Police 'botched Boss report'

Vorayuth Yoovidhya is in police custody after the hit-and-run crash in September 2012. (Bangkok Post file photo)
Vorayuth Yoovidhya is in police custody after the hit-and-run crash in September 2012. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The police panel probing the alleged mishandling of the 2012 hit-and-run case wrapped up its investigation on Wednesday, having found twenty police to be negligent.

Assistant national police chief Pol Lt Gen Jaruwat Waisaya, deputy chairman of the panel, said they produced a flawed report which led to public prosecutors deciding not to indict Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya on a reckless driving causing death charge.

The panel plans to forward its findings to national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda to consider ordering a disciplinary probe against the police, some of whom are now retired, said Pol Lt Gen Jaruwat.

Of the 20 implicated, 11 were members of the police's first team of investigators handling the case and the rest were members of a second police team formed to take over the probe from the first. Two of the policemen named were a police lieutenant general and a police major general, he said. They were found to have failed to ensure the investigation into the case was strictly implemented and failed to produce a complete report, he said.

They may also face some criminal charges and a further investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), he said.

Some of the 11 police and former police in the first investigation have already faced legal action by the NACC, he said. This investigation into alleged mishandling of the case was final, he said.



To date, three panels have been formed to look into the dropping of the reckless driving causing death charge. One was set up by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the others were launched by the Office of the Attorney-General and the Royal Thai Police Office.

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Vocabulary

  • botch: to do something very badly or carelessly - ทำผิดพลาด
  • charge : an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime - ข้อกล่าวหา
  • disciplinary: related to the punishment of people who do not obey the rules - การลงโทษเนื่องจากการฝ่าฝืนวินัย หรือระเบียบ
  • flawed: spoiled by something - มีข้อบกพร่อง
  • implement: to make something such as an idea, plan, system or law start to work and be used - นำแผนหรือนโยบายมาปฏิบัติ, นำมาใช้
  • implicate: to show or suggest that someone is involved in something illegal or morally wrong   - โยงใยถึง, เกี่ยวพันกับ
  • indict (verb): to officially accuse someone of a serious crime - ฟ้องร้อง
  • mishandling: dealing with a situation or process badly or without enough care - การจัดการอย่างไม่ถูก
  • negligent: not being careful or giving enough attention to people or things that are your responsibility - ละเลย,ไม่สนใจ
  • panel: a group of people who make decisions or judgments - คณะกรรมการ
  • probe: an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem or accident, made by an official group (or by the media); an investigation - การตรวจสอบ  การสอบสวน
  • prosecutors (noun): lawyers whose job is to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty อัยการ - อัยการ
  • reckless: not thinking about the possible bad effects of your actions - สะเพร่า
  • scion (noun): a young member of a family, especially a famous or important one - ทายาท

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