Consumer Protection Police Division took " Boss Paul " to the Criminal Court for detention. His lawyer said he would not apply for bail today. Yesterday, the deputy commander of the Central Investigation Bureau came to question "Boss Paul" and he confirmed that he had never paid a bribe to any agency and that the angel he was referring to was a real angel. Police from the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) took Mr. Woratphon or Paul out of the Central Investigation Bureau's complaint center building and into a police car to send him to the Ratchada Criminal Court for detention. Immediately after taking him out, the police immediately took the suspect into a car. The car had one lead car and one end car. Mr. Witoon Kaengngan, Mr. Woraratpol's lawyer or Boss Paul, revealed that today he will not apply for bail because yesterday he saw the court order not granting bail to the 3 suspects. The court reasoned that the suspects acted as a gang and if they were granted bail, they would be concerned that th ey would interfere with the evidence. The reason Mr. Paul had to be detained today is because the interrogation is not yet complete. Therefore, he needs to give additional testimony to confirm that The Icon Group Company Limited is operating legally and that all suspects are innocent. Yesterday, Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, deputy commander of the Central Investigation Bureau, came to question Mr Woraratphon about the audio clip on social media. Mr Woraratphon gave information that the audio clip that was released was his own voice, but he insisted that he had never paid a bribe to any agency as had been claimed. As for the mention of angels, he confirmed that the angels he meant were real angels, not angels on Earth. As for the case where Mr. Ekkapop Leuangprasert, advisor to the Minister of Interior, revealed information that someone close to a senior executive of The Icon Group had converted assets into digital currency to pay bribes, Mr. Witoon confirmed that it was not true because the company's op erating results were in the tens of billions of baht. It would be impossible to use all of it to pay bribes. Initial investigations found that the person Mr. Ekkapop referred to was not a person related to The Icon Group Company Limited in any way. He himself would like to tell Mr. Ekkapop that if he presents untrue information, he may be charged with perjury. Meanwhile, Mr. Witthayu also said that if there is a request for bail for Mr. Waratphon after this, the amount will definitely have to be increased from 2 million baht, but he would not give details on how much the bail would be. Pol Maj Gen Suwat Saengnum, deputy commander of the Central Investigation Bureau, revealed that the reason Mr Waratpol has not yet been detained is because there are many issues to investigate. Yesterday, the interrogation was completed at 8:00 p.m. After the interrogation was completed, he was taken into custody. This morning, he was taken into custody because there is no need to interrogate the suspect at this time. It is u p to the court to continue detaining him. As for other issues, the police are asked to work carefully first. The relevant agencies have coordinated. The investigation cannot be rushed because everything depends on the evidence. The policy of Pol Gen Kittirat Phanphet, the national police chief, has urged this matter to be done thoroughly and fairly to all parties. Pol Maj Gen Suwat said that he confirmed that he would provide justice to all parties, whether they were victims or suspects. Initially, there was an objection to bail like other suspects. He would not disclose other issues at this time, but asked the public to have confidence in the work of the Central Investigation Bureau. When asked if the additional testimony of 'Boss Paul' would be more useful to the case, Pol. Maj. Gen. Suwat said that the investigation does not rely solely on the testimony of the accused, but will also rely on documentary evidence, material evidence, and the testimony of the victims to assemble the case. After this, there a re still many things that need to be investigated further because there are still more victims coming forward. In this regard, we would like to inform the public that victims can file complaints in any area. Yesterday, the national police chief again ordered all areas to set up complaint centers to alleviate the suffering of the people. The Consumer Protection Police Division has arranged for more than 100 investigators to join in questioning, but it is still not enough. As for whether the investigation will extend to other politicians or khaki officials who are involved, Pol. Maj. Gen. Suwat would not go into details, but said that all procedures are in the process of being carried out meticulously.- Source: Thai News Agency
