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    Korat Police allegedly use police van for trip to beach

    Police in the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima are investigating the matter of a police van being allegedly used to take a group of police officers to the beach in Phetchaburi, a central Thai province. Footage of the officers getting out of the van and enjoying a meal on the beach circulated on the internet on Friday


    Panurat Lakboon, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 3 ordered an investigation following the video of people getting out of the police van at Cha-am beach went viral. Online commentators questioned the use of a police vehicle for such an activity. The police van in question belongs to the Phon Kran police station. Panurat says that Pol Maj Gen Pornchai Nonwachai, alerted him to the incident and ordered a fact-finding committee to investigate the matter.


    The regional chief says the investigation should be concluded in 7 days. The initial findings showed that the police from Nakhon Ratchasima were not called to Phetchaburi on any official matters. Panurat adds that if the investigation shows the officers from the Phon Krang police station used the van for personal use, they might face disciplinary action.

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    Officials clarify Korat police van stopped at the beach after collecting murder suspect

    Cops in the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima, AKA Korat, recently came under fire, figuratively, for allegedly using an official police van to take a trip to the beach. Police launched a fact-finding committee to investigate after pictures and videos surfaced of the police van arriving at a beach in Phetchaburi, a central Thai province, and people getting out and having a meal on the beach. Officials have now cleared up the misconception, saying the police were there on official business after collecting a murder suspect and the van was not used for personal use.


    Pol Maj Gen Paisarn Luesomboon, the deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 3, says an inquiry panel revealed that an officer from the Phon Krang police station had received contact from a fugitive, Sawai Khanpakwaen, who wanted to turn himself in. Sawai was wanted for allegedly killing his wife and her son in Korat 10 years prior. Sawai allegedly told police that he was working in Surat Thani but had a problem, so he asked the police to pick him up. It was not stated if Sawai’s problem, besides being wanted for murder, was a transportation issue.





    Paisarn says the officer who was in contact with the suspect alerted his superior, Pol Col Songwut Saiboon, to the suspect’s plight and was given permission to use the van to pick up the suspect. Then, when Korat police arrived in Prachuap Khiri Khan on September 16 they discovered officials from the Provincial Police Region 8 had already arrested the suspect.


    The cops from up north then put the suspect in the van and started their drive back up to Nakhon Ratchasima. They conceded that they stopped on the way for a bite to eat at the beach in Phetchaburi. They did not state whether the suspect was still in the van at this time or whether he joined them for their respite from the road. Paisarn reiterated that the police van was only used for official duties and the officers did not use it for personal use…


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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Sawai allegedly told police that he was working in Surat Thani but had a problem, so he asked the police to pick him up. It was not stated if Sawai’s problem, besides being wanted for murder, was a transportation issue.
    Hehe..

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