Thread: 4 traffic cops transferred for allegedly manhandled a man in Klong Toey

Four city traffic policemen were transferred to do their jobs at the operations centre of the Traffic Police Division after they were accused of manhandling a man in Klong Toey area as seen in video clip widely shared in the social media.

The four policemen later admitted that the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding as they thought the man, Mr Pamoke Rodtiang, was a foreign and drunk.

Mr Pamoke, however, told the media that he merely took pictures of the four policemen while performing their duty with his smart phone. He said he did nothing wrong, but was roughly handled and handcuffed by the four policemen.

Mr Pamoke was on Tuesday invited to meet with Pol Maj-Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-aek, commander of the Traffic Police Division.

After a two-hour meeting in closed door, Pol Maj-Gen Jirasan emerged to tell the media in the presence of Pamoke that he had decided to transfer the four traffic policemen to the operations centre of the Traffic Police Division.

A fact-finding probe was also ordered to determine whether the four policemen were in the wrong or not before disciplinary action was to be taken against them, said the police officer.

He maintained that members of the public could take pictures of policemen at work.

4 traffic cops transferred for allegedly manhandled a man in Klong Toey - Thai PBS English News

So their justification for gross misconduct was that the man was not Thai and was drunk, a misunderstanding any officer could make!

Is there a police department of lesser stature than traffic? Where have they been transfer to? Riot Control?

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Is there a police department of lesser stature than traffic? Where have they been transfer to?

Tourist police, presumably.

These where corrupt bent coppers, that got filmed trying to extort money from motorists.

Good to see that some people stepped up to defend this man who apparently did nothing wrong

I read in the news that the video provide only part of the story, that the guy was drunk and had broken a mirror hence their action... The guy allegedly agreed to pay for the damage and apologised ... This may be a cover up I don't know, what did he record that would get him handcuffed, the video of the guy should be released... This wasn't a killing by military this time there's some chances...

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Is there a police department of lesser stature than traffic? Where have they been transfer to? Riot Control?

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