Police deny forcing 'Popcorn gunman' into making a confession
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Police on Wednesday denied that they had beaten up the so-called "Popcorn gunman" suspect to extract a confession that he was involved in the shooting incident at Laksi one day before the February 2 election.
Puangtip Bunsanong, lawyer for Wiwat Yodprasit, who is widely known as the “Popcorn gunman”, claims her client was assaulted by the police to force him to confess to the charges.
National Police Chief Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew insisted that Wiwat was not a scapegoat as some observers had claimed.
Pol Col Athip Pongsiwapai, superintendent of Thung Song Hong police station, said the claim that the police beat the suspect to make him confess was groundless. He said the suspect had the right to change his statement and it would be up to the court’s judgement.
The Nation
