Footage recovered! Huay Khwang police helmet cam shots not deleted - but damage to hard disks

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: Damage to the hard disk on helmet-cams

 

Helmet-cam footage from the police involved in the shakedown of the Taiwanese actress Charlene An outside the Chinese Embassy Bangkok in January was not deleted.

 

Instead the devices' hard disks were damaged but the data is recoverable.

 

Met chief Pol Lt-Gen Thiti Saengsawang said at a meeting held to discuss the case yesterday that data from three cameras had now been recovered, reported Sanook.

 

He said that a special technical process was used to recover the images. 

 

The footage recovered lasts for many hours and he was as yet unable to say whether any of it related precisely to the case in question, namely the moment of extortion.

 

The files are currently being examined and should wrong doing be found it will add weight to the case, said Thiti. 

 

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[Crossy]

"Storage damage" to three cameras? Yeah, right!

 

Must have been a power surge!

 

Back in the early noughties my digital camera actually did have a hard drive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdrive

 

[Pique Dard]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Helmet-cam footage from the police involved in the shakedown of the Taiwanese actress Charlene An outside the Chinese Embassy Bangkok in January was not deleted.

one of them, the policeman or the actress,  is going to have sleepness nights

[Boomer6969]

7 minutes ago, Crossy said:

"Storage damage" to three cameras? Yeah, right!

 

Must have been a power surge!

 

Back in the early noughties my digital camera actually did have a hard drive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdrive

 

The orgasmic tension and subsequent release occurring during "collection" may damage wearable electronics.

[Henk Langeweg]

Men in Black!

[tomazbodner]

53 minutes ago, Crossy said:

"Storage damage" to three cameras? Yeah, right!

 

Must have been a power surge!

 

Back in the early noughties my digital camera actually did have a hard drive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdrive

 

Remember those... used to have camera that used one of those as well.

 

And you're spot on. This was likely one of the weakest excuses that could be given. 3 separate storage devices, connected to 3 different cameras, all got damaged at the same time. If it's so bad, then maybe it's time to check if any of them is working, and if not, replace and sue the supplier.

 

This may have been attempt to just quick format the drive and claim it's empty. Had only there not been any recovery tools to bring most/all data back...

[Elkski]

So did he say that all 3  were erased by someone , somehow,for some reason, but by  some high tech process they now have some video data?

So now we have evidence tampering as well as witness tampering.    Hmmm.  Sounds like lots of years.  Hope those guys give you some secrets. 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Elkski

[BobBKK]

What a surprise! 

[smedly]

the body cams don't have HD's in any real sense, they have storage 

 

and will either be saved at the end of shift or over a network live 

[Purdey]

Accidentally dropped the helmet camera first. Oh dear. 

[Drop the dead donkey]

Sounds to me like hammers were used. As I doubt they even understood the concept of deletion and formatting!

if they did format them and not use them again in any station selfie antics, it would be easily retrievable. Due to the fact that data is still on the drive. It is only rewritable as a unit (recorder). If it wasn’t used again for such things as station selfies, or other recordings afterwards, all the old data is retrievable.

Shock to them also… bang on RTP to you’re hole that is getting bigger and deeper.

Bang on to furthering the already tainted reputation of Thailand.

[ChaiyaTH]

I suppose they transfer it to some dodgy Windows computer after their shifts, and that hard drive would be damaged (on purpose).

[4MyEgo]

Damn it, replace the entire RTP force.

 

[Zapitapi]

3 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Remember those... used to have camera that used one of those as well.

 

And you're spot on. This was likely one of the weakest excuses that could be given. 3 separate storage devices, connected to 3 different cameras, all got damaged at the same time. If it's so bad, then maybe it's time to check if any of them is working, and if not, replace and sue the supplier.

 

This may have been attempt to just quick format the drive and claim it's empty. Had only there not been any recovery tools to bring most/all data back...

hahaah..yeah if erased only a 12 year old can recover the data in a jiffy

 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Zapitapi

[Tarteso]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that a special technical process was used to recover the images. 

Incredible! They must to be real genius !.

[damo1967]

5 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

one of them, the policeman or the actress,  is going to have sleepness nights

My money is on the Policeman tossing and turning all night.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Instead the devices' hard disks were damaged but the data is recoverable

Tampering with evidence... naughty naughty.

[Chongalulu]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Damn it, replace the entire RTP force.

 

I’d be concerned about them NOT taking down my "particulars" ! ???? 

[CharlieH]

Troll comment removed.

[Pedrogaz]

Funny, whenever anyone dies in custody or the police are bribed the body or cell cameras stop functioning.

[BritManToo]

Until they make 'not wearing and using a working bodycam' while on duty a dismissable offence (no excuses).

This will happen every time.

[ThailandGuy]

So 90ties where one could still believe such fake argument. What a joke.

[nahkit]

6 hours ago, damo1967 said:

My money is on the Policeman tossing and turning all night.

All depends on what photos he has of the actress.

[damo1967]

2 minutes ago, nahkit said:

All depends on what photos he has of the actress.

You are 100% correct - as nothing is proven yet ????  I was just saying I would 'bet' that the Policeman would be in the wrong.   Of course, it depends what 'evidence' there is...   that is why it was a 'bet' as no one is sure at this time.  ????  

[nahkit]

1 minute ago, damo1967 said:

You are 100% correct - as nothing is proven yet ????  I was just saying I would 'bet' that the Policeman would be in the wrong.   Of course, it depends what 'evidence' there is...   that is why it was a 'bet' as no one is sure at this time.  ????  

My post went right over your head.

 

Do you know what humour is?

[damo1967]

1 minute ago, nahkit said:

My post went right over your head.

 

Do you know what humour is?

I dont think anything went over my head...  you are obviously trying to make excuses for your lame post... I thought (and still think) I was replying to a simpleton, so was trying to be nice.. 

 

I am very well versed with humour... but not with stupidity sorry... 

 

See you....  you 'funny' person you hahahahaha

[sambum]

"...............data from three cameras had now been recovered"

 

Any bets on whether they will exonerate the cops or the lady and her companions?

 

Or will the footage be too blurred to prove anything either way? ???? 

[spidermike007]

I have long said that the RTP are highly incompetent. Now, they are shown even to be incompetent when it comes to destroying evidence of a crime they have committed.

 

You could not make this stuff up. They are a highly corrupt version of the Keystone cops. 

[OneMoreFarang]

Imagine those files show all the details when the money was extorted.

And then also all the details when (part of) that money was given to higher ups in the extortion food chain.

Now that would be interesting.

Something like: Here boss, here is your 24,300. I keep my usual 10%...

 

P.S.: Obviously all that is just my imagination ???? 

[A1Str8]

Footage is always recovered unless some top dog was recorded doing something wrong. Then it's gone forever.