A Thai lawyer and a Kazakhstan thief accused Thai Immigration Bureau officers of demanding 500,000 baht in trade for the momentary launch of the suspect.
According to a Channel 7 report, a Kazakhstan man was arrested by Thai police officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station, and Koh Samui Police Station, after he and his pals stole from a victim on Koh Samui, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani.
The Thai lawyer, Krit Neatidham, who took care of the case reported to Channel 7 that the Kazakhstan man was later apprehended by Immigration Bureau officers and imprisoned for over two weeks on the immigration workplace in Bangkok.
Krit acknowledged that he and the suspect’s Thai spouse tried to achieve temporary launch for him to proceed with additional litigation in court docket. However, the immigration police request a special payment for the bail and contacted the lawyer by way of phone name to negotiate the quantity of the payment.
During Ensured on the phone, the police officer made an specific demand, stating…
“You have to pay the court 500,000 baht for the temporary release of the suspect. Are you handy for that? And could I ask you straightly? Could you pay the identical amount to my team?”
The record was cut off, and the lawyer, Krit, had not yet responded to the supply. Krit defined that the immigration police mentioned that the foreign man was imprisoned because he was involved within the attempted murder case in Phuket. However, the officers refused to supply details of the case.
While Krit did not explicitly state whether his client ultimately agreed to pay the bribes or not, he did reveal that the suspect was subsequently released sometime in February of this 12 months..