Charnthep also insisted that Aoun Loyfa, whom he claimed to know from a previous amulet contest, wasn’t the same person as the embattled Pol Sub-Lieutenant Manas Termthanasak as some Thai news reports had claimed. Charnthep said that, as far as he knew from their Facebook connection, Aoun Loyfa and Manas were respecting each other as if they were relatives. Charnthep said the Metropolitan Police Area 7-assigned fact-finding investigation into the ang pao gifts should yield an initial result by February 21. Charnthep also said that the initial probe didn’t find any record of Manas having been arrested in relation to a gambling den. He added that he hadn’t personally heard of Manus being the owner of a gambling den.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 20, 2018 10:30 UTC