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Tourists extorted by police safe from prosecution for bribery

Taiwanese actress Charlene An is among the witnesses police want to question about the alleged solicitation of a bribe by checkpoint police in Bangkok early last month. (Photo from the actress’s Instagram account)

Tourists extorted by police will be safe from prosecution even though they paid a bribe, including holidaying Taiwanese actress Charlene An who alleged she was extorted for possession of an e-cigarette at a Bangkok checkpoint last month, a senior Bangkok police officer said on Wednesday.

Pol Maj Gen Atthaporn Wongsiripreeda, commander of Metropolitan Police Division 1, said interrogators would question witnesses in the case involving Ms An in Singapore and Taiwan to ensure their safety.

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