BANGKOK: Thai police said Tuesday they have charged a third high-ranking officer with lese majeste and all three with corruption, confiscating $61 million in assets in what has become a rare internal probe of the country’s top brass.
Authorities announced the royal defamation charge against marine police chief Boonsueb Praithuen, making him the third charged alongside Central Investigation Bureau chief Pongpat Chayapun and his deputy Kowit Vongrongrot in the widening probe.
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