According to Sam University, it did not grant permission to conduct a coaching program that demanded members B38, 000 each.
PUBLISHED: 4 Jan 2025 at 20: 13
Two top Thai police officers who were implicated in a contentious “volunteer police” training program for Chinese nationals have been moved to unactive positions.
The program charged 38, 000 ringgit per member. In the interim, the officers have been rescheduled to inactive positions at the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s ( MPB) operations center pending the results of additional inquiries.
The two soldiers ‘ names were given as Pol Col Niwet Ngamlap, the director of Metropolitan Police Division 3, and his assistant, Pol Lt Col Kriangsak Chuaiwong.
The two soldiers had been invited to speak during an initial inspection by the Bureau.
But, further investigation is needed to determine if they received any payment.
” They will experience both legal and administrative action if they are found to possess benefited financially”, said Pol Lt Gen Sayam Boonsom, the MPB director.
Online commentators first reported on the existence of the training program, claiming that the Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ), Metropolitan Police Division 3, and a privately run university were involved in its planning and the production of ID cards bearing the police logo.
In a later article on X, Sasinan Thamnithinan, a member of the People’s Party, inquired as to why the Royal Thai Police were paying 38, 000 baht to Chinese nationals to work as officers volunteers.
On Friday, the MPB summoned college educators for questioning.
Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, chairman of Siam University, claimed the school was looking into the situation and wasn’t just looking at the past.
Vethit Thongchantr, deputy chairman of the school’s Public Relations Office, said on Saturday that he had reviewed a letter apparently sent to ask police officials to talk at the program.
He insisted that the university did not provide the letter, and he claimed that he had spoken with Mr. Pornchai, who is now a student worldwide, over the phone.
According to Mr Pornchai, the email was not authorised by the Office of the President.
The coaching program, according to the college president, might have been planned by a single lecturer because only about 30 people showed up.
He promised that the school may look into the issue more once the academic year rolls around after the quarter break next week.