TLDR Thai anti-crime campaigner Atchariya Ruangrattanapong has been jailed pending trial in an illegal online boxing betting case. Police say the alleged Muay Thai betting network handled more than 1 billion baht, or about $29.6 million. Bangkok Criminal Court denied him bail on October 5 and approved a 12-day detention order. Police allege some donations meant for crime victims were used for gambling-related purposes. Atchariya denies all charges and claims police fabricated evidence against him.
Thai anti-crime campaigner Atchariya Ruangrattanapong has been jailed pending trial. Police accuse him of links to an illegal online boxing betting network that allegedly handled about $29.6 million.
Bangkok Criminal Court denied him bail on Monday, October 5. The court approved a police request to hold the 59-year-old for 12 days.
Atchariya is chairman of the Crime Victims Assistance Club. He has long been a vocal critic of alleged police corruption in Thailand.
He faces allegations of public fraud, money laundering, illegal electronic betting on boxing, and offenses under Thailand’s Computer Crime Act. He denies all the charges.
Cybercrime officers arrested him on Saturday near the Om Noi Boxing Stadium in Samut Sakhon province. The arrest was made under a warrant issued the day before.
Thai police have charged activist Atchariya Ruangrattanapong over an online boxing betting network with an alleged 1bn+ baht turnover. He denies all four charges.
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Police Trace Money Through Betting Network
Police say more than 1 billion baht, or about $29.6 million, flowed through an online Muay Thai betting operation. The alleged network was known as “Muay Pak Yok Variety.”
Investigators identified 212 transactions worth more than 40 million baht, or about $1.2 million. Police claim these transactions linked Atchariya to