A former chief of police within the southern province of Songkhla filed a lawsuit towards a lawyer and a lifeless cop for extorting greater than 10 million baht from him and one other police officer in August 2018 and April 2019.
The previous superintendent of a neighborhood police station in Songkhla, Police Colonel Surapong Kittithirangkul, complained to the lawyer, recognized as Ch., and the late Police Captain W. at Thung Tam Sao Police Station within the Hat Yai district yesterday, October 17.
Surapong divided the extortion into two circumstances. The primary case concerned the previous head of the patrol officers at Hat Yai Police Station in August 2018, and the second case concerned himself in April 2019.
Within the first case, Surapong defined that the pinnacle of the patrol officers arrested a Thai man after medication had been present in his system. Nevertheless, the prosecutor dismissed the case, permitting the suspect to keep away from authorized punishment.
Following this, lawyer Ch. and Police Captain W. accused the patrol police head of issuing a false cost towards the person. This matter gained important consideration from the media and area people, resulting in a radical investigation into the patrol officer.
The lawyer and the deceased police officer then demanded 5 million baht from the patrol police head in alternate for halting the authorized proceedings and ending the media protection. Nevertheless, the patrol police head refused to pay and selected to proceed with the authorized course of, which in the end led to the court docket dismissing the case.
Within the second case, which Surapong skilled personally, he defined that he was sued for alleged adultery. The lawyer and the deceased police officer then leaked the matter to the media and public, despite the fact that he maintained his innocence and the case was nonetheless below investigation.
The lawyer and Police Captain W. demanded between 10 and 20 million baht from Surapong to place an finish to the scenario. He had not paid the quantity by the point the court docket dismissed the case, clearing him of any wrongdoing.
Though these incidents occurred just a few years in the past, and one of many officers has since handed away, Surapong nonetheless needs for each to be charged for conspiring to extort one other individual.
Tung Tham Sao Police Station has accepted the criticism and has promised to deal with the case justly for all events concerned.
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