Police rewarded for action in rape case
Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Sanit Mahathavorn presented jackets of honour, Buddha amulets and a cash reward to two policemen who rescued a 21-year-old Myanmar rape victim from her attacker on August 19.
The praised officers were Pol Senior Sergeant Major Kriengsak Khongjaem and Pol Corporal Natthaporn Sriwiset, from the Samae Dam precinct in Bang Khunthien district.
Kriengsak recalled that he and Natthaporn were patrolling a road running parallel to the Suksawat Expressway when they spotted a parked transport van that was shaking violently. When they got closer, they heard a woman’s scream for help. They knocked on the window and ordered the van driver, who was wearing only boxer shorts, to open the door.
The officers reported the rape case and had the suspect – later identified as Natthakarn Saemgsong, 31 – taken to the precinct.
Kriengsak said that, last year, he was shot in the neck and chest while chasing a suspect in another case.
Natthaporn thanked police supervisors for seeing the importance of patrol police and said he was proud to receive the reward.
