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Warrants for top cop, driver in debt-collecting racket
The Nation

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Lt-Colonel Songrak Khunsri

BANGKOK: -- TWO ARREST warrants have been issued for a senior policeman and a civilian who were allegedly part of a debt-collecting racket that authorities say was run by former crime-buster Lt-General Pongpat Chayaphan.

Lt-Colonel Songrak Khunsri, who has been charged with criminal conspiracy and money-laundering, is also on the verge of being discharged from police after he nears a 15-day absence without permission, acting Crime Suppression Division (CSD) commander Pol Colonel Akkharadej Phimolsri said.

The other suspect was identified as Songphol Thongsin, a chauffeur of Pol Maj-General Kowit Wongrungroj, a deputy chief under Pongpat at the Central Investiga-tion Bureau.

Songphol has also been charged with money-laundering.

Songrak, a deputy chief of the CSD's Subdivision 6, was a close aide of Pongpat and known for his good record in solving high-profile crimes, including the arrest of weapons trader Victor Bout.

Finance Minister Sommai Phasi, as chairman of the Bureau's board of directors, asked in the statement for cooperation from the media not to publicise copies of government matters deemed inappropriate for publication in regard to the matter.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Warrants-for-top-cop-driver-in-debt-collecting-rac-30249918.html

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-- The Nation 2014-12-16

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He will most likely be in Cambodia,along with the growing

number of other Thais on the run from the law,just like a

lot of criminals from the West make Thailand their bolt hole

when on the run.the Thai criminals are going to Cambodia,

with the biggest one in Dubai..

regards Worgeordie

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......on the VERGE of being discharged from the police.... What do police have to do to be discharged and jailed in Thailand ????????

Possibly he has to be convicted of the charges which hasn't happened in this case yet?

The potential discharge from the police force is for being absent without permission for 15 days so far, that's not a crime .

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Finance Minister Sommai Phasi, as chairman of the Bureau's board of directors, asked in the statement for cooperation from the media not to publicise copies of government matters deemed inappropriate for publication in regard to the matter.

What on earth is statement supposed to mean tacked on to the end of the article?

Surely all government matters are appropriate for publication and that would be in the public interest.

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Wow. This thing is huge!

Oh, come on! They've barely scratched the surface and there's a very, very big hidden agenda behind all of this ...

Interesting conspiracy theory!!

But considering the alleged political sympathies of certain persons, the dots do not connect.

Quite the opposite!!

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Finance Minister Sommai Phasi, as chairman of the Bureau's board of directors, asked in the statement for cooperation from the media not to publicise copies of government matters deemed inappropriate for publication in regard to the matter.

What on earth is statement supposed to mean tacked on to the end of the article?

Surely all government matters are appropriate for publication and that would be in the public interest.

Just a nicer wording for censorship!!coffee1.gif

Transparency in Thailand?? Not in our lifetime.

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It's great that they've belatedly got around to busting Pongpat and his merry band of bent cops but when are they going to widen the purge and start arresting corrupt officers from other police divisions?

You mean 'all' police divisions, surely? ;)

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I have removed 3 posts that fall under this forum rule.

"1) You will not express disrespect of the King of Thailand or any one member of the Thai royal family, whether living or deceased, nor to criticize the monarchy as an institution.

By law, the Thai Royal Family are above politics. Speculation, comments and discussion of either a political or personal nature are not allowed when discussing HM The King or the Royal family.*

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