Bangkok, The assistant police commander and the prosecutor’s team held a meeting to summarize the case of police abducting the owner of an online gambling website worth 140 million baht after the NACC ordered the documents to be returned. Let the police take action.
at the Crime Suppression Division Pol. Lt. Gen. Akradet Pimonsri, Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police along with Mr. Watcharin Panurat, Deputy Director-General of the Investigation Office Head of the working group to inspect or supervise the investigation. The case of police extorting 140 million baht from a gambling website originally involved Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan, deputy commissioner of the Royal Thai Police. He is the head of the investigative team investigating this case. But the Royal Thai Police has already changed its authority, duties and responsibilities in the appointment and transfer agenda. and there was an order to appoint the head of a new team of investigators. and a new team of investigators came to supervise this case, with Pol. Lt. Gen. Akradet The Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police is responsible for this. The investigating officer requests time to study the case information in the file in detail. and scheduled a meeting with the prosecutors from the Investigation Office today.
Today’s meeting was a joint discussion between the investigative team and the prosecutor. to consider that there are still loopholes in this case Or do you need any additional evidence? including the actions of the accused in this case will fall under The Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Disappearance Act or the Absence of Persons Act or not in order to be strict and fair to all parties. Previously, the police had sent the case files to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for action, but the NACC sent the files back. This is because charges have been filed against more than 20 police officers, one soldier and at least 10 civilians for crimes under Sections 157, 149 and other charges.
For the said case, there are accusations against Pol. Maj. Gen. Kamphon Leelapraphaporn and his associates, a total of 10 people, and other people involved in the allegation of “being officers who jointly requested to receive or agree to receive property or any other benefits for oneself or others illegally to act or not act in any way in the position Whether the act was right or wrong in the performance of duty, being an official acting together or neglecting to perform duty wrongfully. In order to cause damage to anyone or to perform or refrain from performing duties dishonestly, to coax others into giving in or allowing oneself or others to benefit in the form of property. by using violent force or by threatening to harm the life, body, freedom, reputation or property of the person being threatened; or of a third party until the person being raped agrees to do so, jointly restrain or imprison another person or act in any way that deprives others of their bodily freedom, and other related offenses.’
In the case of arresting a suspect involved in a gambling website and taking him to extort 140 million baht in exchange for clearing the case. Until there is a catchphrase: ‘How much does Pae love the commander?’ Pae wrote. But later the group of suspects were dissatisfied with the behavior of the arresting police. Therefore, the evidence was brought to report to the police at Khu Khot Police Station, Pathum Thani Province, in order to take legal action against the said police team. Later, the investigative officer sent the matter to the NACC to consider, and later the NACC ordered the case to be sent back to the investigative team to proceed with the case.
Source: Thai News Agency