On Wednesday, a number of media outlets wrote about a video allegedly showing an attempted extortion resulting in death, perpetrated by a police chief at a police station in Thailand’s Nakhon Sawan province.

according to Bangkok Post The video prompted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to order a full investigation into what could have been the asphyxiation of a drug detainee with a plastic bag over his head.

The intention was to pressure him and his wife for two million baht – about half a million kroner.

resuscitation attempts

The video received massive public interest after it was posted on Facebook. The picture shows a man in handcuffs carrying a plastic bag over his head, beating him and putting him on the ground, a man in military uniform.

The video is available in at least two versions of different lengths, taken from two different camera angles.

As the man groans and eventually becomes completely silent, men in civilian clothes and costumes enter and exit the room. Some eventually embark on a short-lived resuscitation attempt – apparently unsuccessful.

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The clip is real

According to Thailand’s National Police Chief Swat Gangyudsuk, there are good reasons to believe that media reports about an attempted extortion led to the death.

– After watching the clip, we think they are [involverte politifolkene] Committed a crime. The clip is real. The Bangkok Post quoted the police chief as saying he would issue an order to dismiss them from the police force and launch a serious disciplinary investigation.

The website states that according to an initial investigation, 13 police officers were involved.

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