Bangkok Taxi Driver Accused of Drugging and Robbing Woman

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A 47-year-old Thai tour guide, Angkana "Oil" Rungpaisarn, claims she was drugged and robbed by a taxi driver during a late-night ride in Bangkok on December 26. After a night out drinking with friends at a bar on Soi Sukhumvit 11, Oil woke up injured and without her valuables on the roadside near Soi Sukhumvit 81. The amount stolen has not been disclosed.

 

Unable to recall the taxi ride, Oil suspects the driver drugged her. However, her attempts to report the crime at Phra Kanong and Lumpini police stations were unsuccessful, leading her to seek help from non-profit organization Saimai Survive.

 

 

Motorcycle taxi rider Somphon Khemphet, who found Oil the following morning, noticed wounds on her face. Oil refused medical treatment and instead asked Somphon to take her to her condo, complaining of a severe headache. He suspected she might have been sexually assaulted.

 

Ekkaphop Lueangprasert, founder of Saimai Survive, assisted Oil in involving the Metropolitan Police Bureau after local police dismissed her case. Investigators traced Oil's phone signal to Suea Pa Market, suggesting the thief may have sold it. Security footage is being reviewed, and the taxi driver remains under suspicion. He will be called in if evidence shows the drive took longer than 20 minutes.

 

-- 2024-12-30

 

 

[Cereal]

Why would the cops dismiss this outright from the beginning only to be forced or coerced into doing their jobs after outside interference? 

 

Is it true cops in Thailand have to pay a corruption bribe to get into police academy?