Price of freedom was B27,000 after officers claimed visa on arrival was invalid
Taiwanese actress Charlene An poses for pictures at a shopping centre in Bangkok during her New Year vacation. (Screenshot from charlene_an517 Instagram)
Police are investigating a Taiwanese actress’s complaint that police shook her down for 27,000 baht at a checkpoint in Huai Khwang district during her New Year holiday.
Pol Col Yingyos Suwanno, chief of the Huai Khwang station, said on Thursday that normally his station did not set up checkpoints in the area mentioned by Charlene An.
Ms An complained via social media that she was stopped at a checkpoint near the Chinese embassy at about 1am on Jan 4 and was kept there…
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