Thailand‘s police chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat ordered an pressing investigation into a video of Tourist Police officers aiding with the bags of a well-known lawyer at Suvarnabhumi Airport after the clip sparked concerns that the act was inappropriate and outside of the officers’ specified duties.
Chief Damrongsak held a convention yesterday at the Royal Thai Police (RTP) Headquarters to announce the launch of the investigation as well as to order the force to work based on the identical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), which must be clear and non-discriminatory, stories ThaiRath.
In the 20-second-long clip, two cops in brown uniforms push luggage belonging to the family of Lawyer Tam, a well-known figure in Thailand, and help to carry it onto the luggage belt at the check-in counter.
The clip surfaced as a outcome of well-known political whistleblower Chuwit Kamolwisit posted it on Facebook yesterday, calling out the police…
“I am a walking citizen. If I travel anywhere, I go to the counter and load my baggage myself according to the rules. No one to welcome me, no police to carry my bags.
“The clip confirms that Lawyer Tam is a vital individual – the police need to welcome him, assist together with his bags and accompany him to the gate. Is Lawyer Tam not a public attorney?
“How wealthy, how prestigious do you have to be that the police welcome you?”
Nest egg has since snapped again at Chuwit’s comments…
“Hello, Chuwit the Great… thanks for following my life. Even to the purpose of taking a clip of my child travelling abroad and cropping the clip – ignoring the fact that the police who came to assist have been strolling in the other way when they recognised my face and got here to say hello. The police saw that my child’s baggage was heavy and came to assist like someone with a great ‘Service Mind.’
“If you don’t like me, should you hate me or assault me, I don’t thoughts. I understand that individuals have points. But to addContent a clip you took from an harmless bystander, addContent it to your page for millions of individuals to see. I don’t suppose it’s very manly. Or is this what [Chuwit] the good “super villain” does?”
Nevertheless, Thailand’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the video to determine whether or not the officers had been appearing inside their authority and whether the service was acceptable.
The investigation will take a look into whether or not the implementation of privileges has negatively affected the RTP’s popularity.
The RTP’s popularity took a heavy blow in January after a Chinese tourist made a TikTok about her expertise using a Chinese e-commerce platform to pay for the VIP police escort service from Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The vacationer talked about how simple it was to pay and use the service which allowed her to skip proper by way of immigration and right into a police automobile upon arrival in Thailand. Then, traffic cops obtained her from Suvarnabhumi to Pattaya in only one hour – a journey that often takes three – by blasting the vehicle’s emergency siren.
According to the adverts on-line, a police escort from Thailand’s largest airport to Pattaya prices 7,000 baht for a car and 6,000 for a bike, the tourist mentioned in TikTok..