MFP councillor hit with sex charges

Arnuparb: Freed on bail
Arnuparb: Freed on bail

A Bangkok area councillor from the Move ahead Party (MFP) was granted bail from the Bangkok South Legal Court with a hundred, 000-baht surety, after he was charged with sexually abusing a young woman.

Sathon councillor Arnuparb Tarntong, 37, was set to end up being remanded for twelve days from yesterday, pending an investigation including witnesses and several some other reported victims.

However , Mister Arnuparb’s bail ask for was granted under two conditions — he cannot contact any of the witnesses nor leave the empire.

The situation came to light the other day after the Zendai Basis was asked for help from one of their three alleged sufferers.

The particular suspect allegedly started by asking four teenagers, aged 16 to 18, to participate in a political action on Monday. Afterwards, he tried to persuade them to continue drinking at his workplace at a condo right after dining out at a cafe.

During that time, one of the girls said she needed to head home, leaving the other three behind.

The two who have seemed to be intoxicated had been allegedly molested by suspect, with the other witness calling the building blocks for help. The foundation later helped the girls and filed complaints at Thung Mahamek police station.

Pol Col Krisada Manawongsakul, the station’s superintendent, said an investigation by a multidisciplinary team had figured an 18-year-old experienced fallen prey in order to sexual abuse.

The victim’s statement showed the girl was hugged plus pressured into non-consensual “skinship”.

Pol Col Krisada said Mr Arnuparb was summoned to the station at ten. 30am to recognize the charge, which usually he denied, just before being taken to Bangkok South Criminal Courtroom.

On Tuesday, Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, chief of the party’s working team upon Bangkok policies, and Bang Sue councillor Pattraporn Kengrungruengchai provided a joint statement following the complaint filed with police against Mr Arnuparb.

The set said they spoken with the police, sufferers and the Zendai Foundation. Initially, they considered there were grounds to the allegation that Mister Arnuparb had confident his victims to drink with him using the intention of sexually abusing them.