Regional chief orders investigation into use of police van for trip to Cha-amPol Lt Gen Panurat Lakboon, head of Provincial Police Region 3, has ordered an investigation into how a police van from Korat ended up at a beach in Phetchaburi. The van belonged to the Phon Krang police station in Muang district of the northeastern province, 425 kilometres from Cha-am. Pol Lt Gen Panurat said on Saturday that Pol Maj Gen Pornchai Nonwachai, chief of Nakhon Ratchasima police, brought the matter to his attention and he had ordered a fact-finding committee to investigate it. An initial investigation found that police from the station had no official duties in Phetchaburi. If the investigation showed that some officers attached to the Phon Krang station had used the police van for personal use, they would face disciplinary punishment, said Pol Lt Gen Panurat.

Source: Bangkok Post September 18, 2021 10:18 UTC