One policeman of Thong Lor Police Station was accused of raping a Laotian woman while he was sidelining as taxi driver on April 21 and the other cop of Din Daeng Police Station was accused of taking a female drug suspect from a checkpoint to a motel on April 26 night, instead of taking her to police station for urine test.
Khamronwit said the fact-finding committees were set to probe those two allegations within three days and that, since acting Metropolitan Police Area 5 chief Anuchai Lekbumrung reported that initial probe found grounds suggesting wrongdoings, Khamronwit thus signed the temporary dismissal orders for both cops, which was in effect immediately.
The Thong Lor policeman-turned-cabbie Pol Sub Lt Thatree Seubsaman, wanted by Samut Prakan police, and the Din Daeng policeman Pol Sen Sgt Maj Worawit Nukulkit, who appeared in a Youtube clip as being chased by the victim’s relatives after allegedly taking her to an apartment which also served as motel, remained at large at the time being. Khamronwit said the police force was also probing whether the two Din Daeng patrolling police who picked up Worawit and let him go afterwards were also at fault. He affirmed that the force would not protect wrongdoing policemen and would not only disciplinary punish them but also punish them with criminal code punishment if the cases led to that.
Pol Col Panop Worathanatchakul, Din Daeng superintendent, reported to Metropolitan Police Area 1 chief Wichanwat Borirakkul about the that Worawit was on leave until April 30 but the police area was trying to locate Worawit, who was now reportedly in Songkhla and promised to come see police today (April 30). As the victim didn’t come out to testify about what happened yet but the initial probe for sufficient evidences suggesting wrongdoing, Worawit was temporarily dismissed because his alleged action was a disciplinary breach and tarnished the force.