‘Pay 27,000 baht to be free’: Taiwanese actress warns of ‘corrupt cops’ in Bangkok, Entertainment News

A leisurely trip to Thailand became a horrific experience for Taiwanese actress Charlene An.

In multiple Instagram Stories (IGS), Charlene claimed she and her friends were detained by Thai police officers and made to pay 27,000 baht (S$1,079) for their freedom.

“Goodbye, rotten Bangkok!” the 32-year-old wrote in one IGS recounting the incident.

She had been travelling in Bangkok with her friends between Dec 29 and Jan 5 when she said they encountered a police checkpoint on Jan 4, at around 1am in the Huai Khwang district of Bangkok near the Chinese embassy.

They (the police) began by searching our bodies, then our bags, then vehicle… they wanted to find if we had any drugs or illegal items,” Charlene told Taiwanese media in a recent interview. They would also use this moment to check how much money their marks had on them, she added.

When they couldn’t find anything illegal…