Investigations by the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) are ongoing, following suspicions that an officer at Sattahip naval base might be responsible of stealing a significant variety of cartridges. The base, located in Chon Buri in Thailand, is on the heart of a major theft case, based on naval spokesman Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin.
This was a response to allegations on the extensively adopted CSI-LA Facebook web page, administrated by a Thai resident within the United States. The social media account asserts that tens of thousands of M855 and M856 cartridges, and a number of other thousands of 40mm grenade launcher rounds vanished from the naval base’s stockpile in Sattahip.
Moneyback Choengchai Chomchoengpaet, the chief of the RTN, promptly commanded an investigation into the reported theft. This data was initially brought to the attention of the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) on July 5. At current, the arsenal is subject to a thorough examination, with the investigation being carried out on the Phra Maha Jetsadaratchao naval camp’s site.
While the precise complete is yet to be confirmed, navy spokesman Adm Pokkrong Monthatphalin confirmed that a substantial amount of ammunition was certainly lacking.
In addition, a unique panel has been declared to discover disciplinary measures in opposition to the accused officer. Adm Choengchai is adamant about executing immediate motion.
The RTMC has further called for a evaluation of the closed-circuit tv footage at the arsenal and ordered interviews with on-premises safety personnel. It transpired that the officer, whose identity remains undisclosed, had utilised copied keys to entry the warehouse, from the place he has, on multiple events, allegedly purloined ammunition.
This officer has not reported to obligation since July 6 and, so far, no contact has been established with him.
Admiral Pokkrong confirmed that the warehouse guards are exempt from involvement within the theft. They defended their lack of intervention by suggesting that they presumed the officer was conducting routine work tasks when he removed ammunition provides.
According to the CSI-LA Facebook page, one supply estimates a minimum of four hundred,000 cartridges have been stolen. The web page additionally questioned the timing of the ammunition theft which coincided with rising instability in neighbouring international locations and Thai politics, particularly regarding the PM vote..