Bangkok, Metropolitan Police Division 4 Commander announces arrest of brutal loan shark gang that assaulted a 72-year-old grandmother. The suspects kept quiet and refused to answer media questions. In the case of the Sai Mai Must Survive page, which came to help a 72-year-old grandmother who was attacked by a gang of debt collectors who slapped her in the face and kicked her legs. Fortunately, her grandchild came to help in time. This incident occurred on July 20 at approximately 10:30 p.m. in front of a condo in the Chok Chai 4 area of ??Bangkok. The latest development, Pol. Col. Thanantorn Rattanasitthiphak, Commander of Metropolitan Police Division 4 (Commander of Metropolitan Police Division 4), revealed that after the victim went to ask for help from the Sai Mai Must Survive page, the investigation and investigation divisions collected evidence and information until they were able to verify the identities of the 4 people: Mr. Sophon or Off, aged 27, Mr. Kenwit or Ken, aged 32, Mr. Nattawut or Ice, age d 27, and Mr. Sirisorn or Bo, aged 25. After that, the investigators coordinated and pressured the suspects' relatives until the suspects came to surrender themselves in the middle of last night. During questioning, all suspects claimed that this was the first time they had physically assaulted their grandmother because they were upset that she had not paid her debt on time. Initially, the investigators filed 6 charges against Mr. Off and Mr. Ken: jointly operating a personal loan service business under supervision without permission, jointly lending money to others in a manner that is in the nature of charging interest rates exceeding the rate specified by law, jointly collecting debts by threatening, using violence or other actions that cause damage to the body, reputation or property of the debtor or others, jointly collecting debts from others who are not the debtors, jointly assaulting others causing physical or mental harm, and jointly causing fear or shock to others by threatening. Mr. Off confessed to the charges but denied the charge of jointly collecting debts from other persons who were not debtors, claiming that his grandmother was his debtor. Mr. Ken denied all charges. For Mr. Ken, there is a history of being prosecuted for debt collection using violence in 2018 in the area of ??Chalong Krung Police Station, 2023 in the area of ??Chorakhe Noi Police Station and Thung Song Hong Police Station. As for Mr. Ice and Mr. Bo, they were charged with 4 counts: jointly collecting debts by threatening, using violence or other actions that cause damage to the body, reputation or property of the debtor or others, jointly collecting debts from other persons who are not the debtors, jointly causing physical harm to others resulting in physical or mental harm, and jointly causing fear or shock to others by threatening. They confessed to all charges. Pol. Col. Thanantorn revealed that as for the part where society thinks that the police are working slowly, he confirmed that it was a misunderstanding because aft er the grandmother came to file a complaint on July 20, the investigator had the grandmother go for a physical examination to use the doctor's opinion to support the case file and had scheduled a questioning session on July 26. However, the victim may not have known yet, so she thought that the case had not progressed and had to ask for help from the Sai Mai Must Survive page. From the information available at this time, it is known who the real owner of the informal money lending network is. This person is a person with an arrest warrant from Min Buri Police Station. He is currently being tracked down and prosecuted. The investigator then took the four suspects to the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road to request a detention order for the first period. At the end of the request, the investigator objected to bail because the suspects had violent behavior and were concerned that the suspects would interfere with evidence if they were granted temporary bail. Reporters tried to ask Mr. Ken about the facts, but Mr. Ken only said that he would go to give a statement in court. The other three suspects did not answer any questions from the media. Source: Thai News Agency
