Dummy police officer in Bangkok

Taiwanese actress should not have been released, extortion possible: Bangkok police chief

Police at an early morning checkpoint were wrong to release a visiting Taiwanese actress caught with a prohibited vapouriser and were being investigated for possible extortion in exchange for allowing her to leave, the Metropolitan Police Bureau chief said.

Pol Lt Gen Thiti Saengsawang told a press conference at the bureau on Monday that an initial investigation found that the policemen set up a checkpoint in front of the Chinese embassy and the tourist was seen in camera footage with the vapouriser in her possession.

Full story: Bangkok Post

Wassayos Ngamkham
BANGKOK POST

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