A safety officer previously stationed at a civil court building in Bangkok has been sentenced to one month in prison and fined 500 baht (US$15) for abusing his place by coercing cash from a female journalist for parking. It’s the first time he’s been convicted, with the sentence suspended for a 12 months.
Confidential comes following an incident on July 11, when an overzealous security officer demanded cost from a female journalist for parking her vehicle inside the premises of the court docket. The government board of the court acknowledged the difficulty and instantly order the relevant departments to conduct an investigation on the matter of the violation of the court’s energy on July 12.
The accused officer denied the accusation, claiming he did obtain a cash transfer, however rather a present out of gratitude. The courtroom conducted an investigation involving the police, the court security chief, the accused himself, and the female journalist who was coerced to pay for parking whilst covering a felony court docket story.
The court docket listening to held at present unveiled the sequence of events. The reporter confirmed that the accused asked for cash as a parking charge, and a value was negotiated beforehand. After transferring the money to the accused, the journalist relayed the incident to a third person, generally recognized as Yoong, and later mentioned it along with her colleagues. They took a picture of the money transfer slip, and after finishing her reporting duties, she immediately posted her expertise online, reported KhaoSod.
These detailed occasions, backed by the transfer receipt, along with the corroborative testament from the police officer, led the court docket to dismiss the accused’s defence of receiving it as an ‘appreciative gift’ as implausible. The courtroom opined that a present in the type of a financial institution switch just isn’t a norm. Under regular circumstances, if somebody doesn’t have money, they wouldn’t give anything in any respect. Thus the court docket inferred that the accused certainly unscrupulously demanded money, as he had no right to take action, and found him guilty of violating court docket jurisdiction.
In view of no previous convictions, the court docket sentenced him to 1 month in jail and imposed a 500 baht nice. The jail term was suspended for 1 12 months underneath part 56 of the Penal Code. If the nice stays unpaid, proceedings shall be taken consistent with sections 29 and 30 of the Penal Code..