Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers inspected a care centre housing 92 patients in Kanchanaburi province on Oct 5, after a complainant alleged assault and confinement.
The owner showed officers a licence and maintained that the centre operated legally. The complainant told a well-known television programme that their son had taken them to the facility in Tha Muang district, where they alleged they were physically assaulted and held against their will.
CSD commander Pattanasak Bupphasuwan ordered officers from its Subdivision 5 to investigate the centre, which provides elderly care and care and rehabilitation for psychiatric patients.
The Kanchanaburi care centre’s owner presented a licence for police to examine and said it had most recently been renewed on Aug 3.
CSD investigators examining the Kanchanaburi complaint were seeking further information from the centre’s owner and collecting closed-circuit television footage from inside the centre, along with witness evidence, to establish the facts before deciding on further legal action. — The Nation/ANN
