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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>Thai police are arrested after they&#8217;re caught on camera suffocating suspected drug dealer &#8216;while trying to get him to double the bribe he offered them&#8217; </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>Jirapong Thanapat, 24, and his girlfriend were arrested was arrested for allegedly selling methamphetamine </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>Police initially accepted a $30,275 bribe to free him</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>Then s<strong>tation chief Colonel Thitisan Utthanaphon, aka Joe Ferrari</strong>, <strong>demanded the pair pay double the bribe</strong> </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>They wrapped five bags on the suspect&#8217;s head as they allegedly, tried to extort extra cash </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>The suspect died in the process </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>The govt. ordered the national police to oversee the investigation and he immediately sacked the officers allegedly involved in the death </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#4e4545"><strong>The police chief fled and remains at large, while four other officers have been arrested in probe</strong><br></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jirapong-Thanapat-a-drug-dealer-was-tortured-to-death-by-Thai-police-12.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388095"/><figcaption><strong>The victim suspected drug dealer Jirapong Thanapat [left], had been arrested with his girlfriend after they were allegedly selling methamphetamine drugs in Nakhon Sawan, northeast Thailand on August 5</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A group of police officers in Thailand were caught on CCTV torturing a suspected drug dealer, leading to his death. to death after suffocating him with plastic bags wrapped around his head in a bid to extort a $66,,550 bribe. <br>Jirapong Thanapat, 24, had been arrested with his girlfriend after allegedly, selling methamphetamine in Nakhon Sawan, northeast Thailand ;on August 5. <br>The footage of Thanapat being tortured by police as they tried to extort money to secure his release has been widely shared after it was leaked by a junior officer. ; ;</p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>CCTV appears to show Thai police torturing drugs suspect, Jirapong Thanapat, to death</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jirapong-Thanapat-a-drug-dealer-was-tortured-to-death-by-Thai-police-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388074" width="834" height="456"/><figcaption><strong> CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral showing Jirapong Thanapat, being interrogated in a police station in Nakhon Sawan, northeast Thailand ; </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jirapong-Thanapat-a-drug-dealer-was-tortured-to-death-by-Thai-police-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388073" width="761" height="1143"/><figcaption><strong>Still from the station CCTV footage shows Thai police officers allegedly torturing a drugs suspect to death. the 24-year-old male was suffocated with plastic bags wrapped around his head in a bid to extort a $66,550 bribe</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">CCTV footage of the incident has been widely shared showing Jirapong Thanapat, 24, being interrogated in a police station. Thanapat had been arrested with his girlfriend after they were allegedly sold methamphetamines in Nakhon Sawan, northeast Thailand on August 5.<br>Officers initially accepted a one million baht [$30,275], bribe for the pair to be released, not entirely strange in a country where corruption is endemic in the justice system. <br>That was before station chief Colonel Thitisan Utthanaphon, welched and allegedly, demanded the pair pay double the bribe money it is alleged. <br>He tried to ;extort the cash by wrapping at least five plastic bags around Jirapong&#8217;s head and taping his hands while repeatedly shaking him. <br>Jirapong collapsed and officers were unable to revive the suspect before he died the next day in hospital. <br>The police chief, nicknamed Joe Ferrari for his vast sports car collection including a Lamborghini and Bentley, is said to have recorded the death as a &#8216;drugs overdose&#8217; and released the suspect&#8217;s girlfriend on the condition she did not speak.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jirapong-Thanapat-a-drug-dealer-was-tortured-to-death-by-Thai-police-8.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388085" width="847" height="587"/><figcaption><strong>During the shakedown of Thanapat, and his girlfriend, the officers initially accepted a one million baht [30,275] bribe for the pair to be released</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Thitisan-Utthanaphon-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388087" width="850" height="834"/><figcaption><strong>Station chief Colonel Thitisan Utthanaphon, aka Joe Ferrari</strong>, <strong>[photo] demanded the pair pay double the bribe, it has been claimed. When the suspect died during the extortion process, he recorded the death as a &#8216;drugs overdose&#8217; and released the suspect&#8217;s girlfriend on the condition she did not speak.</strong> </figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jirapong-Thanapat-a-drug-dealer-was-tortured-to-death-by-Thai-police-9.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388089" width="843" height="469"/><figcaption><strong>Jirapong collapsed and officers were unable to revive the suspect before he died the next day in hospital</strong>. <strong>National spotlight fell on the incident after a junior officer at the station leaked the CCTV to a lawyer who publicly demanded that the policemen involved face justice</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But a junior officer at the station leaked the CCTV to a lawyer who publicly demanded that the policemen involved face justice. ; ; <br>Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha today ordered an investigation into the death as officials arrested four of the officers involved and began hunting three others including the chief. <br>A government spokesman said the prime minister &#8216;wants the national police chief to examine the clip and to give justice to the deceased&#8217;. <br>The military leader ordered national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk to oversee the investigation and he immediately sacked the officers allegedly involved in the death. <br>Four were arrested and interrogated while arrest warrants were issued for three others, with cops at checkpoints along the country&#8217;s borders ordered to turn them in.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Thitisan-Utthanaphon-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388088" width="844" height="550"/><figcaption><strong>The govt ordered the national police chief to oversee the investigation and he immediately sacked the officers allegedly involved in the death, including the station chief police chief, [photo], nicknamed Joe Ferrari for his vast sports car collection including a Lamborghini and a Bentley</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jirapong-Thanapat-a-drug-dealer-was-tortured-to-death-by-Thai-police-6.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-388082" width="853" height="730"/><figcaption><strong>The police officers are seen in the video trying to revive the suspect inside the station, after he went silent, throwing water on his face</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The police chief said: &#8216;We have watched the clip and believe the officers have committed an offence. The video is authentic. They will be dismissed from the police force and a serious disciplinary investigation will be launched.&#8217; Colonel Utthanaphon graduated from the Royal Police Cadet Academy in Bangkok before becoming known as one of the best drug enforcement officers in the country. <br>He was also known as a &#8216;playboy&#8217; who dated models and boasted a collection of sports cars including a Lamborghini limited-edition Aventador LP 720-4 50 Anniversary special, which he claimed to be the first person in the country to own, along with a Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 488 GTB and several Mercedes and Porsche. <br>Ex-girlfriend Pachanga &#8216;May&#8217; Sakakorn, a Thai actress, even claimed he had ordered officers to spy on her while she was on holiday before turning up at her parent&#8217;s house to order her online rants about him to be deleted. <br>Despite being illegal, bribes are a widely accepted part of the Thai justice system with officers across the country accepting payments in order for cases to be dropped.</p>



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Police are arrested after they’re caught on camera suffocating suspected drug dealer ‘while trying to get him to double the bribe he offered them’ – Thai govt orders immediate firing of cops involved
