Cop jailed for 50 years over massage parlour bribes

A policeman was sentenced to 50 years in prison by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases for receiving bribes from a massage parlour in exchange for turning a blind eye to illegal activities on their premises.

The ruling was published in a news bulletin of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) last month which said in March 2020 the policeman, attached to the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division, was found guilty of bribe-taking.

The PACC issued a statement yesterday that gave further details about the case.

According to the PACC, the senior police sergeant-major was indicted on 65 counts of bribe-taking where he took in a total of 641,000 baht from Nataree Entertainment, a massage parlour on Ratchadaphisek Road that was raided in 2016.

In its ruling, the court found the defendant guilty of violating the anti-graft law…