A Thai man accused officers from La Mae Police Station within the southern province of Chumphon of extorting 230,000 baht from him. Guilt-free said he was falsely charged throughout a random street checkpoint inspection.
Suwit Khamjean met together with his lawyer yesterday to address the difficulty and took the opportunity to share his story with the media. Urging information outlets to unfold consciousness, Suwit hopes to be a focus for the Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police (RTP) concerning his grievance.
Suwit, who owns a storage in Surat Thani province, recounted the occasions of Friday, May 12 when he was en path to Bangkok, transporting a pickup automotive on a trailer to his brother’s storage. Upon reaching the checkpoint in Chumphon, he was instructed to halt for inspection. Suwit cooperated and provided all the necessary paperwork, however to his dismay, it wasn’t sufficient.
According to Suwit, the officers knowledgeable him that he could not proceed along with his journey except the actual proprietor of the automotive accompanied him. Suwit tried to explain that the pickup belonged to considered one of his customers and that it was impractical to contact the customer in the course of the night time.
Suwit said he made a call to a lawyer to ask for ideas. He said he ended up transferring 30,000 baht to the officers to continue the journey. He stated this incident marked the breaking point for him, prompting him to take a stand in opposition to the extortion he had endured.
Suwit claimed that he had been extorted twice earlier than, amounting to 230,000 baht. He disclosed that he gave the police 160,000 baht two years in the past. The second extortion occurred on March four of last yr, but he did not point out how much he had paid.
Suwit added that he was not the only victim of these cops, other residents have been too afraid to move through the checkpoint, fearing they’d also fall sufferer to this extortion.
ThaiRath reported that an unidentified police officer reached out to Suwit following the publication of his story by numerous media retailers. The particular person urged Suwit not to reveal his name to the basic public stating that he had no involvement in the illicit action.
As of now, there have been no reports or updates in the media regarding any clarifications or developments in the case.
The case is just like what the Taiwanese actress, An Yu-Qing, experienced firstly of this yr when she travelled with friends in Bangkok. She revealed that Thai police extorted 27,000 baht from her and her friend. The actress exposed the actions of the Thai police corruption on social media making it grew to become viral each in Thailand and Taiwan.
The RTP finally admitted that seven police officers from the Huay Kwang Police Station did extort the money from the actress at a road checkpoint..