Thread: Ex-Bangkok police chief caught with gun at Narita airport

True, but for a chap like this... its a humilliation he will remember

He might block the Japanese PM's plane on the runway on his next trip over, same as another Thai luminary did.

(Fuji News Network screen capture from Bangkok Post)

The Nation
June 28, 2015

Japanese forensic authorities have learned that the gun the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Camronwit Toopkrajank had allegedly taken from Thailand was not legally registered, a source said yesterday.

Authorities took the North American Arms .22-calibre gun to determine its power and check if it was legally registered after Camronwit was arrested at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Monday for carrying a weapon.

A highly placed source in Japan said the gun had only Arabic numbers and English letters crafted by the factory that produced the gun, identifying the country in which the gun was sold. He did not say which country.

The source said if the gun was legally registered and taxes were paid, it should have had Thai numbers and letters on the handle as the North American Arms .22 is a small pistol.

The source said it would depend on the Japanese prosecutors' judgement as to whether Camronwit would face heavier punishment for illegally carrying arms. He said carrying a gun is a serious crime, and whether or not the pistol was legal or not may be irrelevant.

Camronwit remains in police custody in Tokyo, pending prosecution.

National police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang instructed Police Region One commissioner Pol Lt-General Amnuay Nimano to find out how Camronwit was able to depart Thailand with the gun, and Amnuay then instructed Samut Prakan provincial chief Pol Maj-General Thana Chuwong to probe the incident.

Thana reported that Camronwit had arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport with three bags that were checked in, while his two carry-on bags - one on wheels and another with a strap - passed through X-ray without any banned objects being detected. He was flying business class with Thai Airways.

Camronwit's aide had earlier said that the former top cop usually packed his medication in checked-in luggage, but the day he was arrested in Tokyo, his medication bag was in his hand luggage. The pistol was found in his medication bag.

The former police officer left Thailand for Japan on a Thursday by Thai Airways flight TG 640 at 9pm and was arrested while he was about to leave Japan for Thailand on Monday at 5pm.

Camronwit's gun found to be unregistered - The Nation

Originally Posted by kmart

He might block the Japanese PM's plane on the runway on his next trip over, same as another Thai luminary did.

I'm curious to read more about that and can't find it on Google, do you mind pointing me in the right direction? Thanks.

The incident K mart is referring to occurred in Cambodia I do believe.

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

Camronwit had arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport with three bags that were checked in, while his two carry-on bags - one on wheels and another with a strap -

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

The former police officer left Thailand for Japan on a Thursday by Thai Airways flight TG 640 at 9pm and was arrested while he was about to leave Japan for Thailand on Monday at 5pm.

What was he doing emigrating and found he did not like Japan and wanted to return to Thailand?

I'd love to know exactly what was in all those bags

I bet Joan Collins never traveled with that much for a weekend trip

Well it seems there is more than one incident. Thanks for that Baldrick.

THENG BOON MA SHOOTS OFF
MORE THAN HIS MOUTH TO RAC

Theng Boon Ma, an alleged drug smuggler and long
time associate of
[Second Prime Minister] Hun Sen, was angered when Royal Air
Cambodge could not locate his luggage after a recent flight. According
to reports, Mr. Boon Ma requested a weapon from his bodyguard and received
in hand an AK-47.

Mr. Boon Ma, accompanied by the bodyguard, then returned to
the terminal and walked onto the tarmac. There he fired at the plane
which had brought him from Bangkok. One tire valued at $2,000 was
destroyed in the shooting.

Mr. Boon Ma does not deny the accusations. "They give such poor
service, he explains. "If they were my employees, I would have shot
them in the head." Mr. Boon Ma also acknowledged that he stopped
shooting only because "it was too dark to see if there were passengers
in the way."

Airport security refused to comment on the fact that the two men
openly brought weapons past customs and immigration control onto
the tarmac. Police officials acknowledge that Mr. Boon Ma's actions
were illegal, but concede that they have no plans to arrest him.

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by aging one

The incident K mart is referring to occurred in Cambodia I do believe.

