Chinese gamblers accuse Nongprue police of demanding 5-million-baht bribe

[Rimmer]

Chinese gamblers accuse Nongprue police of demanding 5-million-baht bribe

PATTAYA:--Six Chinese nationals arrested in September for allegedly running an illegal online casino claim Nongprue police demanded a 5-million-baht bribe to drop the charges.

 

Attorney Sirichai Piya­pichetkul said his clients planned to submit a letter to national police chief Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda calling for an independent investigation into Nongprue police, who allegedly barred them access to an attorney, unfairly charged them with additional crimes and used a legal-office representative to solicit a bribe.

 

The six were captured at a rented house on Soi Khao Talo Sept. 18 where they operated online sports-betting and casino websites. Officers seized computers, mobile phones and 36 ATM cards. The suspects were charged with various immigration offenses, online theft and working without a permit.

 

Police said the operation, allegedly run by Liew Chang, had daily turnover of 2.3 million baht with Liew paid more than 1.3 million baht a month.

 

All the suspects denied they were involved in any crime and said the computers belonged to the previous homeowner. But, because police took their mobile phones, they were unable to contact the Chinese embassy to get a lawyer.

 

Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/chinese-gamblers-accuse-nongprue-police-demanding-5-million-baht-bribe-229286

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-11-02

[Just1Voice]

Police wanting a bribe???  In Thailand??? Oh, what's the world coming to?? 

lol

[PatOngo]

When will the DPM apologise to China?

[Wallander4]

How much did the retired expats playing bridge have to pay these goons to drop the charges ?

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Wallander4 said:

How much did the retired expats playing bridge have to pay these goons to drop the charges ?

I thought they had the US President on their case?

Edited November 2, 2018 by bluesofa

[Vacuum]

41 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

All the suspects denied they were involved in any crime and said the computers belonged to the previous homeowner.

Of course they did.

[Darcula]

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

allegedly barred them access to an attorney, unfairly charged them with additional crimes and used a legal-office representative to solicit a bribe

 

Looks like, proper backhanderbook procedure was followed.

 

 

[colinneil]

Nongprue police demanding 5 million baht bribe?

Ohh stop it, police here demanding bribes, tut tut, whatever next, surely nobodies going to believe that, the RTP are such upstanding/ honest people.

[RichardColeman]

Yes, yes, but they were probably not 'real' policemen

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Yes, yes, but they were probably not 'real' policemen

Oh. Are there any here?

[mok199]

Try a  ''Basket of friut'' if that fails a ''cheese wheel''may do the trick

[spidermike007]

We all know the RTP is actually the RCD (revenue collection department) and the each and every policeman in the nation owns his own franchise. It is all about the level of creativity they employ. Never expect actual police work from these guys. 

[PatOngo]

59 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I thought they had the US President on their case?

Dropped him because he lies!

[owl sees all]

Is the horse racetrack in Udon Thani still operating? Could have a bet there, quite legally, on Saturday mornings.

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

Is the horse racetrack in Udon Thani still operating? Could have a bet there, quite legally, on Saturday mornings.

Yes, still going, unless it's stopped in the past couple of months.

[owl sees all]

5 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, still going, unless it's stopped in the past couple of months.

i had a dream about a horse once. In the dream the horse was called 'five star'.

 

That morning I was looking at the racing paper and in the 5th race at Huntingdon there was a horse called 'five star'. There were 5 horses in the race and the jockey had 5 stars on his silk shirt.

 

I put a fiver on to win. Came in fifth.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

37 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Nongprue police demanding 5 million baht bribe?

Ohh stop it, police here demanding bribes, tut tut, whatever next, surely nobodies going to believe that, the RTP are such upstanding/ honest people.

 

5 million baht for the whole group?  That's all???

 

Now, 5 million PER PERSON, that I could believe!!!!  

[Lupatria]

I see another drop in Chinese tourist numbers coming.

[balo]

Do not believe what you read. They will probably not pay 5 mill. 

 

[Cereal]

So, they get caught breaking the law and file a complaint against the cops for demanding a bribe. Wow! Only in China Thailand, you say.

[300sd]

I'm not sure who is fabricating the story......but for sure it does not matter for the police will try and get a bribe.....whether innocent or guilty.

 

The legal crime syndicate strikes every way!

[gk10002000]

So you want to try and press charges against police in a foreign country where you were doing very illegal things.  Well, good luck with that.   Making a big public fuss may actually help them as at some point the Thais may just not want to deal with it, and just deport them.  They would be lucky if that happens

[balo]

Difficult situation for Big Joke this , he want to stop bribes among Thai officials , and stop illegal immigrants .  He can hit the jackpot here. 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2018 by balo

[nausea]

It's not clear what's going on here:

 

"He continued that, on Sept. 26, Nongprue police returned the suspects cars and all the evidence they seized. Again insisting the computers were not theirs, the Chinese crew destroyed them.

Nongprue police then charged the six with destroying evidence and demanded an additional 350,000-baht compensation, Sirichai said."

 

Why would the police return evidence? Did they pay the bribe? Were the original charges dropped? Sounds like they're upset over the additional squeeze. Anyway, with a 2.3m bt daily turnover a 5m bt "fine" seems pretty cheap.

 

 

[MyFriend You]

On 11/2/2018 at 6:10 AM, owl sees all said:

i had a dream about a horse once. In the dream the horse was called 'five star'.

 

That morning I was looking at the racing paper and in the 5th race at Huntingdon there was a horse called 'five star'. There were 5 horses in the race and the jockey had 5 stars on his silk shirt.

 

I put a fiver on to win. Came in fifth.

You should have bet on him to lose............