The national police chief on Sunday ordered the committee set up in order to probe four law enforcement officers who offered a good unauthorised VVIP service to a Chinese visitor.
The officers have been billed with criminal matters and face disciplinary action after the tourist posted several videos on a Chinese social media marketing platform in which the lady claimed to have been escorted past the migration queue and offered a police motorbike escort to her resort in Pattaya.
According to Royal Thai Police (RTP) spokesman Pol Maj Gen Archayon Kraithong, police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas has ordered a further disciplinary committee measure the severity of fines necessary following the event and passed the situation to the Suvarnabhumi Airport police station meant for criminal prosecution.
Pol Gen Damrongsak also issued a notice on Jan 17 providing the RTP’s lawful research committee fourteen days to amend current guidelines to ensure there can be no incidents of the similar nature in the future.
The RTP chief is certainly adamant that tighter rules be put in position to rein within wayward officers who abuse their power, said Pol Maj Gen Archayon.
Meanwhile, officers from the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) can travel to Taiwan to gather more evidence in case regarding the Taiwanese actress who claimed that will Thai police extorted 27, 000 baht from her.
The Taiwanese actress, identified as An Yu Qing, as well as known by her English name Charlene An, posted information on the alleged extortion on the Thai Facebook page “Ni Hao Taiwan, Chan Ma Laew” (Hello Taiwan, I’m here), sparking heat online chatter over the weekend.
The Metropolitan Police Bureau’s (MPB) main of investigations, Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thamsuthee, said the RTP’s Foreign Matters Division will coordinate with the actress and four of her friends in Taiwan as the evidence law enforcement obtained so far will not confirm any wrongdoing.
According to Pol Maj Style Theeradet, the MPB has identified the three acquaintances she was with at the time and is now contacting them individually to arrange law enforcement interviews.