‘Boss Paul’s lawyer’ sees confiscation of the phones of The Icon employees as exceeding the legal line

Lawyer Boss Paul" took employees of The Icon to file a daily record after the police searched 11 locations and seized mobile phones. He believes that it went beyond the law and asked the court of justice to issue a second arrest warrant to be concerned about the rights of all parties. At 1:00 PM on October 23 at Phaholyothin Police Station, Mr. Witoon Kaengngam, lawyer for Mr. Woraratphon Woratworakul or Boss Paul, took employees of The Icon Group Company Limited to file a daily record with the investigator after yesterday, the Consumer Protection Police Division officers searched 11 locations related to The Icon, seized evidence, and invited 10 employees in for questioning for 8 hours. They also seized all of the employees' mobile phones. Mr. Witoon, lawyer for Boss Paul, gave an interview about the issue, saying that yesterday, after the police searched 11 locations of The Icon Group, they searched the company. He did not take it to heart because the officers acted correctly and there was a clear search w arrant. However, he was concerned about the police taking 10 employees of the company in for questioning, including Boss Paul's secretary, Boss Paul's sister, Boss Pun's secretary, and other employees. From questioning, each person whose mobile phone was seized had signed a consent form because if they did not sign, they would not be able to go home. It was like a form of coercion. And another thing is that the detention lasted from 12.00 to 20.00. I think it was too long because they invited him as a witness, not a suspect. And when they invited him, it was an invitation without a warrant. The police wrote the warrant at that time. When they invited him to the Central Investigation Bureau, they took his phone and did not allow him to contact anyone outside. If he wanted to contact them, he had to turn on the speakerphone, which I think was beyond the law . Today, I came to Phaholyothin Police Station to record the daily record as evidence. But in the future, if the employees of The Icon Company want to tak e legal action, it will be used as evidence in court. On Friday, I will take the employees to file a complaint with the Office of the Inspector General of the Royal Thai Police to help investigate whether the police's work in the search was within the framework of the law. And if there is time left, I will take the same group of employees to file a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand to ask whether they were acting outside the framework of the constitution. As for the issuance of the second arrest warrant, I would like to communicate to the Office of the Judiciary to take care of it. If the police go to request an arrest warrant, consider whether there is reasonable cause or not. I am concerned about everyone's rights. As for the matter of the DSI seizing Boss Paul's watch, which was a fake, Lawyer Witthayu replied that he did not know whose room it seized belonged to. Normally, when talking to Boss Paul, Will only talk about the case that was charged, which is fraud against the p ublic, not talking about anything else. While tomorrow, the Bangkok Special Prison will allow relatives to visit Boss Paul. I have other duties, but I will send a power of attorney for the team of lawyers to have Boss Paul sign the power of attorney for me to prosecute singer K. for extortion. I am confident that there is evidence to charge him. There is a 1.86 GB audio clip that has been handed over to the police. One of the employees who was invited gave a similar interview, stating that the police had searched the company 3 times already. In the past, I had never been asked for a mobile phone like this. During the search, the police asked me to put my phone down and turn it on airplane mode. Then the police called me to a room in the company for questioning before inviting me to the Crime Suppression Division. Then the interrogation lasted from noon to 8 pm. I have worked at this company for 2 years. I know Boss Paul but we are not close. I am responsible for taking care of about 80 employees in the comp any. Right now, my account has been frozen. I do not know where to get the money for the company's expenses. I will have to let my lawyer take care of this part. Source: Thai News Agency