major local figurePetchburi town ac

major local figure
Petchburi town acquired a thriving underworld famous for gambling and underground lotteries Petchburi has three major groups of jao pho The oldest group belongs to a wealthy retired lawyer, He entered politics in late He was returned as MP for Petchburi several times until 1979 when he left politics to develop his businesses. He became a senator in 1987 under the Prem government and remained in the senate until the end of the government in 1991. His major business is now in real estate. One of his recent investments is a golf course in Cha He wanted to run in the September 1992 election but in the end decided that he was too The second group was headed by the late somit Puongmanee. He began his career as a truck driver in his days he was involved in a murder case, but with the help of another jao pho in Petchburi who had connections with a son an army general, he managed to disentangle himself. he broke with the other jao had helped him and the two became als. His gang was notorious for having a very brutal gunman and for having very powerful military connections. They were associated with Narong Kittikachorn, the third member of the Thanom-Praphat junta which ran the government in the 1960s. and with other high-ranking military officers The third group belongs to the A- family. P- A- has been has been an MP and a an MP several times. His brother, Y deputy minister of agriculture. Their cousin, P-k, was also an MP the 1980s They are known as kok si kaki or 'the khaki mob a clear reference to their strong connections with the military and The three cousins are the fifth-generation descendants of who migrated from mainland China with one mat and one pillow in the reign of King Rama IV. He married a local woman and one of his grandsons, Phum, became a lawyer working for the government during King Rama VI's reign. Phum was posted o Petchburi as a public prosecutoris and for his outstanding work he was given the honorific title of Khun' and a royally- bestowed surname. He later left government service, settled down in Petchburi, continued to practice law, and became a