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40 highway police sidelined over bribery

Acting division chief says higher-ranking officers and officials from other agencies might also be involved

Officials check a truck at a weighing station along a highway in Ayutthaya on Friday. Reporters were taken on a tour to witness weighing procedures amid the widening investigation into “sticker bribes” involving police officers. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

Forty highway police officers have been transferred for alleged involvement in the overloaded truck bribe-sticker scandal, as an anti-graft panel widens its investigation.

Those transferred include one deputy superintendent, 17 deputy inspectors and 22 non-commissioned officers. Of the total, 12 will face criminal action for taking bribes,…

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