National police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas has admitted the practice of highway police demanding and taking bribes from truck operators has long been in existence.
It had “exploded” on public awareness recently only after details were posted on social media, Pol Gen Damrongsak said on Wednesday.
He was speaking after Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, the Central Investigation Bureau chief, signed an order reassigning Highway Police commander Pol Maj Gen Ekarat Limsangkas to the CIB operations centre.
The move followed reports on social media that drivers of overloaded lorries were not being arrested at highway weighbridges if they had one of several stickers on their vehicles…
