Thai cop sacked over gaur smuggling

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Cop sacked over gaur smuggling
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Provincial Police Region 3 chief Pol Lt-General Thawitchat Palasakhas dismissed Police Senior Sgt-Major Mongkhon Boonmachuen, 47, from civil service after he was nabbed yesterday while smuggling 246 kilograms of gaur carcasses using a police car in Chaiyaphum's Khon San district.

Thawitchat said the 47-year-old traffic policeman would face criminal investigation and punishment to set an example to others.

Mongkhon and accomplice Preecha Prabphan, 32, were apprehended at 8.30am at a checkpoint by police and Phukhieo Wildlife Sanctuary officials.

Mongkhon reportedly confessed to the crime, which he claimed to be his first offence, and |said he was hired by a hunter to transport the carcasses to a merchant in the district in exchange for some gaur meat. The duo faced the charge of having in possession parts of a protected species without permission.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Cop-sacked-over-gaur-smuggling-30274217.html


-- The Nation 2015-12-03

[trogers]

First offence or just caught for the first time?

[jaltsc]

"...he claimed to be his first offence..."

What he meant to say: This was his first offence where he forgot to pay the higher ups.

[taony]

Police for hire for illegal activities. Why no charges for that as well?

[scorecard]

Police for hire for illegal activities. Why no charges for that as well?

And punishment for using police vehicles for non police work.

[MZurf]

Funny how lower ranked police can be sacked outright while those with higher ranks seem to be transferred to inactive posts no matter what they've done. Part of Thainess I guess...

[garyk]

I was in Southern Thailand about a month ago and stopped at a local shop to eat.I Was coming from a Wildlife refuge center. It was owned by a policeman I found out later. I went to the back of the shop and found Guar meat and wild deer. I asked where they got it and no one said a word. Go figure. I am surprised there are any animals left in the Wildlife reserves and N.P.'s to be honest.

[TheCruncher]

Funny how lower ranked police can be sacked outright while those with higher ranks seem to be transferred to inactive posts no matter what they've done. Part of Thainess I guess...

Probably the inactive post department was oversupplied already.

[whatproblem]

Who would of thought that a Thai policeman would do something illegal?

[retarius]

So they can sack cops? I thought they were only allowed to move them to other provinces. But I suppose corruption is seen as a much less serious offense than guar smuggling.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

First offence or just caught for the first time?

Caught for the first time or first time he couldn't buy his way out of being caught?

[fred Kubasa]

I have a list of 11,000 things I'd like to smuggle and must have missed GAUR !

What the hell is a GAUR ?

[Artisi]

I have a list of 11,000 things I'd like to smuggle and must have missed GAUR !

What the hell is a GAUR ?

If you need to ask, you don't need one....

[nithisa78]

The haters and malcontents have posted. The self-righteous. Even with this arrest his life is probably better than most of all you posters. None who would stand by their word or capable of giving it. jealous bunch

[tuanku]

So they can sack cops? I thought they were only allowed to move them to other provinces. But I suppose corruption is seen as a much less serious offense than guar smuggling.

You can be pretty damn sure that gaur smuggling, or any other illegal activity, goes hand in glove with widespread bribery and corruption

[Ricardo]

"Gaur blimey, guv'nor, you got me bang to rights !"

"Will it be deer, to make this problem go away ?"

[ratcatcher]

I have a list of 11,000 things I'd like to smuggle and must have missed GAUR !

What the hell is a GAUR ?

Gaur'd'almighty, you just Google it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur

[cyberfarang]

I have a list of 11,000 things I'd like to smuggle and must have missed GAUR !

What the hell is a GAUR ?

Gaur'd'almighty, you just Google it.

gaur.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur

BULLOCKS.

[Ricardo]

I have a list of 11,000 things I'd like to smuggle and must have missed GAUR !

What the hell is a GAUR ?

Gaur'd'almighty, you just Google it.

gaur.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur

BULLOCKS.

A bum steer ?