Thanks to whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit for his latest exposure of a major online gambling network, allegedly operated by a police officer attached to the logistics department, popularly known as "Inspector Sua", the Central Investigation Bureau police on Friday launched coordinated raids at 63 targets in six provinces.
Six suspects were arrested, but not the inspector. Police did, however, seize assets including hundreds of land title deeds and more than 180 bank books, worth an estimated 1.4 billion baht.
Earlier, Mr Chuvit dropped a bombshell in exposing illicit businesses -- starting with Chinese grey business operations in Thailand to the "Macau 888" online gambling operations, and funding for the Kong Salak Plus online lottery dealer, which some suspect comes from online gambling operations.
His revelations led to the arrest of dozens of Chinese businessmen, including Tuhao, and arrest warrants being issued against the four "Bor" brothers, one of them a police officer, alleged to be the ring leaders behind the "Macau 888" online gambling network.
Mr Chuvit also implicated a police general for being behind Inspector Sua's gambling network in the guise of the Pentor Group of about 50 companies. But there was no mention of the police general when the national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, told the media about the raids on the Pentor Group on Friday.
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