Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, chief of Phaya Sua, the National Parks Department’s forest crime suppression taskforce, which supervised the investigation that led to the arrest, said yesterday that the conversation had been recorded by an arresting official. In the clip released by ThaiPBS public television on Tuesday night, a man appeared to be offering another man benefits in exchange for not prosecuting him. The names have been withheld pending the official transcription. Man 1: “If the incident ends without anything, XXXX [a person’s name] can ask me for everything. Apart from the audio clip, Chaiwat said he was confident the documentation of the arrest had been done prudently and could help prosecute wrongdoers.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 07, 2018 21:56 UTC