Police Officer "K" from Huay Yai Police Station insists he pursued Ai Pong twice and never kept him as a subordinate. He admits Ai Pong called after release from prison, prompting immediate profiling and designation as a “dangerous person” requiring close monitoring.
On 5 Aug 2026 GMT+7, reports surfaced that police examined Ai Pong’s mobile phone—Ai Pong being Mr. Thana Kerdthong, 43, one of the suspects—amid allegations that he was an informant linked to a sergeant named “Sor,” a retired Huay Yai Police Station officer who retired in 2014 (then holding the rank of police lieutenant). The police are investigating possible connections between Sor and Ai Pong.
Further allegations involved a currently serving Huay Yai police officer, referred to as "K." A reporter spoke with Officer K, who revealed he was among the police who arrested Ai Pong twice since transferring to Huay Yai Police Station in 2013.
The first arrest was in mid-2018, when Officer K was alerted by Pattaya City Police to assist a woman unlawfully confined in a house in the Soi Nern Sai area of Huay Yai. Upon arrival with the investigation team, they found Ai Pong inside. Initial searches revealed nothing, but as they were withdrawing, Officer K heard unusual noises and re-entered the house. There, they found the woman hiding under a bed with a towel covering her face, her face swollen and bruised from abuse. Ai Pong was detained and taken to Huay Yai Police Station for legal action. However, the next day Officer K learned Ai Pong was released because the woman, claiming to be his girlfriend, refused to press charges.
The second case involved attempted murder and firearms offenses in October 2018. After Ai Pong fled, Officer K led efforts to track him and spoke with Ai Pong’s elderly father, then alive and approximately 70–80 years old, asking him to persuade Ai Pong to surrender. Officer K left his phone number with Ai Pong’s father, but since the father used an old phone model and did not know how to save numbers, Officer K wrote it down on paper for him.
A few days later, on 13 Oct 2018, Ai Pong was arrested by Nong Prue Police patrol officers at a room in Pong Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province. Local residents reported him for causing a public disturbance. Upon checking, the officers found an arrest warrant from Pattaya Provincial Court for attempted murder and firearms offenses issued by Huay Yai Police Station. Coordination with Huay Yai police led to Ai Pong being taken back to face charges.
At the police station, Officer K interrogated Ai Pong about the firearm used. Ai Pong claimed he had discarded a .38 caliber revolver in the sea behind Ban Amphoe Temple in Najomtien Subdistrict, Sattahip District. Officers searched underwater and used scanners but found no weapon. Officer K tried to build trust by providing food and encouraging Ai Pong, suggesting cooperation might reduce his sentence. Ai Pong claimed he was beaten by rivals before he fired the gun in anger, injuring them. Nevertheless, he refused to reveal the weapon’s location, leading police to suspect it was hidden or given to someone else. Following procedure, the police filed charges and submitted Ai Pong to prosecutors, leading to his incarceration from October 2018.
After eight years, in mid-June 2026 GMT+7, Officer K received a call from an unknown number. At the start of the call, Ai Pong said, “Hello, brother, it’s Pong.” Officer K did not immediately recognize him and asked which Pong he meant. Ai Pong replied, “I’m Pong, the one you arrested for the shooting at Thung Lahan.” Officer K then recalled and asked when Ai Pong was released and how long he had been imprisoned. He also advised him to behave properly and avoid trouble.
Officer K asked Ai Pong how he obtained his number; Ai Pong said it was recorded in his father’s notebook.
After the call ended, Officer K informed the investigation team that Ai Pong had been released and instructed them to update his profile as a person to be monitored, labeling him a dangerous individual because “Ai Pong is crazy.”
Regarding Officer K’s calls to Ai Pong, it began when Ai Pong called to report seeing police at a motorcycle repair shop. Officer K did not know the officers were executing arrest warrants. About ten minutes later, Officer K called Ai Pong to ask if he had seen the wanted persons; Ai Pong said no, believing they had fled. Officer K asked Ai Pong where he was and told him to come to a nearby restaurant. Five minutes later, Ai Pong arrived on a motorcycle, embraced Officer K’s waist, and they exchanged brief personal inquiries before parting, as Officer K needed to take medication.
Most recently, Officer K called Ai Pong regarding suspicions in the abduction case of two Russian siblings. He admitted making the calls at his team’s instruction to aid the investigation. However, Ai Pong did not answer; he had his phone off despite three attempts. This likely occurred during periods when Ai Pong was evading arrest, occasionally turning his phone on briefly.
Officer K reaffirmed his innocence and stated he has reported fully to his superiors. He denied ever employing Ai Pong or knowing him personally. He recounted handling two cases against Ai Pong: unlawful confinement of a young woman in mid-2018, where the victim did not press charges allowing Ai Pong to avoid jail, and the attempted murder and firearms case later that year, in which he participated in the arrest and served as a court witness.