The video showed a man with a bag placed over his head while he was pinned down by four men. - SCREENGRAB FROM SITTRA/FACEBOOK
BANGKOK (Reuters): Thai authorities have launched a manhunt for two police officers suspected of being involved in torturing to death a man who had been arrested for drug offences, police said on Thursday (Aug 26), after a video of the incident was shared widely online.
The video posted by lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd on his Facebook page showed what appeared to be a man being suffocated by a plastic bag placed over his head while he was pinned down by four men.
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