BANGKOK, 16 May 2013 – The superiors of a police officer who took bribes from drivers on the road underneath Bearing skytrain station in Bangkok have been transferred away from Bang Na station.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khamronwit Thupkrachang yesterday ordered one of the officers, Police Lieutenant Colonel Suphachai Chaisuwan, transferred to Bang Saothong police station. The other, Police Major Somphopphong Chomphunak, was transferred to Nong Chok station. The two supervised traffic police officers at Bang Na station. They are being given the same positions at their new workplaces.
The Metropolitan Police chief said he decided on the transfer after not one, but two video clips spread online showing traffic police officers from Bang Na station taking bribes.
Police Senior Sergeant Major Niphon Sok-hai, the traffic policeman that appeared on the video clips posted on Youtube, has been slapped with a ‘non-final expulsion’ order, pending an investigation into his bribe-taking.
