Former Pattaya Police Foreign Volunteer Arrested by Chonburi Immigration

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Former Pattaya Police Foreign Volunteer Arrested by Chonburi Immigration



PATTAYA: -- Immigration Police arrested a Danish man on Tuesday, accused of extortion of an arrested man and attempting to bribe a Royal Thai Police Officer, following an incident which occurred in 2012.

Immigration Officers arrested Mr. Leon Christiansen aged 51 from Denmark as he presented himself at the Chonburi Immigration Office in Jomtien for a visa renewal.

He was arrested on the strength of arrested warrant number 535/2558 dated 6th November 2015 and issued by the Pattaya Provincial Court. The warrant was in the name of Mr. Jesper Hansen and after leaving Thailand in 2014 he is thought to have returned to Denmark and changed his name before returning earlier this year.

Although he denies all allegations made against him, the incident as detailed on the warrant dates back to 2012 when the suspect worked as a Pattaya Police Volunteer.

He was assisting on a case where a fellow Danish National was arrested on allegations of sexual acts with a minor under the age of 15. Mr. Hansen was accused of extorting 800,000 Baht from the detained Dane in exchange for clearing the case.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/219235/former-pattaya-police-foreign-volunteer-arrested-by-chonburi-immigration/


-- Pattaya One 2015-11-25

[onemorechang]

Scum bag, no surprise to me.

Get rid of the lot now.

Thailand does just find with out these people.

Edited November 24, 2015 by onemorechang

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Seems like a fast learner if anything? After all he's assisting police; it looks like he's been paying attention!

[angsta]

His crime was not sharing the 800k.

[trogers]

His crime was not sharing the 800k.

Probably needed it for his application of a retirement visa.

[borisloosebrain]

Scum bag, no surprise to me.

Get rid of the lot now.

Thailand does just find with out these people.

Convicted him already have ya lol

[crazykopite]

That's what happens when you do not share the proceeds of your ill forgotten gains with your fellow police officers !!!! Enjoy your Christmas in the slammer !

[miamiman]

Happening more than you know.

[jimmysjo]

Scum bag, no surprise to me.

Get rid of the lot now.

Thailand does just find with out these people.

[captspectre]

Seems like a fast learner if anything? After all he's assisting police; it looks like he's been paying attention!

the thai police are to cheap to hire a translater, so they give up some of their power to scum bag falangs! a few years ago I was approached by one of these jack booted arrogant ass holes and he tried to get in my face and demand I.D. I told him to back off or I was going to break his face! the Thai policeman who was with him interviened! told the Thai that I would deal with him but not some scum sucking falang wannabe! things turned out alright.

[sanukjim]

Expats here have enough trouble with conniving BIB.What we don't need is one of our own assisting the scum.

[DLang]

Back Tax to be paid, and he'll be back in uniform once a new Tax % has been agreed on future earnings.

[Mudlover]

It's difficult to believe that a foreign police volunteer would have enough authority to clear serious charges.

[Veritas48]

Scum bag, no surprise to me.

Get rid of the lot now.

Thailand does just find with out these people.

Convicted him already have ya lol

I personally have had dealings with this <deleted>.....he is guilty of many more offences and I am glad that they finally got the son of a bitch!!!!!

[jobsworth]

Scum bag, no surprise to me.

Get rid of the lot now.

Thailand does just find with out these people.

Convicted him already have ya lol

I personally have had dealings with this <deleted>.....he is guilty of many more offences and I am glad that they finally got the son of a bitch!!!!!

like what? come on now. tell us what you know. setiing people up maybe?

[sawadee1947]

...and where are the 800.000 Baht?

[Ireland32]

Another Quality Mall Cop...

[abitmiffed]

Stupid fool didn't he know that extortion is a job solely for Thais?

Police clearly weren't happy with his offer too buy them all somtam for lunch.

[Rimmer]

Off topic posts generalising about police volunteers removed.

[onemorechang]

Scum bag, no surprise to me.

Get rid of the lot now.

Thailand does just find with out these people.

Convicted him already have ya lol

Yes, 5 years straight away.

+ 5 more for wanting to be a toy town cop in the first place

sound fair to me.

[johnhw]

Seems like a fast learner if anything? After all he's assisting police; it looks like he's been paying attention!

the thai police are to cheap to hire a translater, so they give up some of their power to scum bag falangs! a few years ago I was approached by one of these jack booted arrogant ass holes and he tried to get in my face and demand I.D. I told him to back off or I was going to break his face! the Thai policeman who was with him interviened! told the Thai that I would deal with him but not some scum sucking falang wannabe! things turned out alright.

So you were going to "break the face," of a "jack booted arrogant ass hole," "scum bag," "scum sucking falang," were you??

Why do too many of the posts here sound like a Grade7 schoolyard back home?

[likewise]

Seems like a fast learner if anything? After all he's assisting police; it looks like he's been paying attention!

the thai police are to cheap to hire a translater, so they give up some of their power to scum bag falangs! a few years ago I was approached by one of these jack booted arrogant ass holes and he tried to get in my face and demand I.D. I told him to back off or I was going to break his face! the Thai policeman who was with him interviened! told the Thai that I would deal with him but not some scum sucking falang wannabe! things turned out alright.

If you want a translator YOU have to find one if you are not happy with the one provided. Why would they pay for a translator for you ??

[mercman24]

yes i have convicted him, bang to rights, why did he do a runner back to his home country and change his name so he could come back yep guilty as surely as night follows day, deport him, job done.

[Regyai]

It's difficult to believe that a foreign police volunteer would have enough authority to clear serious charges.

But clearly enough authority to negotiate the $$$$ for thems that could

( and of course take the fall for it on their behalf )

[elgordo38]

Back Tax to be paid, and he'll be back in uniform once a new Tax % has been agreed on future earnings.

Its called mutual resolvement.

[oxforddon]

My understanding is that this man was once a Foreign Police Volunteer who was let go and he then became a volunteer with Traffic Police until he left that group too.

Tarring all such volunteers with the same brush seems harsh as many do a useful job very well.

[Crash999]

One Pattaya scammer down, thousands more to go.

[rwdrwdrwd]

My understanding is that this man was once a Foreign Police Volunteer who was let go and he then became a volunteer with Traffic Police until he left that group too.

Tarring all such volunteers with the same brush seems harsh as many do a useful job very well.

If they want translators, which is the usual justification for the existence of volunteers, then they should hire/accept qualified and certified translators alone.

Certainly should not be a possibility that a volunteer is even in a position to attempt extortion.

It's far from the first time foreign police volunteers in Thailand have been accused of abuse of 'authority' - in fact it happens rather a lot.

Edited November 25, 2015 by rwdrwdrwd

[oxforddon]

^^^^

The fact that police indeed have a few paid volunteers at their Soi 9 help desks does not obviate the need for the 18 hour a day volunteer service with some 20+ languages on call for that and other duties. And lets be fair, it is not only volunteer police who have been accused of abuse of one kind or another .....generalisms are seldom useful in any discussion.

[rwdrwdrwd]

I agree that translators are useful, which was my point. Hire certified translators. It's the 'other duties' aspect that's the issue - they shouldn't be doing 'other duties'.

I also agree that it is not only volunteer police operating under the current system that have been accused of abuse, but my comment was not generalising. I didn't say 'all' or even 'most', however it is clear from regular news reports that the proportion of volunteers abusing their authority is FAR higher than it should be.

Edited November 25, 2015 by rwdrwdrwd