Picture: Thai Rath

 

The deputy spokesman for the metropolitan police has assured the public that an allegedly drunk cop who caused a serious traffic accident in northern Bangkok will be dealt with just like any ordinary member of the public.

 

Thai Rath mentioned this several times almost as if they were incredulous with the very idea.

 

Daily News had a picture of the spokesman - Pol Maj-Gen Nithithorn Jintakanon - with a caption "No Exceptions".

 

The case relates to Friday when Pol Sub-Lt Jaran Nakprasitsak was driving his Toyota Fortuner in the Don Muang area where he is stationed.

 

He was off duty.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

He was involved in a collision with several vehicles including a taxi that untimately led to a motorcyclist called Noppadol Reuang-arun, 40, being crushed under the Fortuner's wheels along with his bike. 

 

This played out about 11.30 pm about 50 meters from the Sirisuk Intersection on Chang Akat Uthit Road. 

 

Nithithorn said that the suspect will be dealt with just like a member of the public under traffic laws recently tightened up. 

 

The public can rest assured that even though the suspect involved is a serving RTP officer he will be dealt with under the full force of the law, he told the media.

 

Police are waiting on injury reports and gathering witness statements before proceeding in the case. 

 

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As a police officer he should be made an example of. Should be, but doubtful if he will be.

This goons speak about one of his own.....drunk cops are everywhere!

I don't trust any of them, least of all the Police. 

Trust Thai police ????????????

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Nithithorn said that the suspect will be dealt with just like a member of the public under traffic laws recently tightened up.

500 baht fine and a wai then.

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

This goons speak about one of his own.....drunk cops are everywhere!

And cop bank or gold shop robbers

2 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I don't trust any of them, least of all the Police. 

How can  you live here if you trust nobody?

The damaged car looks like its smoking the biggest cigarette on earth

 

Don't blame him

Trust, I don't think so.

So how long will he be sent to the inactive post TIT

4 hours ago, webfact said:

traffic laws recently tightened up.

ha

 

this guy got jokes. 

25 minutes ago, marin said:

How can  you live here if you trust nobody?

im pretty sure he isn't just talking about thai. probably means you too. ????

 

1 hour ago, lujanit said:

500 baht fine and a wai then.

you forgot the customary 30,000 thb to the next of kin plus a lateral move to another province

What happened to the drunk police captain with a collection of Lambos who killed a street vendor?  Nothing!

My guess is that the fellow will be lent to the Ministry of Inactive Posts. No stranger to the booze, he might even enjoy the break - before being reinstated with full regalia ........ 

3 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

This goons speak about one of his own.....drunk cops are everywhere!

A drunk cop poked his maskless face through my car window at a check point when I was driving my 1 year old son to the emergency room late at night with a high grade fever that turned out to be COVID.  His face was bright red and grinning as he swayed about asking, "You ding bir mai." The Thai missus gave his colleague a tongue lashing and the drunken idiot was called off when the message got through to him. Don't mess with a mother protecting her baby.  Hopefully the caught COVID like the rest of us. 

 

Farangs have a choice but most Thais have to stay here and put up with the disgusting drunken, corrupt, murderous rabble in uniform that passes for a police force.  It's a wonder they don't rise up and burn down police stations more often like they did in the student power uprising in 1973 that led to the ousting of the military dictators for a few short years.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Nithithorn said that the suspect will be dealt with just like a member of the public under traffic laws recently tightened up. 

 

Correction:

 

...the suspect will be dealt with just like a well connected member of the public....

Don't make us all laugh some of the biggest drunks are?  

RTP! 

Fair that is what the mother of the doctor run down asked what she got basically the guy walked!

Once he sobers up with check himself in the monkhood get out of jail card clinic make amends cry I'm sorry!

Lay low get transfer then

" I'm back "

You Can Trust us, says RTP over "drunk cop" accident claim

 

sure, sure, believe/trust you (not) and the Pope is catholic

 

 

 

1 hour ago, TheFishman1 said:

So how long will he be sent to the inactive post TIT

Hm,...Inactive post !?!?

 

Up where I live everyone I know refers to all police as the mafia

3 hours ago, lujanit said:

500 baht fine and a wai then.

Oh, how original. Never seen that written before.

So, headline top story that they will enforce the law.  Okey dokey.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He was off duty.

DRiving home from work then

Victims family gets 300,000 Bhat, cop gets off. Same story, nothing changes, just the names. 

speaking of being held accountable 

what is update to police double bag torture kill suspect   

The RTP's adherence to integrity is heartwarming. Whatever was I thinking when I doubted them. 

4 hours ago, stoner said:

ha

 

this guy got jokes. 

Start with their own then. I nearly got taken out, along with 2 students, by a traffic cop on his PCX hammering through as we crossed the road ON A CLEARLY MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. Had he been heading to an incident he might have had an excuse if he had blues and twos on. What he actually did was pull in at a raodside food stall 150m down the road and get his lunch.

5 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

The damaged car looks like its smoking the biggest cigarette on earth

 

Don't blame him

That willbe the mandatory power pole......