Former Thalang Police Chief has corruption sentence reduced

[snoop1130]

Former Thalang Police Chief has corruption sentence reduced

By The Phuket News

 

Thalang Police Station in Phuket. Screenshot: Google Maps

 

PHUKET:-- A former Thalang Police Chief has had his nine-year sentence reduced after pleading guilty to illegally releasing three foreigners detained at Thalang Police Station before they were to be handed over to Immigration for deportation.

 

Thammanoon Phaiju, who was Thalang Police Chief in Phuket in 2010, was initially sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for wrongful exercise of duties charges brought under Section 157 of the Criminal Code, reported anti-corruption watchdog Isra News.

 

The charges were brought against Thammanoon by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the report noted.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/former-thalang-police-chief-has-corruption-sentence-reduced-78287.php

 

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[klauskunkel]

from the article (synopsis):

He was sentenced to 9 years in September last year. He confessed , therefore his sentence was reduced by half to 4.5 years. He appealed and his initial sentence was reduced to 6 years and that of course again reduced by half (confession) to 3 years. Article doesn't say if he has started serving his sentence.

 

December 9 was Anti-Corruption Day, so this must have happened on any of the other days.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

 

 

December 9 was Anti-Corruption Day, so this must have happened on any of the other days.

And the brown envelope was passed over by an intermediary......

[ThailandRyan]

He was not corrupt enough for the whole weight of the law to apply apparently.  Must have given some of the money to someone more influential.  Lets wait on his appeal to the Supreme court and see if it does not get tossed completely by saying he was coerced.

[RobU]

Perhaps he just made a mistake, he released Farangs by mistake, and was heavily punished because they were Farangs, if they had been wealthy Thais he would probably still be in post

[DrDave]

The NACC probably considers this sentence with reductions to be extremely harsh, given that normally the violator is simply transferred to an "inactive post" to sit in the ineligible-for-bribe-taking penalty box with full pay for a couple of years.

[FarangJon]

Dont worry, soon there won´t be any corruption ????

 

[Reigntax]

Must not have achieved the level of corruption expected from a person in such position.

[brianthainess]

I like this man, well done!