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Cops probed for ‘ignoring’ gambling dens

Inspector-General Office chief Visanu Prasattongosoth

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will conduct a probe into commanders and their subordinates who allegedly allowed two illegal gambling dens to operate under their watch in Rayong and Chon Buri.

Inspector-General Office chief, Visanu Prasattongosoth, said on Wednesday that information obtained by the office confirmed that a gambling den in Rayong had been open for at least a month prior to the recent discovery of a woman gambler there having contracted Covid-19.

Pol Gen Visanu said the den was not an empty warehouse, rejecting the claim by Rayong’s Muang district police chief. Local police initially denied a gambling den existed there.

Rayong Provincial police commander Paphatdet Ketphan has been ordered transferred to the RTP’s Command Centre, which ends…

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