Parliamentary Police officers arrested a former Thai journalist as he posed as a news cameraman for stealing valuables from other hacks. Police believe the suspect attempted to blackmail new Members of Parliament.
Journalists from several news outlets gathered at Parliament House yesterday to interview new MPs who reported for work at Parliament.
Amid the chaos, one reporter noticed the former light-fingered journalist who stole some of his valuables a few years ago and reported it to the Parliamentary Police. Officers managed to apprehend the man, whose identity was not reported.
The man insisted that he was a journalist and came to Parliament to take pictures for his news articles. He wore an official press pass card with a strip that displayed a Parliament logo on it. However, his press card had expired and he could not present the permission document given…
