BANGKOK - Thai police have apologised for an incident in which officers allegedly extorted money from a Taiwanese actress who was visiting Bangkok. The...
It accused them of “committing malfeasance or nonfeasance to cause damage against a particular person or committing dereliction of duty with dishonest intention”.
“I would like to stress that our city has lots of visitors coming. Immigration police, tourist police and local police must take the best care of tourists. And for the incident that has happened, if there is wrongdoing, as the head of the organisation, I apologise to the victims affected by what happened,” he said.Seven police officers from Bangkok’s Huay Kwang Police Station have been transferred and charged with dereliction of duty.
When An dropped the bombshell on the Thai police, several Thai TV stations began pointing to discrepancies in her claims. They also shared footage showing she owned and used a vaping device before and after being stopped at the checkpoint.
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