Police chief to root out “criminal organisation” behind violent student feuds

File photo : National police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukwimol

National police chief, Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, has vowed root out what he called the “criminal organisation”, which is allegedly instigating hatred and violence between rival students at the Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Uthenthawai campus.

He said the organization was behind the plotting of the fatal shooting of Thanasorn Hongsawat in the Khlong Toei area on November 11.

Speaking at a press conference today, after questioning Anawin, the prime suspect in the shooting, Pol Gen Torsak said that members of the organisation and former students of a vocational college near the Uthenthawai campus can no longer be treated as students, but as criminals, because of their activities, such as stockpiling of arms, their acquisition of vehicles used in committing crimes and their access to lawyers to defend them…