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A WOMAN drug company boss’s violent death at a medical conference was last night being probed by murder detectives.

Thai businesswoman Khanokporn Satjawat, 42, was found in a pool of blood in toilets at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium, known as the Armadillo.

Her death was at first classed as “unexplained” but police said yesterday morning they were treating it as “suspicious”. A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death and is due to appear in private before Glasgow Sheriff Court today.

Khanokporn, the manager of a Thai pharmaceutical firm, was attending the conference at the Armadillo.

A post-mortem examination is believed to have confirmed that she died from a head injury.

Hours before her death, she posted a photo to her Facebook page of delegates watching a presentation in the arena.

Police last night refused to give any further information on the suspect, such as his nationality or whether he had been a delegate at the conference.

Two French delegates at the International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection made the grim discovery of the body on Monday afternoon.

Khanokporn was pronounced dead at the scene and police sealed off the venue.

A witness at the conference said: “Shortly after the police arrived, a PA announcement went out asking for someone who could speak Thai. The word among delegates is that the woman who died was a female doctor.

“She was found in a pool of blood on the floor of a women’s toilet by two French delegates.

“Everyone was photographed and had to present ID before they were allowed to leave.”

Detectives were last night studying hours of CCTV footage from the venue to map Khanokporn’s movements.

According to her Facebook profile, the businesswoman attended Mahapruttaram Girls’ School in Bangkok and graduated from the city’s Mahidol University.

The Armadillo remained a crime scene yesterday and officers were stationed in the foyer.

The conference, which started on Sunday and is due to finish on Thursday, was moved to the adjacent SECC.

An SECC spokeswoman declined to comment but said staff were co-operating with police.

The organisers of the conference, KnowledgePoint360 Group, also refused to comment.

No one was available for comment at the Royal Thai Consulate in Glasgow or in London.