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Military probing soldier’s involvement in police, DSI extortion scandal

Cars carrying police and officials from the Department of Special Investigation enter the residence of a former consul-general of the Republic of Nauru in Sathon district, Bangkok on Dec 22, where 11 Chinese suspects were found hiding. (Capture from video: Chuvit Kamolvisit Facebook page)

An armed forces fact-finding panel is looking into a soldier’s alleged involvement in the police extortion of millions of baht in exchange for the release of 11 Chinese suspects found hiding in a former consul-general’s house in Bangkok.

Lt Gen Teerapong Pattamasing Na Ayutthaya, director general of civil affairs and spokesman for the Royal Thai Armed Forces Command, said on Tuesday the accused soldier was attached to the Armed Forces  Security…

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