Police to prepare 11 more trafficking arrest warrants
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Eleven more warrants will be issued next week for the arrest of human trafficking suspects, Nakhon Si Thammarat police revealed.

Pol Lt-General Thesa Siriwatho, chief of Provincial Police Region 8, yesterday said the police in Nakhon Si Thammarat were rushing to process the human trafficking cases ahead of the pending deadline to let attorneys consider whether to issue prosecution orders.

Thesa said the progress was progressing quickly and only 28 suspects were still at large. He said the police would next week ask the court to issue 11 more arrest warrants on the charges of transnational crime and human trafficking. He said it would take the number of suspects in human trafficking cases to 68.

"On the prosecution process, it is up to the attorney decision whether to send the cases to Human Trafficking Criminal Court," he said.

Dejnarong Sutthicharnbancha, the Royal Thai Police spokesman, said the decision by Pol Maj-General Paween Pongsirin, the former head of the human trafficking investigation team, to go on his holidays abroad was a private matter but he did not think Paween made the move because he was threatened.

"Personally, I don't think Paween was threatened because of his actions to suppress the human trafficking network. Since he was high-ranking police, he should know how to deal with threats in the police way," Dejnarong said.

Dejnarong said Paween's decision to go away was none of his business and he has not spoken to the senior officer about it.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-to-prepare-11-more-trafficking-arrest-warra-30273260.html


-- The Nation 2015-11-19

...take your sweet time....and make sure they get ample advance warning.....

...insane....

"he should know how to deal with threats in the police way" ... which means?

Giving the traffickers plenty of time to transfer assets/change locations/

silence snitches and, where necessary, disapear !

This totally contradicts another article where the officer in question has stated that he fears for his safety and that the police chief has accepted his resignation.

Reminds me of another high ranking officer who resigned and the police chief claimed he new nothing if it.

it would take the number of suspects in human trafficking cases to 68.

And how many will get arrested? How many will get charged? How many will do prison time? How much will the police personally gain from this?

First three questions...very little to none. Last question...probably quite a lot.

Edited November 19, 201510 yr by Keesters

"he should know how to deal with threats in the police way"

His investigations were tabled and he was going to be transferred to the South where he identified trafficking corruption. I'd say he definitely knew how to deal with threats by retiring while he was still alive and seek safety. Perhaps he will leave Thailand and publish a tell-all book.