Jealousy rears its head A Chaiyaphum man was so angered by news that a close friend had taken up with his former wife that he stormed onto a rubber plantation and shot him to death. Nong Yang police nabbed Ekkapol Lopbamrung, 31, for the slaying on Tuesday of his childhood friend, Surin Klongsak, 29. He burst into the plantation as Surin was tapping rubber with his girlfriend, and Mr Ekkapol’s ex-wife, Nuchanat Thongmeesri, 30, in Khon San district. She begged him not to do it, but he ignored her and without a word shot the victim from behind. When an injured Surin ran into the trees, Mr Ekkap…