Aranyaprathet police chief transferred over torture allegations

After the arrest, Channel 8 obtained footage from security cameras that showed that Buaphan being beaten by the teenage gang until she lost consciousness. Footage also showed the gang taking her unconscious form on a motorcycle to the pond where her body was later found

Only after Channel 8 played the footage did the police arrest the five teenagers and release Panya.

During the crime reenactment, Panya was able to describe how his wife was beaten and killed and could point at the spot where she was drowned by the gang, leading social networkers and several media expressing doubt as to why Panya had that knowledge if he didn’t do it and was in fact drunk the night his wife was killed.

The strong criticism on social media that police had against arrested a scapegoat prompted deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn to head to…