Police promise to arrest KMITL suspects
Supachai Petchthewee
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- POLICE HAVE VOWED to arrest two suspects in the alleged embezzlement of Bt1.5 billion from King Mongkut's Institute for Technology Lat Krabang (KMITL) if they fail to surrender.

The suspects, Tawatchai Yimcharoen and Sompong Sahaporn-udomkarn, contacted police to arrange their surrenders but failed to show.

"If they don't turn themselves in, we will go after them and make arrests," Pol Colonel Nos Svettalekha, Crime Suppression Division (CSD) deputy commander, said yesterday in his capacity as the lead investigator in the case.

He said police had been tipped off as to their whereabouts.

The scandal involves several suspects, including KMITL officials. Most identified suspects have either come forward or been arrested.

Along with Tawatchai and Sompong, Kittisak Matthujad is wanted by police. He has reportedly fled overseas, and police want his passport revoked.

"We have contacted the Foreign Affairs Ministry to arrange ||the revocation," said CSD deputy commander Colonel Kornchai Klaikleung, who is also working on the case. Meanwhile, Nos said his team had discovered that Bt5.5 million from KMITL had been suspiciously channelled to one of its lecturers.

"If the lecturer fails to explain how the money got into his personal account, then we will have to take legal action against him," he said.

He said he would also ask Siam Commercial Bank to provide further details about Songklod Sriprasong, a former SCB branch manager who allegedly played a big role in the scandal.

According to Nos, the SCB told Songklod to leave the bank after detecting his irregularities.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-promise-to-arrest-KMITL-suspects-30251997.html


-- The Nation 2015-01-16

Arrest if they fail to surrender ! It would be hysterical if it wasn't so serious and unfortunately far too common practice.

Why give them the chance to surrender, why not just get on with it and make an arrest without all the fanfare and DELAY ?

What's the next headline, the suspects have fled the country but the BIB know where they are and will spare no effort to bring them back ?

And in other news, the UK have announced a new policy for apprehending suspects. No longer will we see Police actually doing their jobs and pursuing criminals to apprehend them, instead an announcement will be made on page 12 of the Daily Mail on a daily basis giving a list of suspects wanted for questioning, suspects will then have a 4 week window to give themselves up to the Police by which time it is hoped that everyone will have forgotten all about the original case. This new policy is claimed to save billions in wasted taxpayers money yearly which will be used to upgrade the Police force's vehicles to something more "butch" that looks better on TV.

I hope any fugitives from the new UK Order learn the Daily Mail is blocked in LoS so they can come here and later claim they didn't know they were wanted.

Police promise to arrest KMITL suspects

Only in Thailand!! Police doing their job makes the headlines........................

I am in awe. These police make the most sensational promises. Their vows are equally inspiring. I pay homage to the

thai police for their earth shattering promises and vows. The Thai people must be so proud of anyone who can promise and vow on such a scale.

>>The suspects, Tawatchai Yimcharoen and Sompong Sahaporn-udomkarn, contacted police to arrange their surrenders but failed to show.<< Quote

What a surprise!!

The police surely cannot be that gullible so can assume corruption still rules the roost.

........get on that list of those that have fled.....

...why not publish their names...copies of their passports......for extra effect.....

...otherwise.....crime does pay.....

He said police had been tipped off as to their whereabouts.

And now the police tipped off the suspects that they (the police) had been tipped off as to their (the suspects) whereabouts.

We'll give you 3 more chances to give yourself up or you are forgotten,PAL!

Arrest if they fail to surrender ! It would be hysterical if it wasn't so serious and unfortunately far too common practice.

Why give them the chance to surrender, why not just get on with it and make an arrest without all the fanfare and DELAY ?

What's the next headline, the suspects have fled the country but the BIB know where they are and will spare no effort to bring them back ?

What's the motto of the RTP ?

" We'll Get Around To It " with the option to use Sometime or Maybe ?

Promises, promises !

Thai police are NOTHING but a bad joke (IMO).

Totally pathetic and useless.

A promise to arrest is not the same as plainly arresting somebody. It leaves options open.

The TP has sworn to uphold the law, nothing more nothing less. They are not the lawmakers nor will they ever be. No place for promises.

It's time to prove RTP actually does what they claim.

The RTP had talked about a catchy slogan for public confidence like "Serve and Protect" and I think they found it - "Swerve and Defect."