Vi segnalo quanto riporta ora il sito Thaivisa a proposito di due italiani probabilmente incastrati dalla polizia ed arrestati:

On Wednesday the 4th of February two Italians have been arrested by Ayutthaya City police in front of the Bangkok Bank branch in Tesco Lotus Center. They just received a money order by Western Union at about 7 pm to pay their tickets back home.

While the two Italians were busy filling out the forms in order to receive the draft an attractive Thai woman set beside them. Just when the Italians have received their money the Thai woman complained vociferous that one of the Italians has stolen her cell phone. Within minutes two security guys and a civil police officer were in place to bust them.

Two foreign friends of the Italians and a Thai were witness of the scenario but were not asked by the police officer. The police did not search search the Italians for the “corpus delicti” - neither at spot, nor at the police station. One of the witnesses has asked for evidence of the allegation but has been refused in first stage. After insisting to see the security camera recording he and the Thai woman together with the police officer were allowed to see some sequences of the recording. On this video pictures there is no evidence of the presence of a cell phone and also no evidence of the accused act of stealing something/reaching out to something.

While the witness was looking at the video pictures the Thai woman constantly commented to the police officer how obvious the criminal act is been documented here but according to the witness the video does not pay any evidence of a criminal act at all. Any trial of the witnesses to make a statement on the act has been refused by the police officer in charge. He only has recorded the “victim’s” statement.

On the police station the Italians have been offered to get away by paying 30,000 THB. The money they received before they got busted would just have covered the ticket costs to fly back home, so paying 30k THB would have brought them back to nearly the same financial situation in which they were the last three weeks. Following their statement that none of them has stolen anything of anyone in that bank branch and regarding finances they had to refuse to pay the “offer”.

They have contacted the Italian embassy but were only given a list of Italian/Thai lawyers to refer to at own costs.

The Italians were held from Tuesday to Saturday 6th of February at Ayutthaya City police station together with up to 8 inmates sleeping all together on the concrete floor. Today they have been brought up to court - handcuffed! - and have been accused for gang robbery at nightime (after 6 pm, higher case of criminal act), violating Thai law, paragraph 335(1) and 38.

For Thai lawyers/journalists: KORHA RUAM GAN, LAK FAP VELAA TANG KUENG, PRAMUAN GODMEI AJA MATRA 335(1), PRAGOR MATRA 38.

Bail has been set to 150.000 THB for both accused. The trial to bail out one of them for 75,000 THB, as his mental condition already has dropped considerably during the stay in the police station cell, has been refused. Also during the court case the three witnesses have not been asked/heard and no piece of evidence has been presented. Apart from the police officer who has busted The Italians no other policemen has seen the evidently video pictures as the bank has not send a copy of the camera recording to the police yet. This is to be expected to be happening on Monday.

After the court case the Italians have been brought to Ayutthaya prison where they stay at current time. One Italian has had a last telephone contact to one of of the witnesses in which he has reported that they will take away now his telephone. At current time there is no possibility to contact them.

The witness went to the Ayutthaya City police station asking for details and was told better not to “investigate” in this case. The witnesses question where the Italians have been brought was answered by a policemen and he gave him the “friendly advice” better not go to visit them.