Money for promotion: Police scams police, no top brass involved
Police Captain just wanted extra spending money, told a lie & actually didn't know high-ranking police officer to help get a promotion.
Police Captain just wanted extra spending money, told a lie & actually didn't know high-ranking police officer to help get a promotion.
POLICE CORRUPTION
Money for promotion: Police scamming police, no top brass involved
14/07/2016
Online Reporters
A senior officer at Bang Rak police station in Bangkok has been moved to an inactive post over an alleged demand for a large payment in return for arranging a promotion a promise he did not keep.
WHAT HAPPENED?
It all started when one senior police officer allegedly promised to help his colleague get a promotion.
He said 700,000 baht could buy some "souvenirs" (bribe) for a unnamed high-ranking police officer, who could in turn help him become an inspector.
Pol Capt Charnchai, 39, a deputy traffic inspector at Nimit Mai station, arranged for his wife to deliver the money to Pol Capt Chaninthat, an inspector in charge of crime suppression at Bang Rak station, at a petrol station (gas station) in Phaya Thai area on June 8.
When the police transfer list was announced, Pol Capt Charnchai did not get the promotion he was promised.
The deputy traffic police chief had asked for his money back
The accused officer kept putting him off.
An angry Pol Capt Charnchai and his wife then filed a complaint with Bang Sue police.
Police Captain Chaninthat was formally accused of demanding 700,000 baht for helping another police officer, Pol Capt Chanchai, get a promotion.
Pol Capt Chaninthat went to Bang Sue police station to return the 700,000 baht to the couple on July 5.
But it was too late, Pol Lt Gen Sanit Mahathavorn, acting Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) chief, ordered an inquiry into the case after learning of it.
JUST A SCAM, NO REAL POSITION-BUYING OR TOP BRASS INVOLVED
In the end, Pol Capt Chanintuch admitted lying to Pol Capt Chanchai about being able to get him promoted, police said.
He denied knowing any high-ranking police officer who could help Pol Cap Chanchai receive a promotion.
Pol Capt Chanintuch said he intended to spend the money he received from Pol Capt Chanchai on himself, police said.
When he learnt that Pol Capt Chanchai had filed a complaint with Bang Sue police against him, he decided to return the money Pol Capt Chanchai.
PRIME MINISTER ANGRY ABOUT LIES BY HIGH-RANKING POLICE
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered the police to take action against the two senior officers involved in the promotion scandal.
"We are civil servants. We are not supposed to tell lies. This is nonsense," Gen Prayut said angrily.
He was citing the case of a senior police officer who is accused of promising to help his colleague get a promotion.
But when the officer was questioned, he denied the allegation.
MOVED TO AN INACTIVE POST
Pol Capt Chaninthat Ratchinotrai, 38, deputy crime suppression chief at Bang Rak police station, has been moved to the operations centre at the Metropolitan Police Bureau's (MPB) division 6.
Pol Maj Gen Charoen Srisaluk, commander of the 2nd Metropolitan Police Division, who oversees Bang Sue station and led the investigation into the case urged others who might have been deceived by Pol Capt Chanintuch to lodge complaints and provide information to police.
No police top brass have been implicated in the investigation, Pol Maj Gen Charoen said.
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