Patong police transferred amid hotel boss private bodyguard probe

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PHUKET:-- Two Phuket police officers have been transferred to a training academy in Surat Thani amid an investigation into why they were allegedly providing private protection services for a hotel executive in Patong.

 

Patong Police Chief Col Anothai Jindamanee confirmed the transfers, which are effective immediately, this morning (April 2).

 

The transfers followed Lt Col Surasak Peungyeam, Deputy Commander of the 25th Military Circle, accompanied by Sub Lt Wattanachai Klongpradit, also of the Royal Thai Army 25th Military Circle, filing a complaint in person about the officers at Patong Police Station at 8:30am today.

 

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Sounds to me like the age-old squabble between brown and green. Both only working part-time on their proper jobs and looking for extras.

 

Don't think anyone is surprised except for the pretend outrage in their department. Uniformed goons-for-hire are no secret here.

So who is the hotel executive? Any chance it is a relative of the previous mayor?

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

they were allegedly providing private protection services for a hotel executive in Patong.

They do this in some gold shops in my local market town. Common knowledge. Which gold shop wants a copper in full uniform standing around all day pays extra for it...

It's called "moonlighting' - working on the side. As for police officers providing freelance "bodyguard" services, that seems very common practice in many SEA and other third world countries.

 

 

55 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

It's called "moonlighting' - working on the side. As for police officers providing freelance "bodyguard" services, that seems very common practice in many SEA and other third world countries.

 

 

... and 'first world' countries- plenty of US cops do it. Depends on one's interpretation of 'third world' though I suppose.