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  • Phuket policeman spared Senate corruption probe  for now

    Phuket policeman spared Senate corruption probe for now

    PHUKET: Cleared of allegations of corruption by an internal police investigation just last week, Chalong Police Duty Officer Boonlert Onklang today received another reprieve the inquiry he also faces by the Senate Standing Committee on Tourism has been postponed until next month. The internal investigation, conducted by the Royal Thai Police Committee on Justice and Police Affairs, ruled that Lt Col Boonlert was not guilty of allegations that he contrived to extort money from South African tourist Gabriel Sequeira. The investigation was launched after South African media reported Mr Sequeira saying that he paid almost half-a-million baht to police and lawyers to secure his release after he was charged for allegedly passing bogus US banknotes