Officers from the Crime Suppression Division have accomplished their investigation into the previous police chief often recognized as “Joe Ferrari” who is accused of suffocating a suspect to dying while demanding a 2 million baht bribe. Nation Thailand reports that prosecutors will launch authorized proceedings this week in opposition to the station chief of rural province Nakhon Sawan and six of his subordinates.
Ex-cop Thitisan Uthanapol and 6 officers allegedly demanded a 2 million baht bribe from two drug suspects again in August. Video footage from surveillance cameras reveals officers around a man during what seems to be the interrogation. Plastic luggage had been positioned over the man’s head. He was overwhelmed as he fell to the floor. Officers reportedly wrote the demise off as a drug overdose and allegedly ordered the other suspect to maintain quiet. Last week, the Nakhon Sawan provincial court docket dominated that the suspect died from deliberate suffocation.
Thitisan is named “Joe Ferrari” for his automotive collection and lavish lifestyle, especially given his police wage which was reportedly around forty,000 baht. His wealth is said to have come from confiscating and auctioning luxury automobiles that had been illegally imported from Malaysia. Following his arrest, the National Anti-Corruption Commission launched an investigation into the officer’s wealth.
Investigators from the Crime Suppression Division have collected enough proof related to the death in custody to move ahead with the case. Nation Thailand says the division is looking into irregularities associated to Joe Ferrari’s seizure of over four hundred luxury vehicles, however investigators are nonetheless waiting on further proof. According to Nation Thailand, the division says legal proceedings can still transfer ahead.
“However, we imagine legal proceedings towards the defendants can go forward in this case as nicely, as a outcome of the investigation staff uncovered irregularities all through the complete process, such as seizures, bribes, arrests and auctions.”
Once Guide file the case, Joe Ferrari’s lawyer says the former cop’s relatives are prepared to apply for bail, which ranges between four hundred,000 to 500,000 baht..g