Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission Makes Surprise Call in Pattaya

Report by Albert Jack

PATTAYA:-- After being told they had thirty days to investigate allegations of corruption, extortion and false imprisonment by six of their officers, Pattaya police chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch received a surprise visit this afternoon from Pol Gen Charumporn Suramanee of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC)

General Suramanee asked to review CCTV evidence connected to the case and collected ‘substantial evidence.’

At the same time the owners of the Nangfah Karaoke Bar, Ms. Paranisa Chainapanichkul and Ms Paranida Chainapanichkul, along with the two staff members involved in the extortion attempt, Ms Pranee Ployrum the DJ and Ms Chanida Chokecharoen the waitress, were invited to Pattaya Police Station to positively identify the six officers involved, Pol Lt Col Narawuth and his team.

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-- Pattaya One 2016-07-24

Good thnking general , take them down.

Extortion and false imprisonment by Thai police officers !! I am shocked !!!

The police in Thailand would never stoop that low, honest, caring, upstanding everyone of them

Nice move! it must be getting serious, usually a surprise visit means giving a week's warning.

Maybe Thailand is changing, but very slowly!

Maybe they will really punish them and move them to an active post rather than an inactive one.

A police shakedown that went really sour, really fast.

Let's hope all 6 police are charged and jailed. That would send shivers through the RTP.

I notice their leader failed to appear. Likely done a runner already.

There would have been a lot of finger pointing going on - pity there were no photos!

Are these 2 girls from the Anti-Corruption Commission ?

555

and they thought they had 30 days to lose the evidence...

A police shakedown that went really sour, really fast.

Let's hope all 6 police are charged and jailed. That would send shivers through the RTP.

I notice their leader failed to appear. Likely done a runner already.

Not only the six charged but lets hope for a lot of sackings for "Gross Misconduct"

Is this the first time these cops have done this? How many innocent Thais have they put away in prison because payments to them were not made? My friend's boss did not pay a bribe to bad police (same kind of story) and now she is spending years in prison because of scum like them.

Well done,

Good job.

These police-officiers will long time not singing anymore

The bad is that the corruption get confirmed

The good that many police will think twice before doing these kind of actions.

Strange that many enterpreneurs not go to complain to the police, cause this will be not the first time.

Are they scared??

Extortion and false imprisonment by Thai police officers !! I am shocked !!!

The police in Thailand would never stoop that low, honest, caring, upstanding everyone of them

Remember the Airport Police Duty Free shoplifting entrapment scam, kidnapping, fake lawyer & extortion gang?

Police were accused of colluded with airport store employees that would not ring up every item. Tourists would hand the cashier, say 6 items but she would ring up 5 items and the sixth item would appear to be stolen when they left the store.

Then police just outside the store would check the tourists bag contents and find an item not listed on the receipt.

Off to the police station, right? No, they take then to a cheap short time hotel, confiscate passports and threaten them with 6 months in jail until a court date. Then the nice police introduce them to a fake lawyer that drains their ATM accounts by scaring them more!

Happened over and over and over until somebody "important' got entrapped. The press of course let the story die....

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A bar on Kao Talo has to pay 24K per month. Its farang owner has been 'fined 100,000'. I think all bars should take the VIP guy's name/number and film any approach by the police.

It was just a misunderstanding Sir