After a German man claimed that he needed to pay a site visitors nice of 2,000 baht in Phuket final month, Chalong Police say there is no action to take over the accusation, since there is no document of the nice. Reports stated that on February 20, the man had been using a motorbike via the Chalong underpass.
The man said that when he exited the underpass, a policeman immediately stopped him, and advised him that it was unlawful to experience a bike through the underpass. The officer ignored the man saying that he noticed no signal indicating that it was unlawful to experience a bike by way of the tunnel.
The man mentioned the officer requested him to pay a 5,000 baht nice. Since the person didn’t have that a lot cash on him, the officer requested for 2,000 baht as a substitute, which could probably be paid there on the aspect of the street. The man agreed to this.
The chief of Chalong Traffic Police, Pol Lt Col Jeerasit Noopayan, told The Phuket News yesterday that the incident had been investigated, and that he had known as the vacationer.
Chief Jeerasit stated that the man’s solely concern was with the dearth of signage warning folks that it is illegal to journey a motorcycle via the underpass. He mentioned the person “did not point out the arrest and fine.” Chief Jeerasit went on to say…
“He didn’t mention the arrest. His concern was solely about the prohibition signal that can’t be seen anywhere near the underpass.”
The chief additionally noted that the person did not publish the video of the incident online himself. Chief Jeerasit stated the one who recorded the video used Google Translate to speak with the man, which may have triggered a misunderstanding.
Marked down Jeerasit careworn that the man did not intend to say that the police acted in opposition to the law, but quite, he simply wished to say that there was no sign prohibiting bikes from going through the underpass. Chief Jeerasit said…
“We have already checked and there is no record of the arrest of the German man that day… He didn’t say the place precisely the incident happened on the telephone. He stated he went via an underpass and he did not say which underpass. He solely stated he was going to the Big Buddha Temple. It is possible that it was the Chalong underpass, however he did not affirm.”