News Forum - Ununiformed checkpoint police face charges for shooting at truck

[Thaiger]

5 young men left a camping trip outside Ban Phikunthong village in Narathiwat to run to town to grab some food at a 24-hour convenience store. As they were driving through Muang district they approached 3 men dressed in street clothes signalling them to pull over. Unsure of what they wanted in the middle of the night, and with no indication that they were police or other authorities, the group didn’t slow and passed through the checkpoint. The 3 men pulled out guns and opened fire on their truck seriously injuring 2 of the men in the back of the […]

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[HolyCowCm]

That is grounds for a firing, and not their guns again.

[Paco]

Insane

[palooka]

5 hours ago, HolyCowCm said:

That is grounds for a firing, and not their guns again.

Nah promotion and a transfer.

[Stonker]

6 hours ago, Thaiger said:

An investigation is still pending but the 3 plain-clothed police officers may be charged with attempted murder for firing at the vehicle when it failed to stop at the unclear checkpoint

According to the source Bangkok Post article they've already been charged:

"Following the filing of the complaint, the three policemen manning the checkpoint were initially charged with attempted murder, pending further investigation, Pol Maj Gen Waesamae said".

 

[Marble-eye]

1 hour ago, palooka said:

Nah promotion and a transfer.

No no no, transfer to the CTP (canine turd patrol).

[oldschooler]

10 minutes ago, Stonker said:

According to the source Bangkok Post article they've already been charged:

"Following the filing of the complaint, the three policemen manning the checkpoint were initially charged with attempted murder, pending further investigation, Pol Maj Gen Waesamae said".

That’s a definite NO at every stage of this daft operation. Improperly trained inexperienced undercover detectives? 
Let’s put them all together as an unsupervised field team !
 

Back to traffic & tourist harassment duties, with their immediate boss, for next five years, before retraining as “detectives”.

[HiuMak]

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