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Power politics
Bangkok Post
|May 14, 2025
A recent row that saw a policeman beaten for warning a politician not to take photos inside a polling booth confirms that local politics still wields significant influence over law enforcers.
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The case has seemingly dashed hopes that belligerent local politicians and influential figures will behave better in the future.
A civil court in January sent a warning signal to local mafiosi by handing a life sentence to “Kamnan Nok”, or Praween Chankhlai, a former Nakhon Pathom sub-district chief, for ordering the murder of a highway police officer during a party at his home two years ago.
But Sunday's beating seems to hammer home the point that influential figures have not been deterred and probably couldn't care less.
In the latest case, Siradanai “Golf” Plaiduang — a member of the Songkhla Provincial Administration (PAO) — and five of his assistants were arrested and denied bail for assaulting Pol Snr Sgt Maj Nisa-thit Kongthep.
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