I guess we should we be happy that we just get fined for no Motocycle helmets and dont end up dead !

[Nirish guy]

Thai police chief, known as Jo Ferrari, wanted over viral torture clip
Investigators in Thailand are hunting for a now-sacked police chief after a video went viral showing the apparent torture and killing of a drug suspect

I suppose the 13 !! luxury cars they found at his house may have just been in case he needed a quick get away - not that the police are corrupt of course......Im not suggesting that for a second ......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58334979

[cdnmatt]

There's definitely a dark undertone to this society of ours.

[gerefan2]

Par for the course. No surprise.

[Oliver2]

What is particularly worrying is that the murderers didn't seem to care that their actions were being recorded. Confidence that their actions would never be punished? or sheer stupidity? .Either explanation suggests that Thailand has a serious problem with its policemen..

[goji]

Par for the course. No surprise.

No surprise, but it's correct to keep publicizing the activities of the brown shirt state mafia.

Luckily I kept my head down on a short visit to Nakhon Sawan :).

[dab69]

Nakhon Sawan translates into "Heavenly City".
Still on my list to visit.

I must try to not show symptoms of hyperventilating and get the "plastic bag treatment" if pulled over by police.
Maybe they were out of paper bags that day...

[Oliver2]

Friends in high places? how can a provincial police captain own a luxury apartment in Bangkok and a fleet of luxury cars without his superiors knowing?

[Dodger]

Friends in high places? how can a provincial police captain own a luxury apartment in Bangkok and a fleet of luxury cars without his superiors knowing?

He can't.

[Nirish guy]

I see he has just “surrendered himself to police” in Chon Buri ( must be where his mates work) all in order to “spare the good name of the Thai police” - and this after an odd TV press conference held over a mobile phone, where his superiors appealed for sympathy for him in fact.

The BBC didn’t stop short in calling out the Thai police in their article below anyway that’s for sure ( not that it will make the remotest difference other than a few people getting transferred perhaps).

So, whilst I’m not a betting man should we open a “book” to set the odds now then on just how quickly the guy goes free or what the “fine” ( and subsequent transfer deal) will consist of perhaps for him ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58352441

[goji]

This includes the video.

Any country interested in cleaning up corruption ought to execute officials if properly convicted of this type of offence. I guess that will not be Thailand.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9925455/Thai-police-arrested-theyre-caught-camera-suffocating-suspected-drug-dealer-bribe.html

[dab69]

Simply advanced Covid safety protocol,,,

[dinagam]

Here is a list of his loot.
I wouldn't mind driving around with him naked in his red Ferrari, just the two of us...

[dab69]

Seems the captains condo (one of them) had some interesting things found.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/police-search-2-rooms-thitisan-and-subordinated-used-unknown-powder-and-drugs-allegedly-found

[Nirish guy]

Lets face it Thailand being what it is does anyone actually believe ANYTHING that's reported these days by the Thai police as accurate, especially in cases like this where a lot of money and face is involved of senior ranks and those who matter. As to what was "found" ( or deposited on someone else orders) - who knows I guess !

[Oliver2]

The Thai policeman in this film makes Khun Ferrari look like a saint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqAeVosG4zI&ab_channel=StudiocanalUK

[dab69]

Meanwhile one officer went gold shopping and shot the clerk:

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2176051/gold-shop-robber-reported-be-local-policeman



Oh and "Joe Ferrari" has been moved to prison with his 6 police accomplices:

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2175963/cops-in-torture-case-transferred-to-klong-prem-jail-from-phitsanulok

[mr giggles]

....

Any country interested in cleaning up corruption ought to execute officials if properly convicted of this type of offence. [/URL]

I find this sort of statement disturbing. They were executing gay people in the UK in the 19th century..

[dab69]

Interesting fuller detailed article:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jo-ferrari-high-rolling-life-232420703.html

[Oliver2]

Yes, fascinating. I started reading John Burdett's series of novels about Bangkok detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep long ago and the picture they paint of an ordinary (apart from his being half-falang) policeman is very different.....or perhaps things have changed.

[dab69]

https://autos.yahoo.com/joe-ferrari-international-car-smuggling-201500875.html

Joe Ferrari’s International Car Smuggling Scheme Included Large Amount Of Stolen Cars

Elizabeth Puckett
Tue, October 5, 2021, 3:15 PM·1 min read

⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious
Investigators shared that more than half of the seized 410 luxury cars are indeed stolen.

Seized at the Thai border, law enforcement seized a large collection of luxury cars, and now they’re learning that a bulk of these cars were stolen. Ex-police station chief Pol Colonel Thitisan Uthanapol, aka Joe Ferrari, is in big trouble after the National Police chief Pol General Suchart Theerasawat reported they discovered there were stolen cars from overseas amongst the seized cars.

“Of the 270, 101 had been reported stolen before being seized and 169 were reported after being confiscated,” deputy National Police chief Pol General Suchart Theerasawat told the press.

“We also have evidence showing that other officers were also involved in this scam.

“We believe Thitisan and his gang have been confiscating smuggled luxury cars and submitting them to the Customs Department for auction after pocketing 5 per cent of the estimated price as finder’s fee.

“We are investigating to see if the buyers of these cars are also related to the gang. The investigation team should be able to file charges within November.”

Most of the cars were smuggled from Singapore and Malaysia. Joe Ferrari was initially arrested in August for attempting to extort drug suspects and suffocating one of them. After the arrest, an investigation was opened to determine how a police chief was able to live such a lavish lifestyle, and the discovery of corruption spiraled from there.

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