A Mozambique national on Interpol's red list and wanted in his own country for numerous crimes has been arrested by tourist police in Bangkok.
Tourist Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn told a press briefing yesterday that the man has been identified as Momade Assif Abdul Satar.
Mr Abdul Satar is wanted in his southern African home country for many crimes including abduction for ransom, murder and illegal arms possession.
Mozambique had been coordinating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States and Interpol offices in Africa and other regions worldwide to secure his arrest.
A police investigation revealed the suspect had entered the country with a fake passport under the name of Sahime Mohammad Aslam.
On July 25, tourist police arrested him at the Marriott Hotel in Soi Sukhumvit 57 in Bangkok. He could not show his passport when asked by police, and his appearance matched that of Momade Assif Abdul Satar as shown in Interpol's red notice.
The fingerprints of the Mozambique man were sent to the Forensic Medicine Institute for examination, and it was confirmed he is Momade Assif Abdul Satar. Further investigation revealed he has been in Thailand for three years. The man has been initially charged with violating the Immigration Act and had his entry visa revoked.
According to Pol Maj Gen Surachate, Mozambique authorities confirmed that since fleeing his country three years ago, the man had continued to commit crimes by ordering his underworld associates to abduct people in Mozambique and other African countries for ransom on more than 50 occasions.
In each abduction, his men demanded a ransom of about 100 million baht or the victim would be killed. Two of those kidnapped were murdered. The man had also killed a number of officials handling cases against his gang. In one of the cases, a prosecutor who indicted him in court was shot 16 times in the head.
Pol Maj Gen Surachate said he would be permanently banned from re-entering Thailand.
He said the man had offered a bribe to the police when he was arrested. The suspect will be deported to Mozambique next week.
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| Escrito por Redação em 30 Julho 2018 |
  A detenção de Momad Assife Abdul Satar, o "Nini Satar", um dos mandantes do assassinato do jornalista Carlos Cardoso e responsável por fraude no antigo Banco Comercial de Moçambique, só foi possível graças ao envolvimento da Interpol, do FBI e das autoridades policiais da Tailândia que o prenderam num hotel de luxo.
O cidadão moçambicano mais procurado pelas autoridade, “Nini Satar”, foi detido na passada quarta-feira (25) no luxuoso hotel Marriott na cidade de Bangkok, na Tailândia.
O Comissário adjunto da polícia turística da Tailândia, Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, precisou a jornalistas que na sequência da emissão de um mandado de captura internacional contra Momade Assif Abdul Satar, pela Procuradoria-Geral da República de Moçambique em 2017, as autoridades moçambicanas também solicitaram a ajuda da divisão africana do Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) que alertou a sua divisão em Bangkok.
Após a detenção investigações revelaram que “Nini Satar” entrou no país asiático sob a identidade falsa de Sahime Mohammad Aslam há 3 anos, portanto um ano após deixar Moçambique para alegado tratamento médico na Índia, e tentou subornar os agentes da polícia tailandesa em troca da sua liberdade.
Momade Assif Abdul Satar, que deverá ser repatriado para Moçambique durante esta semana, terá de cumprir o resto da pena a que foi condenado como um dos mandantes do assassinato do jornalista Carlos Cardoso assim como pela fraude do então Banco Comercial de Moçambique mas também será alvo de novos processos criminais relacionados com a onda de raptos que desde 2011 registam-se no nosso país e ainda pelo pelo seu envolvimento no homicídio qualificado do Procurador Marcelino Vilanculo.
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