PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is demanding instant and extreme motion be taken in opposition to cops who’re found guilty of misconduct. Since Extraordinary , 176 Royal Thai Police officers have been found responsible of misconduct.
The prime minister met with the Royal Thai Police Bureau yesterday to discuss the most recent instances of police misconduct. The Royal Thai Police says that since last January, 131 cops have been disciplined for misconduct, 38 officers have been removed from service, and 7 officers have been fired. This month, 28 officers have been disciplined, 23 have been fired and 5 officers have been removed from service.
One of essentially the most high-profile cases includes a former police superintendent known as “Joe Ferrari” and six of his subordinates who are accused of suffocating a suspect to dying in an attempt to extort 2 million baht. The seven officers are being held at Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison.
The RTP spokesperson, Maj-General Yingyot Thepjamnong, says the disciplinary action in opposition to police proves that the fee is taking misconduct among officers seriously. Yingyot provides that if officers’ misconduct pertains to criminal instances, they will be punished through the judicial course of..