Top cops face action over illegal dens

If found guilty, senior officers would be put on probation and face 5-per-cent salary cuts for three months, while less-senior officers would receive warnings, Sathaphorn said.
The investigation will look into the officers’ failure to perform their duties in relation to the existence of gambling dens; and their possible involvement in the operations of some of them. One den was exposed in a video shown by Rak Thailand Party leader Chuwit Kamolvisit in Parliament in August.
Acting national police chief Pol General Priewpan Damapong yesterday denied the existence of a new den that Chuwit said would begin operating soon in Bangkok’s Meng Jai.
No such den has been found, and talk of a new one is just a rumour, he said. Asked whether the den would have opened if not for Chuwit’s disclosure, Priewpan said police must take action according to the law.
Meanwhile, outgoing Government Lottery Office chief Wanchai Surakul denied that anyone had “masterminded” his proposal that a casino be opened in Thailand.