Three Pattaya cops face legal action over escape by German, American suspects


BANGKOK: Three Pattaya policemen are to face legal action related to the escape of two suspects, a German and an American, arrested for allegedly buying sex from underage girls, a deputy national police chief on Wednesday (Dec 6).

Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn (pic), deputy commissioner-general of the Royal Thai Police, said a former chief of Pattaya police station, a deputy station chief and the police officer in charge of the case would face disciplinary action for failing to observe regulations following the arrests of the foreign suspects.

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