Caught in the act

A railway policeman was filmed by a passenger while extorting money from two migrant workers on a train.

In the video, the policeman is seen standing in the aisle between seats occupied by several migrant workers.

The man recording the video with a smartphone accuses him of extorting 400 baht from one worker and 500 baht from another.

Neither the officer nor the two workers deny the accusation.

The man recording the incident tells the officer he should do the right thing and arrest workers without proper documents, not extort money from them.

The officer just smiles and replies, "Let's talk about this downstairs. I'm just doing my duty, that's all."

The video was posted online on Wednesday by Facebook user พลังประชาชน โค่นล้มระบบทักษิณ.

Published: 3 Sep 2015