A former Thai lawmaker accused of fatally shooting a provincial government official outside Bangkok was formally charged with premeditated murder and denied bail Tuesday, a day after the shooting reignited a national debate over gun control that was already underway following a school shooting in the same province last week. He was denied release on bail by the Nonthaburi Provincial Court and remains detained at Nonthaburi Provincial Prison, since the shooting occurred within the province. Col. Thongchai Yenprasert, president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization, as Thongchai was preparing to leave the organization's headquarters in the Mueang district around 11:29 a.m. Monday. The attack has compounded a sense of crisis in Nonthaburi province, which was already reeling from Friday's shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in the province's Bang Kruai district. Nonthaburi officials have also outlined increased security measures following the shootings, according to local reporting, without detailing specifics.