CHON BURI: A Pattaya law enforcement officer implicated of requiring 60,000 baht from a traveler for belongings of an e-cigarette has actually been momentarily dismissed from the authorities service pending a severe disciplinary examination.
Pol Sen Sgt Maj Noppakrit Pornwatanathanakij, a traffic officer at Pattaya police headquarters, was at first transferred to an inactive post at the operations centre of the provincial authorities workplace on Feb 1 following a report and photos on the “Sharpen Krasae” tv program aired on Channel 3 on Jan 31.
In the report, a Chinese tourist guide was stated to have actually sent out a message to other guides in his group stating that a traveler under his care was apprehended for having an e-cigarette by a cop who required a fine of 60,000 baht. After some bargaining, the amount was minimized to 30,000 baht. This supposedly taken place in Pattaya on Jan 28 or 29.
A fact-finding committee was established to examine. The committee discovered there sufficed proof of Pol Sen Sgt Maj Noppakrit having actually dedicated a severe breach of discipline under Area 112 (1) of the National Cops Act.
Another committee was consequently established to perform a severe disciplinary examination versus the officer.
The provincial authorities workplace on Tuesday provided an order momentarily dismissing Pol Sen Sgt Maj Noppakrit from the authorities service pending the conclusion of the disciplinary examination.
Under the very same order, Pattaya authorities were to continue with legal action versus the officer on extortion charges.
