Day: August 26, 2021
Arrested cop denies extorting money, just wanted to find drug stash
THE police colonel seen in video clip suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags said after his arrest that he was not extorting 2 million baht from the him but was trying to get information on where he had hidden drugs, Siam Rath newspaper and Sanook.com said this evening (Aug 26). At …
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Anti-Prayut online campaign attracts 20,000 supporters on first day
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE have signed up in support of a parallel online campaign against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the first day of the opposition’s latest move to press him to step down. Pheu Thai Party spokeswoman Arunee Kasayanond confirmed today (Aug. 26) some 20,000 people, mostly Bangkokians, endorsed the …
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Urgent! Hunted cop arrested after fleeing to Myanmar
THE police colonel who fled after a video clip emerged showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags had fled to Myanmar’s Myawaddy town, across border from Mae Sot, but later coordinated with the police team chasing him and has now been arrested, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 26). Pol. …
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Cop in plastic bag murder of suspect ‘has fled to Cambodia’
THE INVESTIGATION team tracking down Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon who fled after a video clip emerged showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags said they believe he is no longer in Thailand and has fled by natural route to Cambodia, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Aug. 26). They are …
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