Tortured man gets RTP cashThe Royal Thai Police (RTP) has been ordered to pay 3.38 million baht in compensation plus 7.5% interest to a man who was wrongfully arrested and tortured by the police in 2009. The ruling by the South Bangkok Civil Court on Wednesday resolved the lawsuit filed by the victim, Ritrong Cheunjit, in 2017. Mr Ritrong said while he was in police custody, officers tied a plastic bag around his head in an attempt to extract a confession from him. However, it turned out the police had the wrong suspect in custody, and Mr Ritrong sued seven police officers who took part in his torture. In 2017, Mr Ritrong filed a civil suit with the Southern Bangkok Civil Court against the RTP and demanded that the police pay him compensation for damages and delete his criminal record from their database.
