32 policemen shunted over Rohingya trafficking !!!

 

 

Some 32 police officers from three major units have been
 transferred en masse to inactive posts for alleged
involvement in the trafficking of Rohingya migrants.

 The transfers were made Monday by the Police Commission

 meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence

 Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.

 

Without giving the names or ranks of the transferred officers,

 national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang said the

commission's decision to act against the 32 officers is based

on proposals from their commanders in the Central

 Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Provincial Police

 regions 8 and 9.

 

The CIB is a key police agency supervising the Crime

 Suppression Division and Anti-Human Trafficking Division,

which deal with criminal cases countrywide.

 

 Provincial Police regions 8 and 9, meanwhile, oversee southern

 provinces, especially those facing the Andaman Sea where

Rohingya migrants, a Muslim ethnic group from Myanmar,

 have been found sailing in overcrowded boats to Thailand

 or Malaysia.

Ranong, which is under the jurisdiction of Provincial Police

Region 8, is one of their transit points from where they travel

 to Malaysia and other countries.

 

Gen Prawit admitted that officials from state agencies,

 including the military and police force, were linked with

trafficking.

 

"There are good and bad people in the military.

That's no different from other careers," Gen Prawit said.

 

 He was referring to the Na Thawi Provincial Court's warrants

 for the arrest of three army officers and one navy officer for

 alleged involvement in human trafficking.

The four, who are among seven suspects wanted in connection

with Rohingya migrant trafficking, have worked with the

 Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc), based in the

South, and the 3rd Naval Area Command, which overseas

areas in the Andaman Sea. They are Col Natsit Maksuwan,

 deputy Isoc chief in Satun province, Capt Wisut Bunnag

 and Capt Santhat Phetnoi, of Isoc in Chumphon province,

as well as Cdr Kampanat Sangthongchin, of the 3rd Naval

 Area Command.

 Col Natsit said in a phone interview on Monday he was

 "not worried" about the arrest warrant but that he was

not yet ready to meet the media at an official press conference

 to respond to the accusation.

 

Undeterred by his looming prosecution, Col Natsit said

 he is ready to back his defence with documentary evidence.

 

 He added that his commander was informed every time

he dealt with an influx of Rohingya migrants to Thailand,

 no matter if they came ashore after shipwrecks or if they

 were smuggled into the country by traffickers, he said.

 

However, Col Natsit, together with the three army suspects,

 have not yet reported to police, said Pol Maj Gen Pawin

 Phonsirin, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 8.

 

 So far a total of 153 arrest warrants have been issued for

suspects and 90 have been detained in connection with

Rohingya trafficking. Another 37 out of 77 suspects in

money-laundering cases related to Rohingya smuggling

 have also been apprehended, Pol Maj Gen Pawin said.

 

News,General,Bangkok Post, 22September 2015.

 

In my viewpoint,all authorities who involved in the

 

 trafficking of Rohingya migrants should not only

 

be shunted but they should put in jail for their guilty.

 

Sincerely Yours.