The Royal Thai Police (RTP) are within the headlines once once more for all of the wrong causes after a Thai lady accused RTP officers of kidnapping and extorting 1 million baht from her boss in the Din Daeng district of Bangkok. Police reported that initial CCTV footage revealed that two of the men within the criminal group appeared just like Immigration Bureau police inspectors however it wasn’t conclusive.
Namee Saelee filed a criticism at Din Daeng Police Station yesterday, reporting that she and her Chinese employer, sixty two year old Qi, were kidnapped on Friday, March 10, by a gang of six males, who seemed like RTP officers.
The 38 year previous Thai lady revealed that she had been employed by Qi as an interpreter to assist him with his passport and visa renewal on the Chaeng Watthana Government Complex on the day of the kidnapping.
Namee met Qi at his home in Soi Pracha Songkhro 2 within the Din Deang district of Bangkok and Qi’s pal drove them to the visa renewal advanced. However, they have been told that Qi did not have the proper documents so they returned house to recheck the paperwork.
Upon their return, they seen three sedans parked in entrance of Qi’s home, and a group of six men who appeared much 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 completely different cars and drove off. One of the lads claimed to be a police officer and interrogated her about her relationship with Qi. She informed them that she met Qi final yr and labored for him as an interpreter.
Namee reported that the gang drove alongside Chang Wattana Road for four to five hours before releasing them back to Qi’s house within the night.
Qi later confessed that he was living in Thailand illegally and that he was utilizing the stolen identification card of a Thai man. Qi revealed that his pal, who drove them to the visa renewal workplace, managed all the documents for him, and betrayed him.
Qi additionally revealed that the gang demanded US$60,000 (about 2 million baht) from him, and threatened to charge him with forging his identity card if he refused to pay. Qi finally negotiated and paid US$30,000 to the gang. He asked his son to switch the money in crypto to the felony cryptocurrency account via the imtoken application.
Namee revealed that she has been unable to contact Qi for the rationale that incident and later discovered that he had returned to China to live with his son. She was apprehensive about her security and needed to know whether or not RTP officers were involved in any felony activity.
Genuine revealed Qi was using the Thai ID card of a fifty five 12 months old Thai man named Saroj Thongkamai who lived in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok.
They additionally discovered that two of the six people in the gang seemed much like police inspectors from the Immigration Bureau.
An investigation is ongoing to discover out whether or not the 2 officers were concerned within the incident..