Police decide not to charge man who burned B1m in cash – No lèse majesté violation!
Police will not press charges against a man who admitted to destroying 1 million baht worth of 1,000-baht notes (~32,300 USD) in a fit of sibling jealousy.
Worapan Rojsattarat, 30, turned himself in to police after learning they were tracking down the person who destroyed the banknotes.
He has admitted to destroying the notes out of anger towards his father, Worapong Rojsattarat, who over the past two years had given the cash to his brother.
The money was intended to help sustain the brother’s gold shop business in Pattaya.
The damaged banknotes were found in a rubbish bin about 30 metres from Mr Worapan’s Rung Charoen gold shop in Chon Buri’s Bang Bung district.
“His father doesn’t want to press charges, so no charges have been filed,” he said.
No lese majeste violation?
He noted that burning the notes in this case does not constitute a criminal offense as Mr Worapan had no intent to make disrespectful alterations to the portrait of His Majesty the King on the notes.
Pol Maj Gen Chamnong said Mr Worapan’s action was not intended to insult the monarchy.
No full reimbursement by BoT.
