecutors requested to present witnesses to corroborate the confessions. The court therefore ordered witness hearings for November 23, 2026, at 09:00.
