Prapaporn Waharak was charged with possession of drugs for sale after police found 2.47 grams of ya-ice on him when he was searched in Baan Ao Por with other two men.
He told media that he was in fact not a dealer; just a user, but admitted the charge. After that police should not have beaten him up, he argued.
He believes he was beaten because police wanted to get the address of a house in Pa Khlok, whose occupant sold him the drugs.
“I didn’t contest the police investigation [of my case]. Later I complied with the officers and took them to the house,” said Mr Prapaporn. “I don’t see any reason why they had to beat me up.”
He claimed that he was blindfolded and handcuffed before being beaten by five officers in a police box in Bang Rong.
He added that officers also put a plastic bag over his head and used a stick to hit his body.
He took off his shirt and showed The Phuket News minor bruising on his wrists, chest and lower back.
Mr Prapaporn decided to report to the main Thalang police station on the day after his arrest to file a complaint against the five officers.
He also visited the Damrongtham Center with his uncle today (August 27), to make a complaint about the incident and urge the authorities to act fast to investigate the incident.
“I’ll take the case in the court. What happened to me was not fair,” he said.
A police source said Mr Prapaporn was one of a number of minor drug dealers targeted by Thalang police.