In anticipation of the conclusion of an inquiry into their alleged involvement in the overloaded truck bribe sticker incident, about 40 highway police officers are anticipated to be relocated to “inactive posts” at the operations center of the Highways Police Division.
Pol Lt-Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, is anticipated to sign an order tomorrow (Friday) transferring the commissioned and non-commissioned officers out of the division, according to Pol Maj-Gen Jaroonkiat Pankeaw, commander of the Police Counter Corruption Division and acting commander of the Highways Police Division, who spoke to the media today (Thursday).
The highway police need to get rid of some people, said Jaroonkiat.
The head of the Crime Victims Assistance Club, Atchariya Ruangrattanapong, recently submitted a police complaint asking for an investigation against the former highway police commander for allegedly embezzling his subordinates’ allowances.
In response to this complaint, Jaroonkiat stated that the anti-corruption police should look into it.
Special stickers were given to overloaded trucks to show that their owners had paid bribes to corrupt highway police personnel on a regular basis to keep them from being stopped and inspected.
The bribes were anticipated to cost several billion Thai Baht annually, and overloaded vehicles were to responsible for numerous accidents and significant road damage.
