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Arrest warrants have been issued for seven police officers who were allegedly involved in the incident where a plastic bag was put over a drug suspect’s head before he was beaten, allegedly by officers demanding a 2 million baht bribe. Reports say the man died from suffocation, but officers wrote the death off as a drug overdose. As of this morning, a prime suspect in the case, the now-ousted superintendent of Muang station in the northern province Nakhon Sawan, Thitisan Utthanaphon, was still on the run. Deputy spokesperson for the Royal Thai Police Kissana Phathanacharoen released a statement detailing the charges the […]

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"The spokesperson told the public not to share the surveillance camera footage online as it “impairs the victim’s dignity and affects an ongoing investigation.”

Kinda impairs the RTP's 'dignity' too wouldn't ya say spokesperson. And affects the ongoing investigation in a slam-dunk sorta way. 

Edited by King Cotton
Minor typo fixed
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