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Ajarn Suea Ban Fon: Chiang Mai sorcerer arrested for coercing stepdaughter under curse-removal ritual pretext

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Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

self-styled sorcerer, fortune-teller and ritual tattooist (sak yant)

Organization

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The accused used his standing as a sorcerer performing curse-removal rituals (sadeaw karma) and sak yant practice to construct a pretext — a claimed curse requiring ritual sexual contact — through which he is alleged to have coerced his stepdaughter.

  • Curse or witchcraft threat
  • Threatened spiritual consequence

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2026-05-26 · arrest and charge

    Hang Dong Police Station, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Police arrested Kamoltep Chaisri, 43, known as Ajarn Suea Ban Fon, on rape charges after his stepdaughter's mother filed a complaint alleging he coerced the 18-year-old (from around January 2024) into sex approximately five times under the pretext that intercourse was required to remove a curse, using a gold-leaf ritual and threatening her with a firearm. Police seized six registered handguns, an unlicensed air rifle, ammunition and methamphetamine pills from his residence. He denied the allegations.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • claimed curse (bad-luck) affecting the victim
  • gold-leaf and incantation ritual staged as necessary treatment
  • firearm threats
  • threats to kill victim and her mother if disclosed

Cited record

Sources

national press arrest report Thairath, 'บุกรวบ "อาจารย์เสือ บ้านฟ่อน" จอมขมังเวทคนดัง ลวงลูกเลี้ยงเข้าม่านรูด บังคับข่มขืน' (May 26, 2026).

Thai-language original report of the arrest, allegations, and evidence seized at Ajarn Suea's residence.

national press arrest report Thairath English, 'Arrest of Ajarn Suea Ban Fon, Famous Sorcerer, for Forcing Stepdaughter into Prostitution and Rape' (2026).

English translation confirming arrest, charge, and ritual pretext details.

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https://www.thairath.co.th/news/crime/2935450 Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: arrest-report. SHA-256 2d48b36ecffe277cc3b88f26bdf07df76ba87dff3136005bb7b69199fb1138d0
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