Cop caught on video being chased is identified

The 1.2-minute clip, which was posted on the Facebook page “Chumchon Chok Dee”, features a man dressed in a police uniform running from two men, one of whom captures the man on camera fleeing from an apartment in Soi Prachasongkhrao 25, in Din Daeng district.
The man who took the clip shouts, “Why did you take my sister to a hotel?” and then tells another man to keep chasing the man in uniform, adding that he should not be afraid, because the man is a criminal. During the chase, they yell loudly at people in the soi to help them, saying, “He’s a criminal, help us catch him.”
They chased the uniformed man into next alley at Soi 23, but stopped when two policemen appear on a motorcycle and try to intervene. The fleeing policeman tells the two officers to help him get out of the area, and the three quickly leave the soi on the motorcycle.
Deputy Bangkok police chief Pol Maj-General Manit Wongsomboon said yesterday that the man in question is Pol Snr Sgt-Major Worawit Nukulkij, a crime suppression officer at Din Daeng police station. But Worawit had allegedly been on leave to take a promotion exam in Songkhla and could not be reached via mobile phone, Manit said.
Manit said a fact-finding panel was set up to launch a probe into the incident, and that Worawit would be punished if he were found to have committed wrongdoing.
Din Daeng police chief Pol Colonel Panop Worathanatchakul said he saw the clip and was informed that the incident took place on Friday and the man seen escaping in the clip was his subordinate, who had taken leave till April 30.
The other two police had also taken leave, but he believed they had nothing to do with the incident.
Panop said the two officers assisted him to avoid any trouble between local residents and police.
The two police also told those pursuing Worawit to report the incident to Din Daeng police, but nobody turned up.
Panop added that Worawit did not tell anyone about what happened and had since switched off his mobile phone.