Six Bangkok policemen charged with extorting Taiwanese actress’s group

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A police investigation panel on Thursday (Feb 2) charged six Bangkok police officers – two captains and four sergeants – with bribe-taking over 27,000 baht (RM3,500) allegedly extorted from a Taiwanese actress and her friends.

Maj-Gen Thiradej Thammasuthee, commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division, said one of the seven initial suspects was cleared as he was not present when the bribe was allegedly demanded from actress Charlene and her group at a checkpoint in the early hours of Jan 5.