THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
nationthailand

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication

CONTROVERSIAL ROCK star Seksan “Sek Loso” Sukphimai said yesterday that he planned to sue the police over officers’ “over-reaction” in arresting him by home intrusion.

The musician was arrested after posting a Facebook Live broadcast while shooting a gun into the sky inside a temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat ahead of the New Year Festival. 

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication
Regarding the urine test that led to an additional charge of drug abuse, the singer said he had not taken illicit drugs, only sleeping pills and medicine to treat Bipolar Disorder.

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication
Seksan also claimed he had asked his lawyer to negotiate with Nakhon Si Thammarat police chief Pol Maj General Wanchai Ekpornpit for him to turn himself in to fight the charges after completing a concert in Pattaya but the officer refused. 
He said that when police turned up at his home at 10am ahead of the raid on New Year’s Eve, one of his staff asked to see their search warrant, which police claimed to have, but the officers never showed it. 
Of the raid itself, Sek said he didn’t resist arrest and just wanted to wait for his lawyer to be present before doing anything. 
“But the officers went right up to my bedroom door, the incident which Eve [his girlfriend] recorded in a clip,” he said. “I cannot believe the “Arintharat” police SWAT team would come with arms to arrest a singer who had merely fired a gun skywards.”
Of his threat in the clip to shoot anyone who went into his room, Seksan said he had just made the remark in the heat of moment.

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication
“The charge of firing a gun skywards at 2am at the temple in the mountains is a small matter. I’m sure the bullets didn’t hit anyone and I wasn’t drunk,” he said, adding that he spent a night in a detention cell and didn’t get any special privileges after the arrest.
Sekan earlier yesterday posted a 25-minute Facebook Live broadcast to explain how a photo appeared online of him dining at a restaurant with two Nakhon Si Thammarat-based policemen and others. He said it was just a treat he had arranged to thank police officers for taking good care of him. 

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication
Insisting that he had acted sincerely and had admitted making a mistake in inviting police to a party, Seksan said he didn’t personally know superintendent Pol Colonel Rangsan Sukkua or Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat inspector Pol Lt-Colonel Theerapol Phumchai before his arrest and he didn’t wish to interfere with them carrying out their duty. 
Both officers had been transferred to inactive posts pending a probe shortly after the photo drew widespread public criticism and threatened to undermine public confidence in the officers’ neutrality in the investigation.
Meanwhile, Pol Maj-General Wanchai said the fact-finding committee would submit the result of its inquiry against Rangsan and Theerapol later last night. He said he also received an invitation via phone to attend the same party but had refused due to Seksan being a suspect.

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication
Seksan was charged with carrying and discharging his gun, which he admitted. 
He is also accused of illegal gun possession, which he denies, insisting he legally owns the gun and that it was registered.
He was released on bail by the Nakhon Si Thammarat Court so he could return to Bangkok to respond to the drug abuse charge. 

Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication
Seksan is due to attend Khanna Yao police in Bangkok this Friday to hear the drug abuse charge, based on the findings of a urine test conducted after his arrest.

RELATED
nationthailand