BANGKOK, July 24 (TNA) – Thai police have defended the
decision to drop criminal charges against Red Bull heir, Vorayuth Yoovidhya,
who was accused in a 2012 hit-and-run that killed a police officer.
Vorayuth, then 27, was arrested in September 2012 after his
black Ferrari clashed into a motorcycle of Pol Snr Sgt Maj Wichian Klanprasert,
48, in Bangkok.
On Friday, police confirmed that the attorney general had
decided to acquit Vorayuth on all charges.
Pol Lt Gen Piya Uthayo, Spokesman of the Royal Thai Police,
said police legal team had examined the attorney general’s order and decides
not to appeal.
Police have also requested for a withdrawal of the court’s
arrest warrant on Vorayuth.
Vorayuth case has caused public outcry over the justice
system. He had faced charges of
speeding, hit-and-run and reckless driving causing death. However, Vorayuth missed
eight police summons until some charges expired five years after the
incident.
Last month, the National Anti-Corruption Commission found a
police officer guilty of dereliction of duty in handling the case.
Pol Lt Ger Piya insisted that the case had been handled
according to law.
Vorayuth is a grandson of the late Chaleo Yoovidhya who
created Red Bull business empire and was listed as the third richest person in
Thailand when he died in 2012. (TNA)
