PUBLISHED: 8 May 2025 at 04: 17
Former police station superintendent in Pathum Thani has been detained by the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) for embezzlement.
The NACC on Wednesday apprehended Pol Col Chaiwat ( surname withheld ), who was wanted in 2020 under an arrest warrant issued by the Region 1 Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct cases.
Pol Col Chaiwat, who has been on the move ever since, is accused of stealing more than 260 000 dollars from his colleagues.
The incident dates back to the year 2020, when Pathum Thani’s Lat Lum Kaeo municipal police station’s director was in charge. He at the time mandated the setting of many police checkpoints. Eventually, the Provincial Police of Pathum Thani approved a 283 ringgit allowance for the officers involved.
But, Pol Col Chaiwat ordered that he be given the concessions so he could forwards them to the soldiers under his control. He gave the soldiers a total of 20 500 baht, and he kept the soldiers ‘ remaining 262 676 baht for himself.
The original director acknowledged being the man named in the warrant following his arrest. He was taken to the NACC office for constitutional trials under the Enforced Departure and Prevention and Suppression of Torture Act.
With the assistance of NACC Region 1 associate secretary-general Chadarat Anakaorn and other officers, the arrest was carried out under the path of NACC secretary-general Saroj Phungramphan.