A senior officer at Bang Rak police station in Bangkok has been moved to an inactive post over an alleged demand for a large payment in return for arranging a promotion - a promise he did not keep.
Pol Capt Chanintuch Ratchinotrai, 38, deputy crime suppression chief at Bang Rak police station, has been moved to the operations centre at the Metropolitan Police Bureau's (MPB) division 6.
The transfer, signed on Wednesday by Pol Maj Gen Songpol Wattanachai, chief of the division 6, followed a complaint by Pol Capt Chanchai Yensuk, deputy traffic police chief at Nimit Mai police station, that Pol Capt Chaninthat had demanded 700,000 baht from him in return for helping him get promotion to station chief, Thai media reported on Thursday.
Pol Capt Charnchai, 39, arranged for his wife to deliver the money to Pol Capt Chaninthat at a petrol station in Phaya Thai area on June 8.
When the police transfer list was announced, Pol Capt Charnchai did not get the promotion he was promised.
The deputy traffic police chief had asked for his money back, but the accused officer kept putting him off. An angry Pol Capt Charnchai and his wife then filed a complaint with Bang Sue police.
Pol Capt Chaninthat went to Bang Sue police station to return the 700,000 baht to the couple on July 5.
Pol Lt Gen Sanit Mahathavorn, acting MPB chief, ordered an inquiry into the alleged kickback demand upon learning of it.