Thai Cops Under Fire For Partying With Gun-toting Rockstar

Two Thai cops are under investigation for partying with a rock star shortly after he was bailed on gun charges, police said Friday, a scandal illuminating the kingdom's culture of impunity for the rich and famous

Bangkok,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 05th Jan, 2018 ) :Two Thai cops are under investigation for partying with a rock star shortly after he was bailed on gun charges, police said Friday, a scandal illuminating the kingdom's culture of impunity for the rich and famous.

The two police colonels from Nakhon Si Thammarat province came unstuck after social media images emerged of them at a raucous dinner on January 3 with the popular musician known as Sek Loso. The rocker, whose bad-boy antics are a fixture of Thai gossip columns, had just been released on bail after a video clip of him firing a pistol into the air outside a Buddhist temple went viral.

The incident took place on December 28 in the area of Nakhon Si Thammarat under the command of the pair of policemen.

Sek racked up more charges a few days later after he again whipped out a gun in a stand-off with cops at his Bangkok home on December 31, after which he was arrested.

But the bad blood didn't last for long, with Sek describing the two police officers as "brothers" in the caption of an Instagram photo showing the group dining out on the night of his release. A third senior cop in Bangkok also raised eyebrows for taking a "thumbs-up" photo with Sek inside a police station, which the singer then posted on Instagram with the caption "thank you superintendent...

whom I owe thanks to for making everything easier."