Police chief orders probe into police officers who sought an arrest warrant for a sitting senator

[webfact]

National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprapat on Monday ordered a probe through the Office of the Police Inspector General into why an arrest warrant was requested and granted in respect of a sitting senator on October 3rd 2022 without consultations with key superiors. The warrant, which was issued and later cancelled within hours, was the subject of submission by firebrand Rangsiman Rome to parliament in February. Mr Rangsiman is now facing defamation proceedings issued by the senator and is calling for his own probe into who ordered the warrant cancelled and on what basis.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

The case is now being guided by the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) as it involves criminal activities outside the kingdom with over a thousand pages required to be translated into Thai detailing the business dealings and company structure of Myanmar tycoon Tun Min Latt currently in custody and facing charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

 

The document also features records of conversations between key players linked to the alleged conspiracy. Firebrand Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome has been left facing defamation proceedings taken by the wealthy Thai senator and former businessman who vehemently denies any involvement in the matter or wrongdoing.

A police enquiry is to be launched into how investigators with the Metropolitan Police Bureau acted independently in seeking an arrest warrant for a sitting Thai senator as part of a drug trafficking investigation. The senator in question, following extraordinary revelations by Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome in parliament in February, has issued defamation proceedings against the MP seeking millions in damages having previously stoutly defended his character to the media. On Sunday, it was revealed that the officers involved in the probe led by a police lieutenant colonel had been removed from the case and transferred to other duties after a warrant was issued by the Criminal Court on October 3rd 2022 for the senator’s arrest and then rescinded within hours.

 

The National Police Commissioner Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapat has involved himself in a controversy concerning a warrant issued for a sitting Thai senator which was mysteriously revoked within hours of being issued by the Criminal Court in October 2022.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/03/14/probe-ordered-into-senators-arrest-warrant-rangsiman-rome/

 

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[spidermike007]

There is no doubt that many Thai senators, especially the highly toxic ones appointed by the army, are spectacularly corrupt. Multiple investigations should be launched, but it will not happen. There is nothing special about these goons, yet they are totally above the law. Any and all laws. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The National Police Commissioner Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapat has involved himself in a controversy concerning a warrant issued for a sitting Thai senator which was mysteriously revoked within hours of being issued by the Criminal Court in October 2022.

Looks like the senate members have influence above the law?

[sammieuk1]

Rome wasn't built in a day but he can be easily knocked down with a defamation case ????

[bangon04]

"Sitting" Senators are above the law? Unless they actually stand for something..... (unlikely in the Thai system)

[Thailand]

A job for Bj, get him looking in to corruption at high government level! 

[bamnutsak]

47 minutes ago, Thailand said:

A job for Bj, get him looking in to corruption at high government level! 

I don't think there's enough rice porridge in Thailand to entice Hapkarn to get involved in this one.

 

The Senator is Upakit Pachariyangkun.

 

The military dictatorship ruling Myanmar needs the cash from drugs. And the powers that be in Thailand make 30% on transhipments, and more on precursors.

 

 

One of the three Thais arrested was Upakit’s son-in-law, Dean Young Gultula.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/upakit-pachariyangkun-thai-senator-under-scrutiny-for-myanmar-connections/

 

I think Mr. Gultula is a U.S. citizen.

 

 

[mikebell]

Easier to go after the lowly cops than a corrupt senator.

[tomacht8]

... a warrant issued for a sitting Thai senator which was mysteriously revoked within hours of being issued by the Criminal Court in October 2022....

 

The police investigates, secures evidence and facts. Submit this evidence to a prosecutor. The prosecutor examines and files charges in a court. The judge reviews and issues an arrest warrant. This is the normal process.

 

And now a few hours later, the judge withdraws the arrest warrant again without any justification?

 

Disgusting how the law is being bent here in favor of the super rich with shady deals.

[bamnutsak]

3 hours ago, bangon04 said:

"Sitting" Senators are above the law?

Yes, I think they are. At least until Parliament is dissolved.

 

8 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

And now a few hours later, the judge withdraws the arrest warrant again without any justification?

Zero transparency on the judiciary here. And if you ask questions go directly to jail.

 

 

 

[smedly]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The National Police Commissioner Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapat has involved himself in a controversy concerning a warrant issued for a sitting Thai senator which was mysteriously revoked within hours of being issued by the Criminal Court in October 2022.

do you know who I am