I thought it was don muang in a thai airforce f16

google "thai prince f16 blocks japan"

That's the one. Him and 2 of his Air Force buddies parked their fighter jets on the runway blocking the incoming JAL flight carrying Japan's PM. Due to some perceived "snub" he thought he'd received on a diplomatic trip previously in Japan.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Hope the Japs throw the book at him.

Pretty sure they will. The Japs have been dishonoured, but as General Fukwit or whatever his name is, is too cowardly and Thai to admit culpability, sob on TV in front of journalists like a Japanese corporate chief executive, and then commit seppuku, he will have to be given a stern dose of Tenko, and some serious o-shiri pen pen. I imagine this will come as quite a culture shock to him - the idea of laws actually being enforced in an Asian country. My pen lie, eh.

Jail time is the only solution

Japanese forensic authorities have learned that the gun the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Camronwit Toopkrajank had allegedly taken from Thailand was not legally registered, a source said yesterday.

Wait for tomorrow's spin from the Thai side.

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

.22

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

TG 640

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

9pm

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

5pm

Originally Posted by Sumocakewalk

June 28

Originally Posted by baldrick

f16

Originally Posted by aging one

AK-47

It'sa fukkin lottery thread I tell ya !!!!

^^Here it is....

Weapon registration was carried out by hand until 2009, and it was possible some details from the database were missed during the digital transfer, Mr Sakchai said.

MFA pledges help to ex-police chief | Bangkok Post: news

^until they run the serial and find it was manufactured in 2013

but the thai lie machine misses the point - carrying a pistol in japan is a very serious breach of the law and unlike thailand it will be taken seriously

If only the Japanese would put their foot down and jail the prick - after a judge has found him guilty, of course


(Actually, I'm surprised he wasn't handed a diplomatic passport from the Thai Dip-Passp Vending machine for anyone who has at least one mid- to high-ish connection)

Originally Posted by hazz

I think there are informal exceptions for current and former heads of state and the like.... but a dodgy thai general is not that.

Actually, they can be doled out quite liberally for one trip (see dip couriers, week-postings etc..) . . . with a certain amount of prosecutorial immunity, but obviously not in this case.

Originally Posted by hazz

To be a fly on the wall when that chap realized that actually he was in serious trouble and that nobody would make it all just go away.... the look on his face would ahve been priceless. whats that german word for taking pleasure in someone else's suffering, again?

Schadenfreude . . .

Originally Posted by hazz

^Dipolmatic passports do not confer diplomatic immunity. Being formally recognised as an credited diplomat by the host country, anythng else would be involve the host country allowing foreign government to hand out immunity documented right left and center.... its a hell of a lot of sovereignty to give up. I think there are informal exceptions for current and former heads of state and the like.... but a dodgy thai general is not that.

To be a fly on the wall when that chap realized that actually he was in serious trouble and that nobody would make it all just go away.... the look on his face would ahve been priceless. whats that german word for taking pleasure in someone else's suffering, again?

Schadenfreude

Originally Posted by hazz

To be a fly on the wall when that chap realized that actually he was in serious trouble and that nobody would make it all just go away

I would bet he still thinks he will get away with it - he has had the attitude for life , and he will be in denial for a long time

Originally Posted by hazz

german word for taking pleasure in someone else's suffering, again?

fcukenYouStupidCnuten

Anybody notice the Thai/Jap railway project to CM was suspended for review the other day??

Coincidence??

^^ proably

^ only if the policman has some very very serious friends, which is unlikly

Originally Posted by Necron99

Anybody notice the Thai/Jap railway project to CM was suspended for review the other day??

Coincidence??

Who delayed, the Japs or the Thais?

^^^ I noticed, since I posted the article. Although the reason stated for the delay was that more detailed surveys were needed and 'suspended' wasn't mentioned.

https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...impacting.html (Surveys Delay Thai-Japanese Railways, Impacting Bkk-Chiang Mai and East-West Routes)

It could also be due to a forced package deal - subs and trains, or no subs.