Potential foods sought B6m to free international meandering
Five people have been billed in connection with swindling 6 million baht out of a British man in exchange for clearing him from detention, according to police.
One of them, Pol Col Ramet Kaewsungnoen, a superintendent along with Mae Hong Child police, was arrested of trying to protected the British man’s freedom using his alleged connection with Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, the assistant national police main.
Based on Pol Lt Gen Surachate, a woman called Thirawan Khiewngam stated that a bail request for the British guy, who was a friend associated with hers, had been rejected. Wanted on an Interpol Red Notice, he was being detained from the Immigration Bureau (IB) in Bangkok.
After the IB turned down the bail request, Ms Thirawan sought help from a man, Thananwat Thananthanyapat. He told her he or she knew a man called Witthaya Somsrisomsakul who else could get in touch with Pol Col Ramet, a senior officer plus former classmate associated with Pol Lt Style Surachate in the Regal Police Cadet Academy.
She was told the person would need to pay 6 million baht to secure his freedom, according to Pol Lt Style Surachate.
On June 29, Mr Thananwat and Mr Witthaya frequented the man at the detention centre in Beat Khen district. They asked to see the detainee in person but the officer on duty refused, citing a breach of regulations.
Mr Witthaya known as Pol Col Ramet by phone together the duty officer talk to the senior officer. Pol Col Ramet tried in vain to convince the particular officer the Uk man used to work as an informant just for him and that the suspect should be permitted visitors.
However , the duty officer again denied the 2 men access to the particular detention cell and said they should get in touch with his superiors.
Mr Witthaya then told Mr Thananwat to tell Ms Thirawan to transfer the six mil baht to a quantity of bank accounts. However , following the money was transferred, Mr Witthaya produced little attempt to protected bail and could not have to get reached on his phone.
Microsoft Thirawan then chose to file a law enforcement complaint against the team with the Pak Klongsan police.
Pol Lt Gen Surachate said inspections confirmed Pol Col Ramet had certainly spoken to the duty officer on 06 29. The associate national police main added that throughout the phone conversation, Pol Col Ramet mentioned his name to the official in an apparent bid to gain detention entry.
The particular Pak Klongsan police have gathered evidence and summonsed Pol Col Ramet, Mr Witthaya, 67, plus three others — Apirak Thiengtham, 43, Natnaree Boonma, 35, and Thipsuda Insongjai, 26 — to acknowledge the charges against them.