Prison Guard Dismissed for Allegedly Extorting Money

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BANGKOK, April 22 (TNA) – Ayuth Sintoppant, director-general of the Corrections Department, dismissed a prison guard pending disciplinary and criminal investigations into alleged extortion against an inmate’s daughter.

 

The dismissal followed a complaint to the justice minister from a woman who said that the guard of the Thonburi Women Correctional Institute repeatedly extorted money from her in exchange for care for her imprisoned mother. An initial probe found the complainant had a case.

 

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Wallop Nakbua, deputy permanent secretary for justice, said he told the director-general of the Corrections Department to ensure the safety of the inmate concerned and relevant officials had yet to consider if the inmate should be transferred to another prison.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-928399

 

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[hotchilli]

No money no Mango.

[tracker1]

Tip of the iceberg I would think knowing of the conditions in Asian Jails I know full well it happens in Cambodia why not Thailand or is it because Uncle Tu is cleaning up corruption here ?

[wombat]

The guard gets busted but it's the prisoner that gets transferred?

What am I missing here?

[poskat]

On 4/23/2022 at 7:21 AM, wombat said:

The guard gets busted but it's the prisoner that gets transferred?

What am I missing here?

its to protect the prisoner from reprisals from the other guards