Senior police officer threatens junior with gun over alleged affair
A high-ranking police officer in the central province of Lopburi threatened to shoot a subordinate after he allegedly exposed an affair with one of his lovers to another mistress.
The 24 year old police officer from Khok Salung Police Station, Police Lance Corporal John, sought help from Channel 3 after being threatened at gunpoint by 57 year old Police Captain Peerapong In-na, at a welfare accommodation.
John shared CCTV footage of the incident with the media. In the video, Peerapong’s room is seen with the door left open, revealing him talking with a woman named Aum in room number 7. Suddenly, Peerapong is shown leaving the room, retrieving a gun from his car, and then walking towards John’s room, number 2.
Peerapong reportedly shouted, “Who’s that?” to which John responded that it was him, coming out of his room to dry his clothes. Peerapong then threatened John.
“If there is any movement from you, I will shoot you through your wall.”
John explained that Peerapong might have misunderstood, thinking he was secretly taking pictures of him and his lover and sharing them with another woman, Som, who previously lived with Peerapong at the welfare accommodation.
Relationship drama
John claimed that Peerapong is a womaniser and has been romantically involved with three women at the same time including Aum, Som, and Kae. Kae is Peerapong’s legal wife but she lives in another province. Although they have been in a relationship for over 20 years, Kae rarely visits Peerapong at the welfare residence.
Peerapong was reportedly in a relationship with Som for about nine years. Som had been living with him at the accommodation until an argument on December 31 last year.
Som discovered that Peerapong had spent New Year’s Eve with another woman, Aum. The argument led to Som moving out the following day, and Aum moved in on January 5.
John stated that he filed a complaint against the senior officer but his superintendent at the police station took no action.
When John repeatedly raised the issue at meetings, the superintendent eventually summoned both John and Peerapong for a discussion and asked Peerapong to apologise to John. However, John said he did not want an apology but instead wanted Peerapong transferred to another police station.
Channel 3 reported that the case remains under investigation. Peerapong has since been transferred to Pattana Nikhom Police Station.
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