Senator Upakit met Narcotics Bureau investigators pursuing money laundering charges against him

[webfact]

Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun gave a press conference recently in which he denied all the allegations against him which are linked to the arrest on 17th September 2022 of Myanmar tycoon and military junta associate, Dr Tun Min Latt and the 61-year-old senator’s son-in-law Dean Young Gultula who have been charged before the courts with drug trafficking and money laundering offences.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

Interestingly, after being confronted with charges by the investigators which he refused to acknowledge, Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun was taken to have his fingerprints checked and a background search conducted. He was, it is reported, found not to be the person who was the subject of an earlier arrest warrant issued concerning the case.

 

An internal probe is already being carried out with the Metropolitan Police Bureau relating to an arrest warrant allegedly requested by a police unit led by Lieutenant Colonel Manapong Wongpiwat of the Metropolitan Police Bureau on October 3rd 2022 which was hours later controversially rescinded after a meeting with police reportedly due to the status of the person named on it. 

Thai Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun who has found himself in the eye of controversy since his son-in-law was arrested in a police swoop by the Metropolitan Police Bureau last September, on Monday, met investigators with the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) in Bangkok who are pressing for charges to be brought against him related to money laundering and transnational crime.

 

Details of the meeting were released by senior prosecutors in Bangkok later yesterday afternoon on instructions from the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG). Senator Upakit has vowed that he is entirely innocent of any wrongdoing and, during his meeting with police, refused to acknowledge the charges put to him by officers linked with the ongoing investigation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/03/28/senator-upakit-meets-narcotics-suppression-bureau/

 

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[Will B Good]

Well, if he has refused to acknowledge the charges put to him, he must now be in the clear now......amazing defense

[ozz1]

Between the politicians and the cops I'm convinced that this place is run by crooks suprise suprise

[ignore it]

Political strength Teflon Spray.

 

[Mad mick]

???????????? Great joke not if Joke is serious ! Upakit nothing to ???? here????????????????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Senator Upakit has vowed that he is entirely innocent of any wrongdoing and, during his meeting with police, refused to acknowledge the charges put to him by officers linked with the ongoing investigation.

His idea of wrong doing must be different to others?

[AustinRacing]

Is his hair dyed?…yes it is…guilty. Next!

[mikebell]

The meeting was stage one of the negotiations.  The charges will be dropped quietly after stages 2 & 3.