The Royal Thai Police (RTP) are in the headlines once once more for all the mistaken causes after a Thai woman accused RTP officers of kidnapping and extorting 1 million baht from her boss within the Din Daeng district of Bangkok. Shocking reported that preliminary CCTV footage revealed that two of the lads in the criminal group appeared similar to Immigration Bureau police inspectors however it wasn’t conclusive.
Namee Saelee filed a grievance at Din Daeng Police Station yesterday, reporting that she and her Chinese employer, 62 12 months old Qi, have been kidnapped on Friday, March 10, by a gang of six men, who seemed like RTP officers.
The 38 yr previous Thai woman revealed that she had been employed by Qi as an interpreter to assist him together with his passport and visa renewal on the Chaeng Watthana Government Complex on the day of the kidnapping.
Namee met Qi at his house in Soi Pracha Songkhro 2 in the Din Deang district of Bangkok and Qi’s pal drove them to the visa renewal advanced. However, they were told that Qi didn’t have the correct documents in order that they returned house to recheck the paperwork.
Upon their return, they noticed three sedans parked in front of Qi’s house, and a bunch of six males who seemed just like RTP officers had been ready for them. The group and Qi’s friend appeared to know one another.
Namee claims that the gang then bundled her and Qi into different vehicles and drove off. One of the lads claimed to be a police officer and interrogated her about her relationship with Qi. She told them that she met Qi final yr and worked for him as an interpreter.
Namee reported that the gang drove alongside Chang Wattana Road for 4 to 5 hours before releasing them again to Qi’s residence within the evening.
Qi later confessed that he was residing in Thailand illegally and that he was using the stolen identification card of a Thai man. Qi revealed that his good friend, who drove them to the visa renewal office, managed all the paperwork for him, and betrayed him.
Qi additionally revealed that the gang demanded US$60,000 (about 2 million baht) from him, and threatened to cost him with forging his id card if he refused to pay. Qi ultimately negotiated and paid US$30,000 to the gang. He asked his son to switch the money in crypto to the felony cryptocurrency account through the imtoken utility.
Namee revealed that she has been unable to contact Qi because the incident and later discovered that he had returned to China to reside with his son. She was worried about her safety and wanted to know whether RTP officers have been involved in any legal activity.
Din Daeng Police Station officers revealed Qi was utilizing the Thai ID card of a 55 yr old Thai man named Saroj Thongkamai who lived in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok.
They also found that two of the six individuals in the gang appeared similar to police inspectors from the Immigration Bureau.
An investigation is ongoing to find out whether the 2 officers were concerned in the incident..