Police General Transferred Over Drug Allegations

[webfact]

Pol. Maj. Gen.Wasamae Salae. Photo: Thai Rath

 

by TNR Staff

 

NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas ordered the transfer of Pol. Maj. Gen.Wasamae Salae, head of Narathiwat provincial police, to the headquarters in Bangkok amid allegations of links to drug cartels, Thai Rath newspaper said yesterday (Oct. 20).

 

Pol. Gen. Damrongsak, who assigned Pol. Maj. Gen. Wasamae to duties at the Operations Centre, had signed the transfer order last evening.

 

It is likely that a committee will be set up to investigate this case to ensure transparency and fairness.

 

A little later the head of the Crime Victims Assistance Club submitted evidence he had gathered that allegedly points to the transferred police general helping drug traffickers to the police with Pol. Col. Phakphong Saiubon, deputy chief of the Research Division, received it, Matichon newspaper said.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/10/20/police-general-transferred-over-drug-allegations/

 

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[2baht]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It is likely that a committee will be set up to investigate this case to ensure transparency and fairness.

???? Jokes aside, can you not pixilate his face to protect his clients?

[ozz1]

The whole police force needs to be reformed from the top down but it won't happen too many bad apples

[TheFishman1]

The police here run every illegal activity there is TIT

[stoner]

so from this i am to assume this is a non white area ? 

[mjakob007]

Wonder why he was singled out... 

what about rest of the lot, ie half the force

[nobodysfriend]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

police general helping drug traffickers

A General , and still had to be transferred ... good that a glimpse of the truth came to light , at least .

Corruption . How many millions did he receive for his service ?

Check his accounts and confiscate ...

[visarunner]

14 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

A General , and still had to be transferred ... good that a glimpse of the truth came to light , at least .

Corruption . How many millions did he receive for his service ?

Check his accounts and confiscate ...

but as he is being transferred to the Operation Centre, more opportunities arise. 

[ChrisY1]

Another single capture of an RTP crook....most probably a PR stunt as his name has been published as an act of supposed transparency!

But hey....needn't worry...there's hundreds more still there amongst the ~230K participants!

[Aussieroaming]

The dirty white line.

 

A member of the RTP doing what they do best.

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas ordered the transfer of Pol. Maj. Gen.Wasamae Salae, head of Narathiwat provincial police, to the headquarters in Bangkok

Not like he could do any damage being transferred to BKK HQ ? How about a place where he cant potentially bribe someone ?

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Not like he could do any damage being transferred to BKK HQ ? How about a place where he cant potentially bribe someone ?

Maybe working for Big Joke....

[Iamfalang]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

amid allegations of links to drug cartels

I have to imagine the cartels are very, very powerful and very, very intimidating.   Eventually, someone will work with them.............

 

1983, country not mentioned, massage house, 10 cartel members busted in and started taking pictures of me!!!  I had three wives, 11 kids, and a great job!!!  

 

If you are in a business where cartels know you name.............get in another business.

 

Ok, back to Call of Duty................I'm pwning these wanna be ganstas 

[Orinoco]

45 minutes ago, Iamfalang said:

1983, country not mentioned, massage house, 10 cartel members busted in and started taking pictures of me!!!  I had three wives, 11 kids, and a great job!!!  

Was it USA, Salt lake city. 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2022 by Orinoco

[mikebell]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

It is likely that a committee will be set up to investigate this case to ensure

a complete whitewash after a slap on the wrist.  Committees are Thailand's stock-in-trade - an excuse for free lunches and travel allowances whilst achieving nothing.

[ThailandRyan]

49 minutes ago, Iamfalang said:

I have to imagine the cartels are very, very powerful and very, very intimidating.   Eventually, someone will work with them.............

 

1983, country not mentioned, massage house, 10 cartel members busted in and started taking pictures of me!!!  I had three wives, 11 kids, and a great job!!!  

 

If you are in a business where cartels know you name.............get in another business.

 

Ok, back to Call of Duty................I'm pwning these wanna be ganstas 

Heard on the news last night of police officers getting surrounded by a gang, forced to give up their weapons and the the gang drove off with the guns and police vehicles...

 

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/drug-cartel-steals-seized-drugs-car-and-guns-from-red-faced-police

[Tropposurfer]

3 hours ago, ozz1 said:

The whole police force needs to be reformed from the top down but it won't happen too many bad apples

Many years ago now I guess (in my late teens and twenties if I recall) police corruption in NSW, and in other States too I believe e.g. Qld under that crook Bejelke Peterson, was rampant.

Massive task force Investigations (maybe a Royal Commission? I can't remember) and special Internal Affairs I.A. task forces cleaned the forces out of the drug dealers, extortionists, thieves, bullies, and violent ones e.g. 'phone-booking' people for confessions, bashing innocent people for fun, murder, you name it, it was being done. 

Now the NSW forces are all but clean, and set a high standard and example.

Body cam's, longer and more rigorous training and assessment, and other sweeping reforms cemented this new era of policing. 

[sammieuk1]

Wonder if this has to do with the unreported story of a drug bust 3 days ago that ended up with the police striped to their underpants guns drugs and police cars stolen that has the shadow police written all over it ????

[harada]

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

a complete whitewash after a slap on the wrist.  Committees are Thailand's stock-in-trade - an excuse for free lunches and travel allowances whilst achieving nothing.

Sounds like the UN.

[MrJ2U]

4 hours ago, stoner said:

so from this i am to assume this is a non white area ? 

Hope so, this is taking place in Asia. 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

It is likely that a committee will be set up to investigate this case to ensure transparency and fairness.

In cahoots with a drug cartel.. who'd of thought that possible.

Rotten right to the top..

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, ozz1 said:

The whole police force needs to be reformed from the top down but it won't happen too many bad apples

They need to become corrupt to garner enough funds to buy higher promotion..

the whole system almost dictates that's what happens.

[Cake Monster]

6 hours ago, ozz1 said:

The whole police force needs to be reformed from the top down but it won't happen too many bad apples

Rotten to the very Core

[BritScot]

8 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

The police here run every illegal activity there is TIT

As do the military  and using the term military really sticks in my throat being a veteran.

[bamnutsak]

Prayut said he had a twenty-year plan so presumably he'll be tackling police corruption in the next ~ 12 years?

 

No clue what he's been doing the last eight years though, besides becoming even more unusually wealthy.